Paul Linke
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-05-06 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Paul Linke
Biography
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.
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Acting
(2017)
The Guest House
as Detective Collins
(2007)
Fallen Angels
as Eli
(1999)
Smart House
as Tuttle
(1998)
CHiPs '99
as Grossman
(1998)
Thirst
as Governor
(1997)
Killing Mr. Griffin
as Coach
(1996)
No One Would Tell
as Rod Merredi
(1996)
Every Woman's Dream
as Narrator
(1994)
Shrunken Heads
as Mr. Larson
(1994)
Lady in Waiting
as Max
(1994)
(1992)
The Fear Inside
as Carl Landers
(1991)
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
as Battalion Chief Powers
(1990)
The Dreamer of Oz
as Opie (uncredited)
(1989)
Parenthood
as George Bowman
(1989)
(1988)
Shootdown
as Martin Henderson
(1988)
Daddy's Boys
as Traveling Salesman
(1987)
Into the Homeland
as Red Hughes
(1985)
KGB: The Secret War
as Frank
(1983)
Heart Like a Wheel
as Reporter #2
(1980)
Motel Hell
as Sheriff Bruce Smith
(1977)
Grand Theft Auto
as Collins Hedgeworth
(1975)
Three for Two
as Alfred (segment "Mike & Pauline")
(1974)
Big Bad Mama
as Bank Teller
(1970)
The Baby Maker
as Sam