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Joseph Maher

Highest Rated: 88% Time After Time (1979)

Lowest Rated: 0% Under the Rainbow (1981)

Birthday: Dec 29, 1933

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Birthplace: Westport, County Mayo, Ireland

A veteran character player with a long career on stage and screen, the silver-haired, often mustachioed Joseph Maher was usually cast in comedic roles, generally as butlers or clerics. The Irish-born actor moved to Canada at age 22 where he briefly worked for an oil company and as a bartender before joining an amateur theater troupe. He made his professional debut with the Canada Players in a 1959 production of "The Taming of the Shrew" and migrated to the USA three years later. Maher soon became a prominent stage actor, co-starring with Dustin Hoffman in "Eh?" (1966-67), Zoe Caldwell in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1968) and Al Pacino in "The Local Stigmatic" (1969). During this time, he alternated between NYC and regional theaters. He also found time to act in the occasional TV production, like his supporting turn to Julie Harris in "Little Moon of Alban" (NBC, 1964).

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Highest rated movies

88% 71% Time After Time
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86% 69% Heaven Can Wait
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64% 51% Funny Farm
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63% 62% Killer
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50% 53% For Pete's Sake
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45% 48% I.Q.
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40% 40% The Evil That Men Do
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32% 60% Surviving Picasso
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20% 30% My Stepmother Is an Alien
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0% 49% Under the Rainbow
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet 0% Hoods Dr. Alstrich (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet O.K. Garage Lilly (Character) - 1998
32% 60% Surviving Picasso Kahnweiler (Character) $2.0M 1996
45% 48% I.Q. Nathan Liebknecht (Character) $25.2M 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Baby Brokers Leo (Character) - 1994
63% 62% Killer Dr. Alstricht (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Partners Edward Hooper (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 51% The Local Stigmatic David (Character) - 1990
20% 30% My Stepmother Is an Alien Lucas Budlong (Character) $12.9M 1988
64% 51% Funny Farm Michael Sinclair (Character) $25.3M 1988
No Score Yet 20% Bigfoot Unknown (Character) - 1987
40% 40% The Evil That Men Do Dr. Clement Molloch (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 74% Frankenweenie Mr. Chambers (Character) - 1984
0% 49% Under the Rainbow The Duke (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 24% Going Ape! Gridley (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 50% Those Lips, Those Eyes Fibby Geyer (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Old Man Phil Kiley (Character) - 1979
88% 71% Time After Time Adams (Character) - 1979
86% 69% Heaven Can Wait Sisk (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 45% Diary of the Dead Walter Johnson (Character) - 1976
50% 53% For Pete's Sake Mr. Coates (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet It Ain't Easy Charlie (Character) - 1972

TV

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33% No Score Yet Style & Substance Unknown (Character) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chicago Hope Unknown (Guest Star) 1996-1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Goode Behavior Chancellor Willoughby (Character) 1996-1997
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Nigel Allison (Guest Star) 1994
0% No Score Yet Laurie Hill Dr. Walter Wiseman (Character) 1992
89% 92% Seinfeld Gavin (Guest Star) 1991
83% No Score Yet thirtysomething Brendan Norris (Guest Star) 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Anything but Love Brian Allquist (Character) 1989-1990
No Score Yet 79% ALF Angel Bob (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Two Dads Unknown (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gimme a Break Unknown (Guest Star) 1987
100% 82% Wonder Woman Unknown (Guest Star) 1978