Raye Birk (born May 27, 1943, Flint, Michigan) is an American film and television actor best known for a variety of roles, such as playing the role of Pahpshmir in the first and last of the Naked Gun movies, and a variety of television appearances where he played very unique characters each time, including The Wonder Years, The Golden Girls, Wings, and Cheers, well known for portraying the character of mailman Walt Twitchell in the latter.