
Paul Linke
Acting
🎂 1948-05-06
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.
Cast credits(48)

Eddie Mapp
1984

1990

Evelyn's Husband
1993

Lionel
1989

Sheriff Ben Masters
1989

Man at AIDS Support Group
1992

1972

Tapper Shell
1979

1972

The Warden
2000

Principal Dick Waxwood
1999

Church Deacon
1993

Mr. Tomkins
1987

1974

Dale Shawn
1984

Dr. Herb Benzig
1982

Ted Preminger
1990

Arthur Grossman
1977

Officer Arthur Grossman
1977

T.J.
1987
Raymond Chumley
1990

George Bowman
1989

Max
1994

Battalion Chief Powers
1991

Martin Henderson
1988

Opie (uncredited)
1990

Reporter #2
1983

Bank Teller
1974

Eli
2007

Red Hughes
1987

1994

Coach
1997

Sheriff Bruce Smith
1980

Narrator
1996

Mr. Larson
1994

Governor
1998

Grossman
1998

Collins Hedgeworth
1977

Rod Merredi
1996

Tuttle
1999

Sam
1970

Alfred (segment "Mike & Pauline")
1975

Carl Landers
1992

Traveling Salesman
1988

Frank
1985
2008

Detective Collins
2017
1989