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Paul Linke
Actor
Born May 6, 1948 (74 years)
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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.
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Filmography
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | The Guest House · as Detective Collins |
| 2006 | Fallen Angels · as Eli |
| 2001 | K-PAX · as Stuart Hessler |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine (TV Series) · as The Warden |
| 1999 | Smart House · as Tuttle |
| 1999 | Judging Amy (TV Series) · as Principal Dick Waxwood |
| 1998 | CHiPs '99 · as Grossman |
| 1998 | Chance of a Lifetime · as Ernie |
| 1998 | Thirst · as Governor |
| 1997 | Killing Mr. Griffin · as Coach |
| 1997 | Friends 'Til the End · as Detective |
| 1996 | No One Would Tell · as Rod Merredi |
| 1996 | Every Woman's Dream · as Narrator |
| 1996 | Profiler (TV Series) · as Bobby Perkins |
| 1995 | Awake to Danger · as actor |
| 1994 | Shrunken Heads · as Mr. Larson |
| 1994 | Where Are My Children? · as Unknown |
| 1994 | Family Album (TV Series) · as Wardrobe Man |
| 1993 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TV Series) · as Church Deacon |
| 1993 | Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) · as Evelyn's Husband |
| 1992 | The Fear Inside · as Carl Landers |
| 1992 | Melrose Place (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1992 | Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted · as Dr. Sullivan |
| 1991 | Plymouth · as Ernie |
| 1991 | Fire: Trapped on the 37th Floor · as Battalion Chief Powers |
| 1990 | Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael · as Officer Billings |
| 1990 | The Dreamer of Oz · as Opie Read |
| 1990 | The Flash (TV Series) · as Ted Preminger |
| 1990 | Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1989 | Parenthood · as George Bowman |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap (TV Series) · as Sheriff Ben Masters |
| 1989 | Baywatch (TV Series) · as Man at the Marina |
| 1988 | Daddy's Boys · as Traveling Salesman |
| 1988 | Shootdown · as Martin Henderson |
| 1987 | Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 · as actor |
| 1987 | 21 Jump Street (TV Series) · as Mr. Tomkins |
| 1985 | Space Rage · as Duffy |
| 1985 | KGB: The Secret War · as Frank |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Eddie Mapp |
| 1984 | Hunter (TV Series) · as Dale Shawn |
| 1984 | Three's a Crowd (TV Series) · as Dr. Smith |
| 1984 | Santa Barbara (TV Series) · as Myers |
| 1983 | Heart Like a Wheel · as Reporter #2 |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1980 | Motel Hell · as Sheriff Bruce Smith |
| 1979 | Knots Landing (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1977 | Grand Theft Auto · as Collins Hedgeworth |
| 1977 | CHiPs (TV Series) · as Arthur Grossman |
| 1976 | Moving Violation · as Deputy Frank |
| 1976 | Laverne & Shirley (TV Series) · as Milo |
| 1975 | The Strongest Man in the World · as Peter 'Porky' Peterson |
| 1975 | Three for Two · as Alfred |
| 1974 | Big Bad Mama · as Bank Teller |
| 1974 | Happy Days (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1974 | Police Woman (TV Series) · as Harry |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | The Waltons (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1970 | The Baby Maker · as Sam |