Joe Flaherty, actor, Second City and SCTV, dies age 82

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‘SCTV’ star and comedian Joe Flaherty has died at 82 after an illness

The comedian starred alongside John Candy and Catherine O’Hara in the beloved "SCTV,″ and later in had memorable roles in "Happy Gilmore" and "Freaks and Geeks."

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Flaherty, who was born in Pittsburgh, spent seven years at The Second City in Chicago before moving north of the border to help establish the theater’s Toronto outpost.

He went on to star alongside John Candy and Catherine O’Hara in "SCTV,″ about a fictional TV station known as Second City Television that was stacked with buffoons in front of and behind the cameras. Flaherty’s characters included network boss Guy Caballero and the vampiric TV host Count Floyd.

Count Floyd

As Floyd Robertson, dishing it out to hapless co-anchor Earl Camembert (Eugene Levy):

RIP n'at, Joe.

 

[meanmaryjean]

SCTV legend.

 

[LadyL]

oh noooo loved him!
RIP Mr. Flaherty

 

[Werlan]

Often Watched him.
Rip.