Biography
Flaherty learned the comedic improv ropes on the famed stages of the Second City theaters in Chicago and Toronto before joining the inaugural cast of "SCTV" in 1977. Along with cast mates that included Martin Short and John Candy, he created such iconic characters as effusive talk show host Sammy Maudlin and the hickish Big Jim McBob from the "Farm Film Report," winning two Emmy Awards for writing in the process. During and after his tenure on …
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Career Milestones
2001 | Had featured role in the NBC summer sitcom "Go Fish" | |
| Played overbearing father Harold Weir on the NBC series "Freaks and Geeks" | ||
1999 | Played a priest in the rock and roll road trip feature "Detroit Rock City" | |
1999 | Had a featured role as a dogcatcher in the ABC comedy movie "Dogmatic", the tale of an executive who trades places with his dog | |
1997 | Portrayed Commander Stuart Hefilfinger on the short lived syndicated offerring "Police Academy: The Series" | |
1997 | Starred as a psychiatrist kidnapped by a crime family, employed to dissuade their unhappy Don from giving up the lifestyle, in "The Don's Analyst", aired on The Movie Channel | |
1997 | Guest starred on an episode of "Ellen" (ABC) | |
1996 | Had a recurring role alongside "Freaks and Geeks" creator Paul Feig on CBS' short-lived sitcom "The Louie Show" | |
1996 | Acted in the hit comedy feature "Happy Gilmore" | |
1995 | Starred in the ABC family movie "Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare", about a competitive group's family Olympics | |
1995 | Had a featured role in the "Saturday Night Live" sketch spin-off feature "Stuart Saves His Family", directed by Harold Ramis | |
1994 | Guest starred on episodes of "Hardball" (Fox), "Phenom" (ABC) and "Nurses" (NBC) | |
1994 | Played the father of a runaway girl in the Showtime remake "Runaway Daughters" | |
1993 | Had a guest voice role on ABC's "Dinosaurs" | |
1992 | Was featured in the NBC comedy special "Toonces, the Cat Who Could Drive a Car" | |
| Directed, wrote and starred on the Family Channel series "Maniac Mansion", playing wacky inventor Dr. Fred Edison | ||
1989 | Had featured roles in the films "Who's Harry Crumb?", "Speed Zone" and "Back to the Future II" | |
1989 | Played loony dentist Dr. Plierson, guest starring on an episode of Fox's "Married... With Children" | |
1989 | Featured in the HBO comedy special "I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood" | |
1989 | Gave a Gemini award-winning performance in the Disney Channel movie "Looking For Miracles" | |
| As Count Floyd, was regularly featured on live-action segments of the animated series "The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley" (NBC) | ||
| Worked onstage at the ill-fated Santa Monica Second City | ||
1988 | Appeared in the Showtime comedy series "Poison" | |
1987 | Was featured in the benefit comedy show "Comic Relief II" | |
1986 | Played Bill Sykes in the Showtime comedy special "Dave Thomas: The Incredible Time Travels of Henry Osgood" | |
1986 | Was writer, executive producer and host of the suspense anthology spoof "Really Weird Tales" (HBO) | |
1986 | Appeared in the features "Club Paradise" and "One Crazy Summer" | |
1985 | Appeared in "Martin Short Concert for the North Americas", a Showtime comedy special starring the fellow "SCTV" veteran | |
1985 | Played Sid Sleaze in the children's feature "Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird" | |
1984 | Acted in the gangster comedy "Johnny Dangerously" | |
1983 | Starred alongside fellow "SCTV" performers John Candy and Eugene Levy in the zany comedy feature "Going Berrserk" | |
1981 | Featured in the Bill Murray military comedy "Stripes", alongside "SCTV" co-stars John Candy and Dave Thomas | |
1981 | Had a featured voice role in cult-favorite animated feature "Heavy Metal" | |
1979 | Appeared in Steven Spielberg's epic war comedy misfire "1941" | |
| Returned to Second City and starred on the comedy series "SCTV Network" (syndicated, NBC, Cinemax), where he created such memorable characters as Guy Caballero, owner of the wheelchair-bound network owner and horror host Count Floyd | ||
| Left Second City to work on the National Lampoon Show | ||
1969 | Moved to Chicago to join the city's famed Second City comedy troupe | |
| Changed last name from O'Flaherty to Flaherty as there was already a Joe O'Flaherty in the union | ||
| Pursued an acting career in Pittsburgh | ||
1962 | Returned home to Pittsburgh at age 21 and briefly pursued a career as a draftsman (date approximate) | |
1959 | Served in the US Air Force for four years (date approximate) | |
| Began his acting career in children's theater at the Pittsburgh Playhouse | ||
Awards
1983 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In a Variety or Music Program in SCTV Network |
1982 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In a Variety or Music Program in SCTV Network |