- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 27, 1943
- Place of Birth
- Flint, Michigan, USA
Raye Birk
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. W…
Filmography
movieNew Neighbors
2016
movieA Serious Man
2009 · Dr. Shapiro
movieSweet Land
2005 · Postal Clerk
movieFactotum
2005 · Heathercliff
movieNorth Country
2005 · Tom Motel Clerk
tvBlack Scorpion
2001 · Dr. Phineas Phoenix
movieStar Trek: Insurrection
1998 · Son'a Doctor
After Jimmy
movieAfter Jimmy
1996 · John Davies
movieThe Big Squeeze
1996 · Contractor
tv3rd Rock from the Sun
1996 · Jeweler
tvCaroline in the City
1995 · Danny
movieIllegal in Blue
1995 · Gary Dedmarch
tvNowhere Man
1995 · Tobe Alder
My Brother's Keeper
movieMy Brother's Keeper
1995 · Dr. Roth
movieCries from the Heart
1994
tvDue South
1994 · Francis Bolt
tvTouched by an Angel
1994 · Mr. McFarlane
tvER
1994 · Mr. Hartley
movieNaked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994 · Papshmir
tvBabylon 5
1994 · William
tvFrasier
1993 · Walt Twitchell
tvSaved by the Bell: The New Class
1993 · Superintendent Stoneman
tvThe X-Files
1993 · Dr. Jeff Eckerle
tvThe Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993 · Prosecuting Attorney
movieCaught in the Act
1993 · Sterling
movieBarbarians at the Gate
1993 · Travis Gaines
movieClass Act
1992 · Principal Kratz
tvSilk Stalkings
1991 · Atticus Dunn
tvHome Improvement
1991 · Fred
movieDoc Hollywood
1991 · Simon Tidwell, First Patient
movieAftermath: A Test of Love
1991 · Dr. Frenzel
Under Cover
tvUnder Cover
1991 · Grimbach
movieUnder Cover
1991 · Grimbach
movieArchie: To Riverdale and Back Again
1990 · Judge Brown
tvWings
1990 · Prince Restivon
tvWorking Girl
1990 · Mr. Dixon
movieChallenger
1990 · Joseph Kilminster
tvSnoops
1989 · Mr. Nelson
tvSeinfeld
1989 · Mr. Pless
tvCoach
1989 · Riley Pringle
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
1989 · Sam Morgan
movieThe Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988 · Pahpshmir
tvMurphy Brown
1988 · Barney
tvEmpty Nest
1988 · Judge Talmadge, Albert
tvDear John
1988 · Dr. Hendricks
tvEisenhower and Lutz
1988 · Bjorn
tvThe Wonder Years
1988 · Mr. Diperna
movieThrow Momma from the Train
1987 · Pinsky
tvStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · Wrenn
tvJ.J. Starbuck
1987
tvBeauty and the Beast
1987 · Edmonton
tvThe Popcorn Kid
1987 · Leonard Brown
movieBurglar
1987 · The Jogger
movieThe Stepford Children
1987 · George Larson
tvFresno
1986 · Mr. Loats
tvALF
1986 · Officer Griswald, Lenny Scott
tvL.A. Law
1986 · Judge Steven Lang
tvMatlock
1986 · Simon Le Simple
tvThe Twilight Zone
1985 · (segment "Lost and Found")
tvThe Golden Girls
1985 · Caterer
movieDeadly Messages
1985 · Harding
movieBest Defense
1984 · Sonny
movieMister Roberts
1984 · Dowdy
tvBlue Thunder
1984 · Martin C. Sharp
tvNight Court
1984 · Dworkin, God #1, Ward, Frank Pepitone
tvSt. Elsewhere
1982 · Irish Patient
tvCheers
1982 · Walt Twitchell
A Christmas Carol
movieA Christmas Carol
1981 · Marley's Ghost
movieThe Taming of the Shrew
1976 · Gremio
tvColumbo
1971 · Howard Seltzer
movieGas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
1970 · Mort Catafalque
tvHawaii Five-O
1968 · Parole Officer
Seed of Doubt
movieSeed of Doubt
— · Dr. Bill Larson