Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1943-05-27 (82 years)
- Place of BirthFlint, Michigan, USA
- Also Known AsRay Birk
Raye Birk
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"...Read More
Acting Career
- 2009
A Serious Man
As: Dr. Shapiro
- 2005
Sweet Land
As: Postal Clerk
- 2005
Factotum
As: Heathercliff
- 2005
North Country
As: Tom Motel Clerk
- 2001
Black Scorpion
As: Dr. Phineas Phoenix
- 1998
Star Trek: Insurrection
As: Son'a Doctor
- 1996
The Big Squeeze
As: Contractor
- 1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
As: Jeweler
1995Caroline in the City
As: Danny
1995Ned and Stacey
As: Earl
1995Illegal in Blue
As: Gary Dedmarch
1995Nowhere Man
As: Tobe Alder
1994Due South
As: Francis Bolt
1994Touched by an Angel
As: Mr. McFarlane
1994ER
As: Mr. Hartley
- 1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
As: Papshmir
1994Babylon 5
As: William
1993Frasier
As: Walt Twitchell
1993Saved by the Bell: The New Class
As: Superintendent Stoneman
1993The X-Files
As: Dr. Jeff Eckerle
1993The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
As: Prosecuting Attorney
1993Caught in the Act
As: Sterling
1992Class Act
As: Principal Kratz
1991Silk Stalkings
As: Atticus Dunn
1991Home Improvement
As: Fred
1991Doc Hollywood
As: Simon Tidwell, First Patient
1991Aftermath: A Test of Love
As: Dr. Frenzel
1991Under Cover
As: Grimbach
1990Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again
As: Judge Brown
1990Wings
As: Prince Restivon
1990Challenger
As: Joseph Kilminster
1989Snoops
As: Mr. Nelson
1989Seinfeld
As: Mr. Pless
1989Coach
As: Riley Pringle
1989Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
As: Sam Morgan
- 1988
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
As: Pahpshmir
1988Murphy Brown
As: Barney
1988Empty Nest
As: Judge Talmadge
- 1988
Empty Nest
As: Albert
1988Dear John
As: Dr. Hendricks
1988Eisenhower and Lutz
As: Bjorn
1988The Wonder Years
As: Mr. Diperna
1987Throw Momma from the Train
As: Pinsky
1987Star Trek: The Next Generation
As: Wrenn
1987The Popcorn Kid
As: Leonard Brown
1987Burglar
As: The Jogger
1987The Stepford Children
As: George Larson
1986Fresno
As: Mr. Loats
1986ALF
As: Lenny Scott
- 1986
ALF
As: Officer Griswald
1986L.A. Law
As: Judge Steven Lang
1986Matlock
As: Simon Le Simple
1985The Twilight Zone
As: (segment "Lost and Found")
1985The Golden Girls
As: Caterer
1985Deadly Messages
As: Harding
1984Best Defense
As: Sonny
1984Mister Roberts
As: Dowdy
1984Blue Thunder
As: Martin C. Sharp
1984Night Court
As: Dworkin
- 1984
Night Court
As: God #1
- 1984
Night Court
As: Ward
- 1984
Night Court
As: Frank Pepitone
1982Cheers
As: Walt Twitchell
1976The Taming of the Shrew
As: Gremio
1971Columbo
As: Howard Seltzer
1970Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
As: Mort Catafalque
1968Hawaii Five-O
As: Parole Officer