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Born · May 6, 1948 (76 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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.
Detective Collins
5.7
2017
(21 episodes)
0.0
2008
Eli
3.2
2007
The Warden · (1 episode)
7.1
2000
Principal Dick Waxwood · (2 episodes)
7.5
1999
Tuttle
5.9
1999
Grossman
6.1
1998
Governor
4.4
1998
Coach
4.9
1997
Narrator
6.2
1996
Rod Merredi
6.9
1996
Max
3.4
1994
5.9
1994
Mr. Larson
4.8
1994
Evelyn's Husband · (1 episode)
7.1
1993
Church Deacon · (2 episodes)
7.0
1993
Carl Landers
3.5
1992
Man at AIDS Support Group · (1 episode)
5.9
1992
Battalion Chief Powers
3.5
1991
Opie (uncredited)
7.3
1990
(1 episode)
7.4
1990
Ted Preminger · (1 episode)
7.4
1990
Raymond Chumley · (1 episode)
6.0
1990
George Bowman
6.7
1989
Lionel · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
Sheriff Ben Masters · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
0.0
1989
Martin Henderson
5.2
1988
Traveling Salesman
2.5
1988
T.J. · (7 episodes)
6.1
1987
Mr. Tomkins · (1 episode)
7.1
1987
Red Hughes
6.0
1987
Frank
4.2
1985
Eddie Mapp · (1 episode)
7.5
1984
Dale Shawn · (1 episode)
7.2
1984
Reporter #2
5.6
1983
Dr. Herb Benzig · (2 episodes)
5.4
1982
Sheriff Bruce Smith
5.8
1980
Tapper Shell · (1 episode)
6.8
1979
Arthur Grossman · (139 episodes)
6.8
1977
Collins Hedgeworth
5.3
1977
Alfred (segment "Mike & Pauline")
3.0
1975
Bank Teller
5.6
1974
(2 episodes)
7.7
1974
(1 episode)
7.9
1972
(1 episode)
7.1
1972
Sam
6.1
1970