Joseph Maher

Joseph Maher

Born: December 29, 1933
Died: July 17, 1998
in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joseph Maher (December 29, 1933 – July 17, 1998) was an Irish character actor who appeared in 43 films and was nominated for three Tony Awards and a Drama Desk Award for his supporting roles on the stage.

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All Revved Up
Title: All Revved Up
Character: Mr. Lilly
Released: April 19, 1998
Type: Movie
A lovely school teacher finds herself the victim of a scam artist - a garage owner who delights in ripping off his customers. Soon, she has two eager young men, her lizard-loving neighbour and his friend, on her side to help her exact revenge on the sleazy mechanic, who is the leader of a stolen car ring.
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Title: Style & Substance
Character: Hadley John
Released: January 5, 1998
Type: TV
Style & Substance was a television situation comedy that premiered on CBS July 22, 1998. The show starred Jean Smart as Chelsea Stevens, a Martha Stewart-like star of a how-to home show, and Nancy McKeon as her producer, Jane Sokol, a small-town girl new to New York City. Chelsea Stevens was an expert cook, decorator, and party planner who knew much more about thread-count than she did relationships. She was well-meaning at times, but her narcissism usually got in the way of actually understanding anyone else's problems.
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In & Out
Title: In & Out
Character: Father Tim
Released: September 10, 1997
Type: Movie
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
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Mars Attacks!
Title: Mars Attacks!
Character: Decorator
Released: December 13, 1996
Type: Movie
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
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Surviving Picasso
Title: Surviving Picasso
Character: Kahnweiler
Released: September 4, 1996
Type: Movie
The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty and move on with her life.
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Title: Goode Behavior
Character: Chancellor Willoughby
Released: August 26, 1996
Type: TV
Goode Behavior is an American sitcom that premiered August 26, 1996 on UPN. The series was cancelled after its first season, airing its last episode on May 19, 1997, for a total of 23 episodes.
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I.Q.
Title: I.Q.
Character: Nathan Liebknecht
Released: December 24, 1994
Type: Movie
Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist.
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Title: Chicago Hope
Released: September 18, 1994
Type: TV
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.
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Killer
Title: Killer
Character: Dr. Alstricht
Released: September 14, 1994
Type: Movie
Cynical hit man Mick is tiring of his job and asks his boss George for time off. However, George gives him the assignment of his life, prompting Mick's soul-searching to reach new heights. Mick is asked to kill sultry Fiona, who owes George money and claims she wants to die. But as Mick spends time with her, he finds himself falling for her.
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The Shadow
Title: The Shadow
Character: Isaac Newboldt
Released: July 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Based on the 1930's comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The power to cloud men's minds", the Shadow comes blazing to the city's rescue with explosive results.
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Baby Brokers
Title: Baby Brokers
Character: Leo
Released: February 21, 1994
Type: Movie
A woman (Cybill Shepherd) financially supports the natural parents in hope of adopting their newborn, but she discovers she is the victim of a scam.
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Partners
Title: Partners
Character: Edward Hooper
Released: November 12, 1993
Type: Movie
A junior partner in a law firm, finds out that the wife of a very important client is a former college sweetheart.
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Title: Laurie Hill
Character: Dr. Walter Wiseman
Released: September 30, 1992
Type: TV
Laurie Hill is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from September 30, 1992 until October 28, 1992. It starred DeLane Matthews as Dr. Laurie Hill, a pediatrician who tried balancing her roles as a doctor, wife and a mother to her young son. The series was created by Neal Marlens and Carol Black and produced by Touchstone Television.
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Title: Batman: The Animated Series
Character: Dr. Dorian (voice)
Released: September 5, 1992
Type: TV
Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".
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Sister Act
Title: Sister Act
Character: Bishop O'Hara
Released: May 28, 1992
Type: Movie
A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV—and identification by the mob.
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The Local Stigmatic
Title: The Local Stigmatic
Character: David
Released: March 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Two symbiotic sociopaths play obscurely deviant mind games with each other while engaging in perversely brutal acts of violence against victims apparently chosen at random
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Title: Seinfeld
Character: Gavin Pollone
Released: July 5, 1989
Type: TV
A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.
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Title: Tales from the Crypt
Character: Judge #1 / Judge #2 / Judge #3
Released: June 10, 1989
Type: TV
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
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Title: Anything But Love
Character: Brian Allquist
Released: March 7, 1989
Type: TV
Anything But Love is an American television sitcom, which aired on ABC from March 7, 1989 to June 3, 1992, spanning four seasons and 56 episodes. The show starred Richard Lewis as Marty Gold and Jamie Lee Curtis as Hannah Miller, coworkers at a Chicago magazine with a mutual romantic attraction to each other, who struggled to keep their relationship strictly professional. The series, from creator Wendy Kout and developers Dennis Koenig and Peter Noah, was produced by Adam Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television.
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My Stepmother Is an Alien
Title: My Stepmother Is an Alien
Character: Lucas Budlong
Released: December 9, 1988
Type: Movie
Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives on Earth and begins her scientific research. She woos quirky scientist Dr. Steve Mills, a widower with a young daughter. Before long, Celeste finds herself in love with Steve and her new life on Earth, where she experiences true intimacy for the first time. But when she loses sight of her mission, she begins to question where she belongs.
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Funny Farm
Title: Funny Farm
Character: Michael Sinclair
Released: June 3, 1988
Type: Movie
Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.
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Title: thirtysomething
Released: September 29, 1987
Type: TV
Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for MGM/UA Television Group and The Bedford Falls Company, and aired on ABC. It premiered in the U.S. on September 29, 1987. It lasted four seasons, with the last of its 85 episodes airing on May 28, 1991. The title of the show was designed as thirtysomething by Kathie Broyles, who combined the words of the original title, Thirty Something. In 1997, "The Go Between" and "Samurai Ad Man" were ranked #22 on TV Guide′s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2002, Thirtysomething was ranked #19 on TV Guide′s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and in 2013 TV Guide ranked it #10 in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time.
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Title: Second Chance
Character: Saint Peter
Released: September 26, 1987
Type: TV
Charles Russell dies, but since he is too good for hell and too bad for heaven, he is given the opportunity to go back to 1987 to assist his younger self, Chazz, in making better decisions at critical junctures in his life in order to (hopefully) get into heaven. As of December 1987, the show was revamped and retitled Boys Will Be Boys. The entire fantasy element of the series was dropped, along with Charles and St. Peter.
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Bigfoot
Title: Bigfoot
Character: Jack Kendrix
Released: March 8, 1987
Type: Movie
A family goes to the mountains for a few days, and there they meet... Bigfoot!
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Title: ALF
Character: Angel Bob
Released: September 22, 1986
Type: TV
A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.
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Cinderella
Title: Cinderella
Character: Narrator
Released: August 14, 1985
Type: Movie
An oppressed young woman finds happiness when she secretly attends the royal ball.
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Title: Stingray
Released: July 14, 1985
Type: TV
Ray is an enigmatic adventurer with no traceable past who travels from place to place fighting crime and helping people in trouble. He refuses to be paid for his services; however, those seeking his assistance must promise him a favor.
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Title: Double Dare
Character: Sylvester
Released: April 10, 1985
Type: TV
Billy Diamond's career as a thief takes a sudden turn as, once caught, he goes to work as an undercover agent for the San Francisco Police Department while continuing his high-living lifestyle.
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Title: Moonlighting
Character: Jerome
Released: March 3, 1985
Type: TV
After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.
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Frankenweenie
Title: Frankenweenie
Character: Mr. Chambers
Released: December 14, 1984
Type: Movie
When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's home-made monster movies) is hit by a car, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them (and his parents) that despite his appearance, Sparky's still the good loyal friend he's always been.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Nigel Allison
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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The Evil That Men Do
Title: The Evil That Men Do
Character: Dr. Clement Molloch
Released: March 14, 1984
Type: Movie
Professional killer Holland is forced out of retirement to break a Central American government's political torture ring when one of his friends, a Latin American journalist, is killed. The murderer, Doctor Clement Molloch, is the master sadist behind the political torture of innocent victims. Posing as a journalist, Holland lures Molloch out of his fortress-like headquarters by using his murdered friend's wife and daughter as bait. When Holland kidnaps Molloch's sister, the doctor is led on a wild chase that takes him to an abandoned opal mine where he finally comes face to face with Holland.
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Will There Really Be a Morning?
Title: Will There Really Be a Morning?
Character: 1st Doctor
Released: February 22, 1983
Type: Movie
This is the story of actress Frances Farmer, her struggles with mental illness and involuntary confinement in an insane asylum.
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Title: St. Elsewhere
Released: October 26, 1982
Type: TV
St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.
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Title: Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Character: Smythe
Released: October 24, 1982
Type: TV
The story deals with Gloria Vanderbilt's difficult coming-of-age when, at eleven, she was a pawn in a custody battle between her sybaritic mother and her aunt.
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Title: Faerie Tale Theatre
Character: Sultan
Released: September 11, 1982
Type: TV
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
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Title: Faerie Tale Theatre
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: September 11, 1982
Type: TV
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
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I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Title: I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Character: Dr. Kalman
Released: March 5, 1982
Type: Movie
An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium.
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Under the Rainbow
Title: Under the Rainbow
Character: The Duke
Released: July 31, 1981
Type: Movie
In World War II era Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel Rainbow and overbooks with royalty, assassins, secret agents, Japanese tourists, and munchkins. Secret Service agent Bruce Thorpe and casting director Annie Clark find romance amidst the intrigue and confusion.
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Going Ape!
Title: Going Ape!
Character: Gridley
Released: April 10, 1981
Type: Movie
When his father - who owned a circus - dies, Oscar inherits 5 million dollars - and 3 orangutans. However there's a condition connected to the money: if he gives away the apes or just one gets sick or dies during the next 3 years, the zoologic society will get all the money. So he not only has to deal with 3 apes and an annoyed girlfriend, but also with a greedy zoologic society's president.
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Those Lips, Those Eyes
Title: Those Lips, Those Eyes
Character: Fibby Geyer
Released: August 15, 1980
Type: Movie
A small-town star helps a young apprentice land the girl of his dreams.
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Just Tell Me What You Want
Title: Just Tell Me What You Want
Character: Dr. Coleson
Released: January 18, 1980
Type: Movie
A television producer woman tries to let down her overbearing boyfriend who is her boss. She wants to marry with a young writer.
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My Old Man
Title: My Old Man
Character: Phil Kiley
Released: December 7, 1979
Type: Movie
An unlucky horse trainer, Frank Butler, wins big at the track and buys his 16-year old daughter a horse to salvage their relationship. When Frank is hurt prior to the opening race, Jo must go it alone.
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Time After Time
Title: Time After Time
Character: Adams
Released: September 28, 1979
Type: Movie
Writer H. G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to modern day San Francisco after the infamous serial killer steals his time machine to escape the 19th century.
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Heaven Can Wait
Title: Heaven Can Wait
Character: Sisk
Released: June 28, 1978
Type: Movie
Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.
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Diary of the Dead
Title: Diary of the Dead
Character: Walter Johnson (as Joe Maher)
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
An unemployed man who lives with his wife and overbearing mother-in-law sees an opportunity to relieve himself of the old bat, which tangles him in a maze of deception.
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Title: Wonder Woman
Character: Edgar Percy
Released: November 7, 1975
Type: TV
With the strength of Hercules, the wisdom of Athena, the speed of Mercury and the beauty of Aphrodite, she’s Wonder Woman. Beautiful Amazon princess Wonder Woman travels to 1940s America disguised as Diana Prince, assistant to handsome but trouble-prone Major Steve Trevor. Using her golden belt, which imbues her with astonishing strength, her bullet-deflecting bracelets, a golden lasso that dispels dishonesty and an invisible supersonic plane, Wonder Woman combats evil.
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Title: Ellery Queen
Released: September 11, 1975
Type: TV
Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character Ellery Queen. It aired on NBC during the 1975-76 television season and stars Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen, David Wayne as his father, Inspector Richard Queen, and Tom Reese as Sgt. Velie. Created by the writing/producing team of Richard Levinson and William Link, the title character "breaks" the fourth wall to ask the audience to consider their solution.
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For Pete's Sake
Title: For Pete's Sake
Character: Mr. Coates
Released: June 26, 1974
Type: Movie
Henry is a woman who would do anything for her husband Pete, including borrow money so he has a chance of making his dreams come true. But now there's the loan sharks to deal with...
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It Ain't Easy
Title: It Ain't Easy
Character: Charlie
Released: November 10, 1972
Type: Movie
Randy has PTSD from the Army. After extreme treatment he is released into the world to make it on his own. He goes to Winnipeg to race his snowmobile cross country to St. Paul.
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Title: M*A*S*H
Character: Major Taylor
Released: September 17, 1972
Type: TV
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Frank
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: TV
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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The Applicant
Title: The Applicant
Released: October 18, 1967
Type: Movie
A down-and-outer appears to need a job in the worst way. He looks in the want ads and finds a few businesses seeking applicants. He applies. Is he successful? Well, let's just say he gets something, but not exactly what you expect.
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Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake
Title: Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake
Character: Celebrant
Released: April 7, 1967
Type: Movie
Based on the stage play Passages from Finnegans Wake, itself based on random passages from Finnegans Wake, Mary Ellen Bute's adaptation is a comical, avant-garde kaleidoscope about a man named Finnegan who dreams about his wake and then wakes up from his dream.
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Title: Another World
Released: May 4, 1964
Type: TV
Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC for 35 years from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. Set in the fictional town of Bay City, the show in its early years opens with announcer Bill Wolff intoning its epigram, “We do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand other worlds,” which Phillips said represented the difference between “the world of events we live in, and the world of feelings and dreams that we strive for.” Another World focused less on the conventional drama of domestic life as seen in other soap operas, and more on exotic melodrama between families of different classes and philosophies.
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Little Moon of Alban
Title: Little Moon of Alban
Character: British Soldier
Released: March 24, 1958
Type: Movie
Irish Brigid Mary blames the English for the deaths of her fiance, brother, and father. Becoming a nurse following WW I she finds herself caring for what she considers the enemy. Then she begins to fall in love with soldier Kenneth Boyd.