Joseph George McParlane (also spelled McFarlane and McPharlane; August 13, 1885 – May 29, 1967),[1] known as Joe Valli, was a Scottish-Australian actor who worked in vaudeville and films.
[3] Valli was born in Glasgow, the son of engineer Joseph McParlane and Agnes Gill.
Valli toured Australia in 1916 in a comedy Tickets Please with Harry Clay and the Royal Follies.
[6] Valli went to live at Actors' Equity Benevolent Fund's settlement at Sussex Inlet, where he worked as a caretaker.
He wrote in to a quiz show Strike it Rich asking for a chance to win a stove and was successful with Vic Seixas representing Joe.