Raye Birk (born May 27, 1943) is an American film and television actor famous for playing the role of Papshmir 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.
[>>]Source: WikipediaRaye Birk (born May 27, 1943) is an American film and television actor famous for playing the role of Papshmir 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.
In addition to these roles, he had a frequently occurring role as the principal on The Wonder Years, starting with the pilot episode when he suspended Kevin Arnold for throwing food in the cafeteria. He was also on a pair of Home Improvement episodes as one of Tim's poker buddies. In 1991 Raye appeared on the TV series Night Court as Frank Pepitone. He has appeared twice on The Golden Girls, both times playing caterers.
Furthermore, he appeared on three episodes of Cheers as a mailman named "Twitchell", on which he got into minor altercations with Cliff Clavin.
In 2004-2008, he played Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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