Joe Flaherty (June 21, 1941 – April 1, 2024) was an American-Canadian actor and comedian. He was best known for his work on the Canadian sketch comedy SCTV, from 1976 to 1984, and as Harold Weir on Freaks and Geeks.

Filmography

• 2025John Candy: I Like Me — Self - Actor, SCTV (archive footage)
• 2017Who Is the Real Martin Short?
• 2012I, Martin Short, Goes Home — Atticus Finch
• Call Me Fitz — Mayor Andrews
• 2009Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side — Western Union Man (voice)
• 2008Summerhood — Camp Director
• 2006Christmas with SCTV
• American Dad! — Car Door Owner (voice)
• 2005Crazy for Christmas — Roger the Doorman
• Robson Arms
• Tilt — Casino Player from Aliquippa
• 2004A Dairy Tale — Jeb, the goat (voice)
• 2004Home on the Range — Jeb (voice)
• 2004Phil the Alien — The Beaver (voice)
• Chilly Beach — (voice)
• 2003National Security — Owen Fergus
• Clone High — Abe’s Foster Dad (voice)
• 2002Dave Foley's The True Meaning of Christmas Specials — Bing Crosby
• Puppets Who Kill
• 2002Slackers — Mr. Leonard
• 2002The Santa Claus Brothers — Snorkel (voice)
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery — Dr. Vollmer
• 2001Freddy Got Fingered — William
• Go Fish — Frank Troutner
• The Legend of Tarzan — Hooft (voice)
• Even Stevens — Mr. Rupert
• 1999Detroit Rock City — Father Phillip McNulty
• 1999Dogmatic
• Family Guy — (voice), Western Union Man (voice), Vatican Messenger (voice)
• Freaks and Geeks — Harold Weir
• That '70s Show — Bryan
• The King of Queens — Father McAndrew
• Police Academy: The Series — Cmdt. Stuart Hefilfinger
• 1997Snowboard Academy — Mr. Barry
• 1997The Don's Analyst — Dr. Lowell Royce
• 1997The Wrong Guy — Fred Holden
• 1996Happy Gilmore — Jeering Fan
• The Louie Show — Mr. Wells
• 1995Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare — Kevin Dooley
• 1995Stuart Saves His Family — Cousin Ray
• 1995The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show — Lyle Lovett
• 1994A Pig's Tale — Milt
• Ellen — Perry
• Rebel Highway — Mr. Nicholson
• 1994Runaway Daughters — Mr. Nicholson
• Frasier — Herm Evans
• Dinosaurs — Chief Elder (voice)
• Little Dracula
• 1990Back to the Beanstalk — Chili Bean Leader
• Dream On — Stoo
• 1990Making Real Funny Home Videos — Count Floyd / Floyd Robertson
• Maniac Mansion — Dr. Fred Edison, Director
• 1990Partners in Life — Writer
• 1990The Smoke Detectives — Count Floyd
• 1990Wedding Band — Peter
• 1989Back to the Future Part II — Western Union Man
• 1989I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood — Gene Siskel
• 1989Looking for Miracles — Chief Berman
• 1989Speed Zone — Vic
• 1989Who's Harry Crumb? — Doorman
• 1988Kid Safe: The Video — Count Floyd
• Monsters — Sherwin
• 1988The Best of SCTV — Writer
• The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley — Count Floyd
• 1987Blue Monkey — George Baker
• 1987Innerspace — Waiting Room Patient
• Married... with Children — Dr. Plierson
• 1986Club Paradise — Pilot
• 1986One Crazy Summer — General Raymond
• 1986Really Weird Tales — Host, Writer, Executive Producer
• 1986The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
• 1985Follow That Bird — Sid Sleaze
• George Burns Comedy Week
• 1985Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas — Charlton Heston
• 1984Johnny Dangerously — Death Row Inmate (uncredited)
• 1983Going Berserk — Chick Leff
• SCTV Channel
• The Hitchhiker — The Chemist
• 1982By Design — Man
• 1982Rome, Italian Style — Marcello Gassman, Writer
• 1981Heavy Metal — Lawyer / General (voice)
• SCTV Network 90 — Various, Writer
• 1981Stripes — Border Guard
• 1980Double Negative — Roger
• 1980From Cleveland — Various, Writer
• 1980Nothing Personal — Patrol Car Policeman #2
• 1980Used Cars — Sam Slaton
• 19791941 — Raoul Lipschitz
• Second City Television — Self - Various Characters, Writer
• 1976Tunnel Vision — Carl Michaelevich
• The David Steinberg Show

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2026Marty, Life Is Short — Self (archive footage)
• 2026SCTV: The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of — Self (Archival Footage)
• 2025This Is the Tom Green Documentary — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Belushi — Self (archive footage)
• Cultureshock — Self
• 2018Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary — Self
• Second City: First Family of Comedy — Self, Self - Host
• 1993Friends of Gilda — Self
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• PBS News Hour — Self