Profile of Joe Flaherty on Famous Like Me

Joe Flaherty (June 21, 1941) is famous for his part in the troupe of SCTV (later known as SCTV Network).

Born in Pittsburgh, Flaherty emigrated to Toronto, Canada to start his comedy career with the Toronto Second City theatre troupe. He spent eight years on the show, playing such characters as Big Jim McBob (of Farm Film Report fame), Count Floyd/Floyd Robertson (the latter being a spoof of CBC newsman Lloyd Robertson), and station manager Guy Caballero who goes around in a wheelchair simply for the respect therein. He left the show in 1984.

Throughout his film career, Flaherty has appeared in a number of cult favourites, most notably playing the part of the Western Union postal worker who delivers Doc Brown's 70-year-old letter to Marty McFly in the unforgettable climax of 1989's Back to the Future Part II.

In 1999, Flaherty joined the cast of Freaks and Geeks, an NBC hourlong dramedy in which he played Harold Weir, the irascible father of two teens. (He would often lecture them with cautionary tales concluding, "You know where he is now? He's dead!") Despite a dedicated cult following, the show only lasted one season.

As of 2004, Flaherty is a member of the faculty at Humber College, where he teaches a comedy writing course. He is also on the program's Advisory Committee.

Selected filmography

• Home on the Range (2004)
• National Security (2003)
• Slackers (2002)
• Detroit Rock City (1999)
• Happy Gilmore (1996)
• Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
• Back to the Future Part II (1989)
• Innerspace (1987)
• One Crazy Summer (1986)
• Club Paradise (1986)
• Follow That Bird (1985)
• Stripes (1981)
• Heavy Metal (1981) (voice)

External link

• Joe Flaherty at the Internet Movie Database

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