Raye Birk

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).

Casted

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Played Pahpshmir

Average Rating

7.3

4218 votes

Release Date

Dec 02, 1988

37 years ago
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Played Papshmir

Average Rating

6.5

2358 votes

Release Date

Mar 18, 1994

32 years ago
A Serious Man

Played Dr. Shapiro

Average Rating

6.7

2242 votes

Release Date

Oct 02, 2009

16 years ago
Star Trek: Insurrection

Played Son'a Doctor

Average Rating

6.4

1297 votes

Release Date

Dec 11, 1998

27 years ago
North Country

Played Tom Motel Clerk

Average Rating

7.2

705 votes

Release Date

Feb 12, 2005

21 years ago
Doc Hollywood

Played Simon Tidwell, First Patient

Average Rating

6.3

658 votes

Release Date

Aug 02, 1991

35 years ago
Throw Momma from the Train

Played Pinsky

Average Rating

6.2

614 votes

Release Date

Dec 11, 1987

38 years ago
Factotum

Played Heathercliff

Average Rating

6.1

206 votes

Release Date

Apr 25, 2005

21 years ago
Best Defense

Played Sonny

Average Rating

4.3

127 votes

Release Date

Jul 20, 1984

42 years ago
Class Act

Played Principal Kratz

Average Rating

6.1

116 votes

Release Date

Jun 05, 1992

34 years ago
Burglar

Played The Jogger

Average Rating

5.2

103 votes

Release Date

Mar 20, 1987

39 years ago
Sweet Land

Played Postal Clerk

Average Rating

6.3

48 votes

Release Date

Oct 21, 2005

20 years ago
Barbarians at the Gate

Played Travis Gaines

Average Rating

6.8

47 votes

Release Date

Mar 20, 1993

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

Played Mort Catafalque

Average Rating

4.2

39 votes

Release Date

Sep 04, 1970

56 years ago
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again

Played Judge Brown

Average Rating

7.2

29 votes

Release Date

May 06, 1990

36 years ago
The Stepford Children

Played George Larson

Average Rating

4.7

14 votes

Release Date

Mar 15, 1987

39 years ago
Deadly Messages

Played Harding

Average Rating

5.4

9 votes

Release Date

Feb 21, 1985

41 years ago
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson

Played Sam Morgan

Average Rating

7.1

9 votes

Release Date

Feb 12, 1989

37 years ago
Illegal in Blue

Played Gary Dedmarch

Average Rating

3.1

7 votes

Release Date

Aug 28, 1995

31 years ago
Aftermath: A Test of Love

Played Dr. Frenzel

Average Rating

5.5

6 votes

Release Date

Mar 10, 1991

35 years ago
The Taming of the Shrew

Played Gremio

Average Rating

6.9

5 votes

Release Date

Nov 10, 1976

50 years ago
Challenger

Played Joseph Kilminster

Average Rating

6.2

5 votes

Release Date

Feb 25, 1990

36 years ago
Cries from the Heart

Average Rating

5.2

4 votes

Release Date

Oct 16, 1994

31 years ago
Caught in the Act

Played Sterling

Average Rating

5.5

3 votes

Release Date

Jul 22, 1993

33 years ago
The Big Squeeze

Played Contractor

Average Rating

3.0

3 votes

Release Date

Sep 06, 1996

30 years ago
Mister Roberts

Played Dowdy

Average Rating

6.8

2 votes

Release Date

Mar 18, 1984

42 years ago
After Jimmy

Played John Davies

Average Rating

3.5

2 votes

Release Date

Sep 24, 1996

29 years ago
New Neighbors

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

Sep 15, 2016

9 years ago
My Brother's Keeper

Played Dr. Roth

Average Rating

1.0

1 votes

Release Date

Mar 19, 1995

31 years ago
Under Cover

Played Grimbach

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 05, 1991

35 years ago
A Christmas Carol

Played Marley's Ghost

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 21, 1981

44 years ago

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