Raye Birk

Actor May 27 (age 82) Flint, Michigan, USA 1968–2016 (48 year career)

6.4 avg rating

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" and "Call of the Wild Part Two". He also had roles in the X-Files and Babylon 5. His other film credit…

Known For

Film

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Pahpshmir

Film

A Serious Man

Dr. Shapiro

Film

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Papshmir

Film

North Country

Tom Motel Clerk

Film

Star Trek: Insurrection

Son'a Doctor

Film

Doc Hollywood

Simon Tidwell, First Patient

Film

Throw Momma from the Train

Pinsky

Film

Factotum

Heathercliff

Filmography

Acting (71)

Movies (31)

New Neighbors

A Serious Man

as Dr. Shapiro

North Country

as Tom Motel Clerk

Sweet Land

as Postal Clerk

Factotum

as Heathercliff

Star Trek: Insurrection

as Son'a Doctor

The Big Squeeze

as Contractor

After Jimmy

as John Davies

My Brother's Keeper

as Dr. Roth

Illegal in Blue

as Gary Dedmarch

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

as Papshmir

Cries from the Heart

Barbarians at the Gate

as Travis Gaines

Caught in the Act

as Sterling

Class Act

as Principal Kratz

Doc Hollywood

as Simon Tidwell, First Patient

6.4

Under Cover

1991

as Grimbach

Aftermath: A Test of Love

as Dr. Frenzel

Challenger

as Joseph Kilminster

Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again

1990

as Judge Brown

7.4

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson

1989

as Sam Morgan

7.1

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

as Pahpshmir

Burglar

as The Jogger

Throw Momma from the Train

1987

as Pinsky

6.2

The Stepford Children

as George Larson

Deadly Messages

as Harding

Mister Roberts

as Dowdy

Best Defense

as Sonny

A Christmas Carol

as Marley's Ghost

The Taming of the Shrew

1976

as Gremio

6.9

Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.

1970

as Mort Catafalque

4.2

Television (40)

Black Scorpion

2001

as Dr. Phineas Phoenix

5.9

3rd Rock from the Sun

as Jeweler

Ned & Stacey

as Earl

Caroline in the City

as Danny

Nowhere Man

as Tobe Alder

as Mr. Hartley

Babylon 5

as William

Touched by an Angel

as Mr. McFarlane

Due South

as Francis Bolt

The X-Files

as Dr. Jeff Eckerle

Frasier

as Walt Twitchell

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

1993

as Prosecuting Attorney

7.0

Saved by the Bell: The New Class

1993

as Superintendent Stoneman

Home Improvement

as Fred

Silk Stalkings

as Atticus Dunn

Under Cover

as Grimbach

Wings

as Prince Restivon

Seinfeld

as Mr. Pless

Coach

as Riley Pringle

Snoops

as Mr. Nelson

Murphy Brown

as Barney

The Wonder Years

as Mr. Diperna

Empty Nest

as Albert

Dear John

as Dr. Hendricks

Eisenhower and Lutz

as Bjorn

Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Wrenn

J.J. Starbuck

The Popcorn Kid

as Leonard Brown

L.A. Law

as Steven Lang

Matlock

as Simon Le Simple

ALF

as Lenny Scott

Fresno

as Mr. Loats

The Twilight Zone

as (segment "Lost and Found")

The Golden Girls

as Caterer

Night Court

as Dworkin

Blue Thunder

as Martin C. Sharp

Cheers

as Walt Twitchell

St. Elsewhere

as Irish Patient

Columbo

as Howard Seltzer

Hawaii Five-O

as Parole Officer