Raye Birk Schauspieler
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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 Arnolds 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 Kevins new math teacher as Kevins hardnosed algebra teacher has just died. He was also on a pair of Home Improvement episodes as one of Tims 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.
Pahpshmir
Film 1988
Gremio
Film 1976
Sterling
Film 1993
Dr. Frenzel
Film 1991
Pinsky
Film 1987
The Jogger
Film 1987
Dowdy
Film 1984
George Larson
Film 1987
John Davies
Film 1996
Film 1994
Papshmir
Film 1994
Sonny
Film 1984
Simon Tidwell, First Patient
Film 1991
Mort Catafalque
Film 1970
Marley's Ghost
Film 1981
Postal Clerk
Film 2005
Harding
Film 1985
Son'a Doctor
Film 1998
Heathercliff
Film 2005
Film 2016
Gary Dedmarch
Film 1995
Dr. Roth
Film 1995
Wrenn
Tv 1987
Tv 1985
Prince Restivon
Tv 1990
Walt Twitchell
Tv 1993
William
Tv 1994
Dr. Jeff Eckerle
Tv 1993
Officer Griswald
Tv 1986
Lenny Scott
Tv 1986
Grimbach
Tv 1991
Leonard Brown
Tv 1987
Howard Seltzer
Tv 1971
Fred
Tv 1991
Mr. Diperna
Tv 1988
Dworkin
Tv 1984
Dr. Phineas Phoenix
Tv 2001
Parole Officer
Tv 1968
Tobe Alder
Tv 1995
Mr. Pless
Tv 1989
Judge Talmadge
Tv 1988
God #1
Tv 1984
Ward
Tv 1984
Dr. Hendricks
Tv 1988
(voice)
Tv 1999
Prosecuting Attorney
Tv 1993
Francis Bolt
Tv 1994
Barney
Tv 1988
Simon Le Simple
Tv 1986
Jeweler
Tv 1996
Judge Steven Lang
Tv 1986
Frank Pepitone
Tv 1984
Albert
Tv 1988
Atticus Dunn
Tv 1991
Mr. Hartley
Tv 1994
Bjorn
Tv 1988
Caterer
Tv 1985
Walt Twitchell
Tv 1982
Mr. McFarlane
Tv 1994
Danny
Tv 1995
Superintendent Stoneman
Tv 1993
Riley Pringle
Tv 1989
Mr. Nelson
Tv 1989
Earl
Tv 1995
