Raye Birk

Personal Info

Birthday

May 27, 1943

(82 years old)

Place of Birth

Flint, Michigan, USA

Also Known As

Ray Birk

Raye Birk

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 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).

Known For

Seinfeld

Columbo

Frasier

The X-Files

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Cheers

Babylon 5

Coach

Filmography

2009
A Serious Man
as Dr. Shapiro
2005
Sweet Land
as Postal Clerk
Factotum
as Heathercliff
North Country
as Tom Motel Clerk
1998
Star Trek: Insurrection
as Son'a Doctor
1996
After Jimmy
as John Davies
The Big Squeeze
as Contractor
1995
Illegal in Blue
as Gary Dedmarch
My Brother's Keeper
as Dr. Roth
1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Papshmir
1993
Caught in the Act
as Sterling
Barbarians at the Gate
as Travis Gaines
1992
Class Act
as Principal Kratz
1991
Doc Hollywood
as Simon Tidwell, First Patient
Aftermath: A Test of Love
as Dr. Frenzel
1990
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again
as Judge Brown
Challenger
as Joseph Kilminster
1989
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
as Sam Morgan
1988
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
as Pahpshmir
1987
Throw Momma from the Train
as Pinsky
Burglar
as The Jogger
The Stepford Children
as George Larson
1985
Deadly Messages
as Harding
1984
Best Defense
as Sonny
Mister Roberts
as Dowdy
1981
A Christmas Carol
as Marley's Ghost
1976
The Taming of the Shrew
as Gremio
1970
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
as Mort Catafalque