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 mildmannered 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 amp Shirley Happy Days MASH Knots Landing St Elsewhere Quantum Leap and Lois amp Clark The New Adventures of Superman He appeared in a 1985 episode of Threes a Crowd a shortlived television sitcom spinoff of Threes Company starring John Ritter Linke later spoke at Ritters memorial service In 2000 Linke cowrote 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 Youre Alive First presented as a oneman show in Los Angeles and HBO drama the work was then developed into the book Time Flies When Youre Alive A RealLife 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia