Raye Birk

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-05-27 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Flint, Michigan, USA

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 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: Insurr...

Acting

1992

Class Act

as Principal Kratz

1993

1991

1987

Burglar

as The Jogger

1984

1987

The Stepford Children

as George Larson

1996

After Jimmy

as John Davies

1991

Under Cover

as Grimbach

1984

Best Defense

as Sonny

1991

Doc Hollywood

as Simon Tidwell, First Patient

1990

Challenger

as Joseph Kilminster

1981

A Christmas Carol

as Marley's Ghost

2005

Sweet Land

as Postal Clerk

1985

Deadly Messages

as Harding

1998

2005

Factotum

as Heathercliff

2009

A Serious Man

as Dr. Shapiro

1995

Illegal in Blue

as Gary Dedmarch

1995

2005

North Country

as Tom Motel Clerk

1996

The Big Squeeze

as Contractor

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