# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-flaherty
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:46:31.742Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-flaherty"
name: "Joe Flaherty"
slug: "joe-flaherty"
description: "Joseph Flaherty was an American actor, writer, and comedian. In television, Flaherty starred on the Canadian sketch comedy SCTV from 1976 to 1984 and as Harold Weir on Freaks and Geeks (1999). His film roles include the heckler in Happy Gilmore (1996)."
tagline: "American actor, writer, and comedian (1941–2024)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/86/Joe_Flaherty.png"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
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birthDate: "1941-06-21"
deathDate: "2024-04-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump