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Raye Birk
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Raye Birk
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1943-05-27,Flint, Michigan, USA
Gender
Male
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 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.

Filmography

6.256

Class Act
1992-06-05

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

7.281

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988-12-02

The Taming of the Shrew

6.917

The Taming of the Shrew
1976-11-10

Caught in the Act

6.125

Caught in the Act
1993-07-22

Aftermath: A Test of Love

5.9

Aftermath: A Test of Love
1991-03-10

Throw Momma from the Train

6.154

Throw Momma from the Train
1987-12-11

5.179

Burglar
1987-03-20

7.5

Mister Roberts
1984-03-18

The Stepford Children

5

The Stepford Children
1987-03-15

3

After Jimmy
1996-09-24

Cries from the Heart

6

Cries from the Heart
1994-10-16

8

Under Cover
1991-01-05

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

6.52

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994-03-18

4.324

Best Defense
1984-07-20

6.37

Doc Hollywood
1991-08-02

Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.

4.3

Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
1970-09-04

Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again

7.324

Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again
1990-05-06

6.5

Challenger
1990-02-25

A Christmas Carol

7

A Christmas Carol
1981-12-21

6.33

Sweet Land
2005-10-21

Deadly Messages

5.818

Deadly Messages
1985-02-21

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson

7

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
1989-02-12

Star Trek: Insurrection

6.45

Star Trek: Insurrection
1998-12-11

6.153

Factotum
2005-04-25

5

New Neighbors
2016-09-15

6.687

A Serious Man
2009-10-02

Illegal in Blue

3.938

Illegal in Blue
1995-08-28

My Brother's Keeper

1

My Brother's Keeper
1995-03-19

7.257

North Country
2005-02-12

The Big Squeeze

3.8

The Big Squeeze
1996-09-06

Barbarians at the Gate

6.865

Barbarians at the Gate
1993-03-20

0

Seed of Doubt

The War of the Roses

6.916

The War of the Roses
1989-12-08

Star Trek: The Next Generation

8.4

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987-09-28

The Twilight Zone

7.695

The Twilight Zone
1985-09-27

6.856

Wings
1990-04-19

7.703

Frasier
1993-09-16

8.023

Babylon 5
1994-01-26

8.369

The X-Files
1993-09-10

7.644

ALF
1986-09-22

7.644

ALF
1986-09-22

7.5

Under Cover
1991-01-07

The Popcorn Kid

8

The Popcorn Kid
1987-03-23

8.057

Columbo
1971-09-15

Home Improvement

7.365

Home Improvement
1991-09-17

The Wonder Years

8.344

The Wonder Years
1988-01-31

7.321

Night Court
1984-01-04

5.9

Black Scorpion
2001-01-05

7.207

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

7.789

Nowhere Man
1995-08-28

8.249

Seinfeld
1989-07-05

5.931

Empty Nest
1988-10-08

6.7

Fresno
1986-11-16

7.321

Night Court
1984-01-04

7.321

Night Court
1984-01-04

5.7

Dear John
1988-10-06

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

7.095

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993-08-27

7.583

Due South
1994-09-22

6.5

Murphy Brown
1988-11-14

7.049

Matlock
1986-03-03

3rd Rock from the Sun

7.509

3rd Rock from the Sun
1996-01-09

7.013

L.A. Law
1986-09-15

7.321

Night Court
1984-01-04

5.931

Empty Nest
1988-10-08

6.2

Silk Stalkings
1991-11-07

7.814

ER
1994-09-19

Eisenhower and Lutz

6.5

Eisenhower and Lutz
1988-03-14

The Golden Girls

7.567

The Golden Girls
1985-09-14

7.558

Cheers
1982-09-30

Touched by an Angel

7.184

Touched by an Angel
1994-09-21

Caroline in the City

6.571

Caroline in the City
1995-09-21

Saved by the Bell: The New Class

5.962

Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993-09-11

6.667

Coach
1989-02-28

6.333

Snoops
1989-09-22

6

J.J. Starbuck
1987-09-26

6.922

Blue Thunder
1984-01-06

5.672

St. Elsewhere
1982-10-26

Beauty and the Beast

7.386

Beauty and the Beast
1987-09-25

7.8

Working Girl
1990-04-16