Paul Linke

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Linke (born May 6, 1948) is an American actor, known for his role as Officer Artie Grossman in CHiPs, a television series about the motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol. Linke has worked in film and extensively in television, mostly portraying mild-mannered everyman roles. Linke was born in New York, New York, the son of Richard O. Linke, a personal manager, producer, and partner of Andy Griffith. During the timeframe of his character on the television series CHiPs, Linke played a similar role as Sheriff Bruce Smith in the cult classic, slasher film parody Motel Hell (1980). He also appeared in the film Parenthood (1989). His career has included appearances on many well known television series such as, The Waltons, Laverne & Shirley, Happy Days, M*A*S*H, Knots Landing, St. Elsewhere, Quantum Leap and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. He appeared in a 1985 episode of Three's a Crowd, a short-lived television sitcom spinoff of Three's Company starring John Ritter. Linke later spoke at Ritter's memorial service. In 2000 Linke co-wrote and directed the acclaimed stage play "Save it for the Stage: The Life of Reilly" with actor Charles Nelson Reilly, which was later made into the 2006 film "The Life of Reilly". Linke met his first wife, Francesca "Chex" Draper, a musician and composer, at a party in Los Angeles in 1976. They married in 1978 and had three children together, Jasper, Ryan and Rose. When his wife died of cancer in 1986, Linke channeled his grief into writing and performing a play called Time Flies When You're Alive. First presented as a one-man show in Los Angeles and HBO drama, the work was then developed into the book Time Flies When You're Alive: A Real-Life Love Story. The very emotional work has garnered critical acclaim. Linke later remarried Christine Healy in 1991. They have one child together, a daughter named Lily. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Linke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1948-05-06

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1970	The Baby Maker	Sam	62
2	1974	Big Bad Mama	Bank Teller	57
3	1975	Three for Two	Alfred (segment "Mike & Pauline")	30
4	1977	Grand Theft Auto	Collins Hedgeworth	53
5	1980	Motel Hell	Sheriff Bruce Smith	58
6	1983	Heart Like a Wheel	Reporter #2	56
7	1985	KGB: The Secret War	Frank	55
8	1987	Into the Homeland	Red Hughes	60
9	1988	Daddy's Boys	Traveling Salesman	25
10	1988	Shootdown	Martin Henderson	52
11	1989	Time Flies When You're Alive		0
12	1989	Parenthood	George Bowman	67
13	1990	The Dreamer of Oz	Opie (uncredited)	73
14	1991	Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor	Battalion Chief Powers	35
15	1992	The Fear Inside	Carl Landers	38
16	1994	Shrunken Heads	Mr. Larson	46
17	1994	Where Are My Children?		59
18	1994	Lady in Waiting	Max	32
19	1996	No One Would Tell	Rod Merredi	70
20	1996	Every Woman's Dream	Narrator	63
21	1997	Killing Mr. Griffin	Coach	47
22	1998	Thirst	Governor	44
23	1998	CHiPs '99	Grossman	61
24	1999	Smart House	Tuttle	59
25	2007	Fallen Angels	Eli	30
26	2017	The Guest House	Detective Collins	57

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	The Waltons		71
2	1972	MAS*H		79
3	1974	Happy Days		76
4	1977	CHiPs	Arthur Grossman	68
5	1979	Knots Landing	Tapper Shell	69
6	1982	St. Elsewhere	Dr. Herb Benzig	55
7	1984	Hunter	Dale Shawn	72
8	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Eddie Mapp	75
9	1987	21 Jump Street	Mr. Tomkins	72
10	1987	Hooperman	T.J.	61
11	1989	Quantum Leap	Lionel	80
12	1989	Quantum Leap	Sheriff Ben Masters	80
13	1990	Capital News	Raymond Chumley	60
14	1990	The Flash	Ted Preminger	74
15	1990	Beverly Hills, 90210		74
16	1992	Melrose Place	Man at AIDS Support Group	59
17	1993	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Church Deacon	70
18	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Evelyn's Husband	71
19	1999	Judging Amy	Principal Dick Waxwood	75
20	2000	Strong Medicine	The Warden	71
21	2008	Kitten vs. Newborn		0

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