
Joseph Maher
Highest Rated: 88% Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Lowest Rated: 0% Under the Rainbow (1981)
Birthday: Dec 29, 1933
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
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) | $2M | 1996 |
42% | 47% | I.Q. | Nathan Liebknecht (Character) | $25.2M | 1994 |
63% | 64% | 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 |
65% | 50% | Funny Farm | Michael Sinclair (Character) | $25.3M | 1988 |
19% | 30% | My Stepmother Is an Alien | Lucas Budlong (Character) | $12.9M | 1988 |
No Score Yet | 20% | Bigfoot | Unknown (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 74% | Frankenweenie | Mr. Chambers (Character) | - | 1984 |
40% | 39% | The Evil That Men Do | Dr. Clement Molloch (Character) | - | 1984 |
0% | 48% | Under the Rainbow | The Duke (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | 23% | Going Ape! | Gridley (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Those Lips, Those Eyes | Fibby Geyer (Character) | - | 1980 |
87% | 72% | Time After Time | Adams (Character) | - | 1979 |
88% | 68% | Heaven Can Wait | Sisk (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | 45% | Diary of the Dead | Walter Johnson (Character) | - | 1976 |
50% | 51% | 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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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Style & Substance | Unknown (Character) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Goode Behavior | Chancellor Willoughby (Character) | 1996-1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996-1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
0% | No Score Yet | Laurie Hill | Dr. Walter Wiseman (Character) | 1992 |
89% | 94% | 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 | 87% | 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 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wonder Woman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
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