Raye Birk

Raye Birk

Birthday: 1943-05-27

Place of birth: Flint, Michigan, USA

Also known as: Ray Birk

imdb_id: nm0083541

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 33​1⁄3: 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. While generally antagonist, a more sympathetic role on the show was seen in the award winning episode "Goodbye" where he confides in Kevin that he is Kevin's new math teacher as Kevin's hardnosed algebra teacher has just died. He was also on a pair of Home Improvement episodes as one of Tim's poker buddies. Raye appeared in several episodes on the TV series Night Court. He appeared twice on The Golden Girls, both times playing a wedding caterer. Furthermore, in 1985, 1986 and 1992, he appeared on three episodes of Cheers as Walt Twitchell, a mailman who got into minor altercations with Cliff Clavin. Birk reprised the role of Twitchell in a 2002 episode of the Cheers spinoff series, Frasier, in which the title character (played by Kelsey Grammer) returned to Boston and re-acquainted himself with old friends from the bar. He played a recurring role on Coach as university band director Riley Pringle from 1989 to 1993. He also appeared in an episode of Mr. Belvedere as an accordion player. In 2004–2008, he played Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Raye has been married to his wife Candace Barrett for 41 years. They have one son, Joshua, who is a professor of medieval history.

Played in movies:

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Score: 7.3

North Country

Score: 7.3

Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again

Score: 7.2

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson

Score: 7.1

The Taming of the Shrew

Score: 6.9

Mister Roberts

Score: 6.8

Barbarians at the Gate

Score: 6.8

A Serious Man

Score: 6.7

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Score: 6.5

Star Trek: Insurrection

Score: 6.4

Sweet Land

Score: 6.4

Doc Hollywood

Score: 6.4

Challenger

Score: 6.2

Throw Momma from the Train

Score: 6.2

Factotum

Score: 6.2

Class Act

Score: 6.1

Deadly Messages

Score: 6.0

Aftermath: A Test of Love

Score: 5.5

Caught in the Act

Score: 5.5

Cries from the Heart

Score: 5.2

Burglar

Score: 5.2

New Neighbors

Score: 5.0

The Stepford Children

Score: 4.7

Best Defense

Score: 4.3

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

Score: 4.3

The Big Squeeze

Score: 3.5

After Jimmy

Score: 3.5

Illegal in Blue

Score: 3.4

My Brother's Keeper

Score: 1.0

A Christmas Carol

Score: 0.0

Under Cover

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The X-Files

Score: 8.4

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Score: 8.4

The Wonder Years

Score: 8.3

Seinfeld

Score: 8.3

Columbo

Score: 8.1

Babylon 5

Score: 8.0

ER

Score: 7.8

The Twilight Zone

Score: 7.7

ALF

Score: 7.7

ALF

Score: 7.7

Frasier

Score: 7.7

Nowhere Man

Score: 7.6

Cheers

Score: 7.6

The Golden Girls

Score: 7.5

Due South

Score: 7.5

3rd Rock from the Sun

Score: 7.5

Home Improvement

Score: 7.4

Night Court

Score: 7.3

Night Court

Score: 7.3

Night Court

Score: 7.3

Night Court

Score: 7.3

Ned & Stacey

Score: 7.2

Touched by an Angel

Score: 7.2

Hawaii Five-O

Score: 7.1

Matlock

Score: 7.1

L.A. Law

Score: 7.1

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

Score: 7.1

Blue Thunder

Score: 6.9

Wings

Score: 6.8

Coach

Score: 6.7

Caroline in the City

Score: 6.4

Murphy Brown

Score: 6.4

Fresno

Score: 6.4

Silk Stalkings

Score: 6.3

Saved by the Bell: The New Class

Score: 6.1

Under Cover

Score: 6.0

Black Scorpion

Score: 5.9

Empty Nest

Score: 5.8

Empty Nest

Score: 5.8

Dear John

Score: 5.5

J.J. Starbuck

Score: 5.0

Snoops

Score: 5.0

Eisenhower and Lutz

Score: 5.0

The Popcorn Kid

Score: 0.0