From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.Paul Linke (born May 6, 1948) is an American actor, known for his role as Officer Artie Grossman in CHiPs, a television series about the motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol. Linke has worked in film and extensively in television, mostly portraying mild-mannered everyman roles.Linke was born in New York, New York, the son of Richard O. Linke, a personal manager, producer, and partner of Andy Griffith. During the timeframe of his character on the television series CHiPs, Linke played a similar role as Sheriff Bruce Smith in the cult classic, slasher film parody Motel Hell (1980). He also appeared in the film Parenthood (1989).His career has included appearances on many well known television series such as, The Waltons, Laverne & Shirley, Happy Days, M*A*S*H, Knots Landing, St. Elsewhere, Quantum Leap and Lois & Clark The New Adventures of Superman.He appeared in a 1985 episode of Threes a Crowd, a short-lived television sitcom spinoff of Threes Company starring John Ritter. Linke later spoke at Ritters memorial service.In 2000 Linke co-wrote and directed the acclaimed stage play Save it for the Stage The Life of Reilly with actor Charles Nelson Reilly, which was later made into the 2006 film The Life of Reilly.Linke met his first wife, Francesca Chex Draper, a musician and composer, at a party in Los Angeles in 1976. They married in 1978 and had three children together, Jasper, Ryan and Rose. When his wife died of cancer in 1986, Linke channeled his grief into writing and performing a play called Time Flies When Youre Alive. First presented as a one-man show in Los Angeles and HBO drama, the work was then developed into the book Time Flies When Youre Alive A Real-Life Love Story. The very emotional work has garnered critical acclaim.Linke later remarried Christine Healy in 1991. They have one child together, a daughter named Lily.Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Linke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Sheriff Bruce Smith
Film 1980
Red Hughes
Film 1987
Collins Hedgeworth
Film 1977
Mr. Larson
Film 1994
Sam
Film 1970
Martin Henderson
Film 1988
Carl Landers
Film 1992
Governor
Film 1998
Film 1989
Frank
Film 1985
Film 1994
George Bowman
Film 1989
Narrator
Film 1996
Alfred (segment "Mike & Pauline")
Film 1975
Rod Merredi
Film 1996
Max
Film 1994
Traveling Salesman
Film 1988
Detective Collins
Film 2017
Reporter #2
Film 1983
Bank Teller
Film 1974
Opie (uncredited)
Film 1990
Grossman
Film 1998
Coach
Film 1997
Battalion Chief Powers
Film 1991
Dr. Herb Benzig
Tv 1982
Eddie Mapp
Tv 1984
Arthur Grossman
Tv 1977
Tv 1972
Mr. Tomkins
Tv 1987
Tv 1990
Principal Dick Waxwood
Tv 1999
Tv 1974
Tapper Shell
Tv 1979
Lionel
Tv 1989
Man at AIDS Support Group
Tv 1992
Dale Shawn
Tv 1984
Tv 1972
Tv 2008
Ted Preminger
Tv 1990
Sheriff Ben Masters
Tv 1989
Evelyn's Husband
Tv 1993
Church Deacon
Tv 1993
The Warden
Tv 2000
Raymond Chumley
Tv 1990
T.J.
Tv 1987