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