Raye Birk
Born in Flint, Michigan, USA — May 27 1943
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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…
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The X-Files
Dr. Jeff Eckerle
Seinfeld
Mr. Pless
Frasier
Walt Twitchell
Babylon 5
William
Cheers
Walt Twitchell
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Wrenn
ER
Mr. Hartley
Columbo
Howard Seltzer
L.A. Law
Judge Steven Lang
Night Court
Dworkin
Wings
Prince Restivon
St. Elsewhere
Irish Patient
Hawaii Five-O
Parole Officer
The Wonder Years
Mr. Diperna
Coach
Riley Pringle
3rd Rock from the Sun
Jeweler
Home Improvement
Fred
The Golden Girls
Caterer
Touched by an Angel
Mr. McFarlane
Matlock
Simon Le Simple
Caroline in the City
Danny
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Lost and Found")
ALF
Officer Griswald
Silk Stalkings
Atticus Dunn
Murphy Brown
Barney
Due South
Francis Bolt
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Superintendent Stoneman
Empty Nest
Judge Talmadge
Nowhere Man
Tobe Alder
Dear John
Dr. Hendricks
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Prosecuting Attorney
Blue Thunder
Martin C. Sharp
Snoops
Mr. Nelson
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Pahpshmir
Black Scorpion
Dr. Phineas Phoenix
J.J. Starbuck
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Papshmir
Eisenhower and Lutz
Bjorn
Fresno
Mr. Loats
North Country
Tom Motel Clerk
Doc Hollywood
Simon Tidwell, First Patient
Star Trek: Insurrection
Son'a Doctor
A Serious Man
Dr. Shapiro
Under Cover
Grimbach
Throw Momma from the Train
Pinsky
Class Act
Principal Kratz
Best Defense
Sonny
Burglar
The Jogger
The Popcorn Kid
Leonard Brown
Barbarians at the Gate
Travis Gaines
Sweet Land
Postal Clerk
Factotum
Heathercliff
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
Sam Morgan
Mister Roberts
Dowdy
My Brother's Keeper
Dr. Roth
After Jimmy
John Davies
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again
Judge Brown
Challenger
Joseph Kilminster
The Big Squeeze
Contractor
Cries from the Heart
Deadly Messages
Harding
Illegal in Blue
Gary Dedmarch
Aftermath: A Test of Love
Dr. Frenzel
The Stepford Children
George Larson
Under Cover
Grimbach
Caught in the Act
Sterling
New Neighbors
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
Mort Catafalque
The Taming of the Shrew
Gremio
A Christmas Carol
Marley's Ghost
Seed of Doubt
Dr. Bill Larson