This bright, baby-faced Canadian comic actor/writer gained a following as a member of "The Kids in the Hall", a daring comedy troupe which also included Mark McKinney, Kevin McDonald, Scott Thompson and Bruce McCulloch. The sometimes bawdy bunch began performing its quirky brand of sketch comedy on the Toronto stage in the early 1980s, segued to Canadian TV late in the decade on CBC and was subsequently exported to the US, first on HBO, later on Comedy Central and late night CBS. As a writer-performer, Foley distinguished himself with a distinctive flair for the absurd as he pushed the limits
