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Raye Birk Age: 82

Actor | Producer

    Raye Birk (born May 27, 1943, Flint, Michigan) is an American film and television actor best known for playing the role of Pahpshmir in the first and last of the Naked Gun movies. He was the ma

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    A Serious Man

    Dr. Len Shapiro ( Actor )

    ... 2009

    Sweet Land

    Postal Clerk ( Actor )

    ... 2005

    Factotum

    Heathercliff ( Actor )

    ... 2005

Fullname:

Raye Birk

Date of Birth:

May 27, 1943

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

Raye Birk

    Raye Birk (born May 27, 1943, Flint, Michigan) is an American film and television actor best known for playing the role of Pahpshmir in the first and last of the Naked Gun movies. He was the main villain in Naked Gun 33​1⁄3: The Final Insult. He has also starred in Due South as the terrorist Francis Bolt in the Episodes "All the Queens Horses", "Red, White and Blue", "Call of the Wild Part One" and "Call of the Wild Part Two". He also had roles in the X-Files and Babylon 5. His other film credits include roles in Best Defense (1984), Amazon Women on the Moon (1987), Throw Momma from the Train (1987), Doc Hollywood (1991) and Star Trek: Insurrection (1998).

    In addition to these roles, he had a frequently occurring role as the assistant principal on The Wonder Years; starting with the pilot episode, when he had a conference with Kevin Arnold's parents for throwing food in the cafeteria. While generally antagonist, a more sympathetic role on the show was seen in the award winning episode "Goodbye" where he confides in Kevin that he is Kevin's new math teacher as Kevin's hardnosed algebra teacher has just died. He was also on a pair of Home Improvement episodes as one of Tim's poker buddies. Raye appeared in several episodes on the TV series Night Court. He appeared twice on The Golden Girls, both times playing a wedding caterer.

    Furthermore, in 1985, 1986 and 1992, he appeared on three episodes of Cheers as Walt Twitchell, a mailman who got into minor altercations with Cliff Clavin. Birk reprised the role of Twitchell in a 2002 episode of the Cheers spinoff series, Frasier, in which the title character (played by Kelsey Grammer) returned to Boston and re-acquainted himself with old friends from the bar. He played a recurring role on Coach as university band director Riley Pringle from 1989 to 1993. He also appeared in an episode of Mr. Belvedere as an accordion player.

    In 2004–2008, he played Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.

    Raye has been married to his wife Candace Barrett for 41 years. They have one son, Joshua, who is a professor of medieval history.

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Filmography of

Raye Birk

Found 27 Movies in total

A Serious Man

Dr. Len Shapiro ( Actor )

... 2009

Sweet Land

Postal Clerk ( Actor )

... 2005

Factotum

Heathercliff ( Actor )

... 2005

North Country

Tom Motel Clerk ( Actor )

... 2005

Star Trek: Insurrection

Son'a Doctor ( Actor )

... 1998

The Big Squeeze

Contractor ( Actor )

... 1996

Illegal in Blue

Gary Dedmarch ( Actor )

... 1995

... 1994

... 1994

Caught in the Act

Sterling ( Actor )

... 1993

Class Act

Principal Kratz ( Actor )

... 1992

Doc Hollywood

Simon Tidwell, First Patient ( Actor )

... 1991

Aftermath: A Test of Love

Dr. Frenzel ( Actor )

... 1991

Under Cover

Grimbach ( Actor )

... 1991

... 1990

Challenger

Joseph Kilminster ( Actor )

... 1990

... 1989

... 1988

... 1987

... 1987

Burglar

The Jogger ( Actor )

... 1987

The Stepford Children

George Larson ( Actor )

... 1987

Deadly Messages

Harding ( Actor )

... 1985

Best Defense

Sonny ( Actor )

... 1984

Mister Roberts

Dowdy ( Actor )

... 1984

The Taming of the Shrew

Gremio ( Actor )

... 1976

... 1970