Raye Birk
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 331⁄3: 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 credit...
Known For
Filmography
New Neighbors
2016
A Serious Man
2009
as Dr. Shapiro
Sweet Land
2005
as Postal Clerk
Factotum
2005
as Heathercliff
North Country
2005
as Tom Motel Clerk
Black Scorpion
2001
as Dr. Phineas Phoenix
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998
as Son'a Doctor
After Jimmy
1996
as John Davies
The Big Squeeze
1996
as Contractor
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
as Jeweler
Illegal in Blue
1995
as Gary Dedmarch
My Brother's Keeper
1995
as Dr. Roth
Nowhere Man
1995
as Tobe Alder
Caroline in the City
1995
as Danny
Cries from the Heart
1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
as Papshmir
Babylon 5
1994
as William
Due South
1994
as Francis Bolt
ER
1994
as Mr. Hartley
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Mr. McFarlane
Caught in the Act
1993
as Sterling
Barbarians at the Gate
1993
as Travis Gaines
Frasier
1993
as Walt Twitchell
The X-Files
1993
as Dr. Jeff Eckerle
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
as Prosecuting Attorney
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993
as Superintendent Stoneman
Class Act
1992
as Principal Kratz
Aftermath: A Test of Love
1991
as Dr. Frenzel
Under Cover
1991
as Grimbach
Doc Hollywood
1991
as Simon Tidwell, First Patient
Under Cover
1991
as Grimbach
Home Improvement
1991
as Fred
Silk Stalkings
1991
as Atticus Dunn
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again
1990
as Judge Brown
Challenger
1990
as Joseph Kilminster
Wings
1990
as Prince Restivon
Working Girl
1990
as Mr. Dixon
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
1989
as Sam Morgan
The War of the Roses
1989
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
Seinfeld
1989
as Mr. Pless
Coach
1989
as Riley Pringle
Snoops
1989
as Mr. Nelson
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988
as Pahpshmir
The Wonder Years
1988
as Mr. Diperna
Empty Nest
1988
as Judge Talmadge
Dear John
1988
as Dr. Hendricks
Murphy Brown
1988
as Barney
Empty Nest
1988
as Albert
Eisenhower and Lutz
1988
as Bjorn
Throw Momma from the Train
1987
as Pinsky
Burglar
1987
as The Jogger
The Stepford Children
1987
as George Larson
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Wrenn
The Popcorn Kid
1987
as Leonard Brown
J.J. Starbuck
1987
Beauty and the Beast
1987
as Edmonton
ALF
1986
as Officer Griswald
ALF
1986
as Lenny Scott
Fresno
1986
as Mr. Loats
Matlock
1986
as Simon Le Simple
L.A. Law
1986
as Judge Steven Lang
Deadly Messages
1985
as Harding
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Time-Traveller (segment "Lost and Found")
The Golden Girls
1985
as Caterer
Mister Roberts
1984
as Dowdy
Best Defense
1984
as Sonny
Night Court
1984
as Dworkin
Night Court
1984
as God #1
Night Court
1984
as Ward
Night Court
1984
as Frank Pepitone
Blue Thunder
1984
as Martin C. Sharp
Cheers
1982
as Walt Twitchell
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Irish Patient
Newhart
1982
as Whitley McVeigh
A Christmas Carol
1981
as Marley's Ghost
The Taming of the Shrew
1976
as Gremio
Columbo
1971
as Howard Seltzer
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
1970
as Mort Catafalque
Hawaii Five-O
1969
as Parole Officer