Joseph Maloney — Family Plot Character Profile

About Joseph Maloney

Man who paid for the supposed tombstone of Edward Shoebridge. Hired by Arthur to assassinate Blanche and George. Sabotages their car brakes on a mountain road, attempts to run them over, and dies in a car crash.

Character Facts

Played by

Ed Lauter

Appears in

Family Plot (1976)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Joseph Maloney — Conflict Former Murder Accomplices — Arthur Adamson (William Devane)

  Past co-conspirators in murder who later use each other for violent tasks.

• Joseph Maloney — Conflict Assassin & Target — Blanche Tyler (Barbara Harris)

  Hired killer attempting to eliminate the protagonist.

• Joseph Maloney — Conflict Assassin & Target — George Lumley (Bruce Dern)

  Hired killer attempting to eliminate the protagonist.

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