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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. 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.

New Neighbors

A Serious Man
as Dr. Shapiro

Sweet Land
as Postal Clerk

Factotum
as Heathercliff

North Country
as Tom Motel Clerk

Black Scorpion
as Dr. Phineas Phoenix

Star Trek: Insurrection
as Son'a Doctor
After Jimmy
as John Davies

The Big Squeeze
as Contractor

3rd Rock from the Sun
as Jeweler

Caroline in the City
as Danny

Illegal in Blue
as Gary Dedmarch

Nowhere Man
as Tobe Alder
My Brother's Keeper
as Dr. Roth

Cries from the Heart

Due South
as Francis Bolt

Touched by an Angel
as Mr. McFarlane

ER
as Mr. Hartley

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Papshmir

Babylon 5
as William

Frasier
as Walt Twitchell

Saved by the Bell: The New Class
as Superintendent Stoneman

The X-Files
as Dr. Jeff Eckerle

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
as Prosecuting Attorney

Caught in the Act
as Sterling

Barbarians at the Gate
as Travis Gaines

Class Act
as Principal Kratz

Silk Stalkings
as Atticus Dunn

Home Improvement
as Fred

Doc Hollywood
as Simon Tidwell, First Patient

Aftermath: A Test of Love
as Dr. Frenzel
Under Cover
as Grimbach

Under Cover
as Grimbach

Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again
as Judge Brown

Wings
as Prince Restivon

Working Girl
as Mr. Dixon

Challenger
as Joseph Kilminster

Snoops
as Mr. Nelson

Seinfeld
as Mr. Pless

Coach
as Riley Pringle

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
as Sam Morgan

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
as Pahpshmir

Murphy Brown
as Barney

Empty Nest
as Judge Talmadge

Dear John
as Dr. Hendricks

Eisenhower and Lutz
as Bjorn

The Wonder Years
as Mr. Diperna

Throw Momma from the Train
as Pinsky

Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Wrenn

J.J. Starbuck

Beauty and the Beast
as Edmonton

The Popcorn Kid
as Leonard Brown

Burglar
as The Jogger

The Stepford Children
as George Larson

Fresno
as Mr. Loats

ALF
as Officer Griswald

L.A. Law
as Judge Steven Lang

Matlock
as Simon Le Simple

The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Lost and Found")

The Golden Girls
as Caterer