Paul Linke

Paul Linke

Birthday: 1948-05-06

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0512912

Biography:

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 Three's a Crowd, a short-lived television sitcom spinoff of Three's Company starring John Ritter. Linke later spoke at Ritter's 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 You're 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 You're 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.

Played in movies:

An American Girl Story: Maryellen 1955 - Extraordinary Christmas

Score: 7.8

The Dreamer of Oz

Score: 7.3

No One Would Tell

Score: 7.0

Parenthood

Score: 6.7

Every Woman's Dream

Score: 6.3

CHiPs '99

Score: 6.3

The Baby Maker

Score: 6.2

Into the Homeland

Score: 6.0

Smart House

Score: 5.9

Where Are My Children?

Score: 5.9

Motel Hell

Score: 5.8

The Guest House

Score: 5.7

Big Bad Mama

Score: 5.7

Heart Like a Wheel

Score: 5.6

KGB: The Secret War

Score: 5.5

Grand Theft Auto

Score: 5.3

Shootdown

Score: 5.2

Killing Mr. Griffin

Score: 4.7

Shrunken Heads

Score: 4.5

Thirst

Score: 4.4

The Fear Inside

Score: 3.8

Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor

Score: 3.5

Fallen Angels

Score: 3.0

Three for Two

Score: 3.0

Lady in Waiting

Score: 3.0

Daddy's Boys

Score: 2.5

Time Flies When You're Alive

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Quantum Leap

Score: 8.0

Quantum Leap

Score: 8.0

M*A*S*H

Score: 7.9

Happy Days

Score: 7.6

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

Judging Amy

Score: 7.5

The Flash

Score: 7.4

Beverly Hills, 90210

Score: 7.3

Hunter

Score: 7.2

21 Jump Street

Score: 7.2

Strong Medicine

Score: 7.1

Diagnosis: Murder

Score: 7.1

The Waltons

Score: 7.1

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Score: 6.9

CHiPs

Score: 6.8

CHiPs

Score: 6.8

Knots Landing

Score: 6.7

Hooperman

Score: 6.1

Capital News

Score: 6.0

Melrose Place

Score: 5.9

St. Elsewhere

Score: 5.6

Kitten vs. Newborn

Score: 0.0