George Gaynes
Born: 1917-05-16 in Helsinki, Finland
Died: 2016-02-15
Known For: Acting
Biography
George Gaynes (May 16, 1917 – February 15, 2016) was a Finnish-born American actor of stage, screen and television. He is best known for his role of Commandant Eric Lassard in the Police Academy film series, and as Henry Warnimont on the television series Punky Brewster.
Filmography
2009
- Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition as Self (archive footage)
2003
- Just Married as Father Robert
1997
- Wag the Dog as Senator Nole
- Police Academy: The Series as Commandant Eric Lassard
1996
- The Crucible as Judge Samuel Sewall
1995
- Sliders as Old Quinn Mallory
1994
- Chicago Hope as Brook Austin
- Police Academy: Mission to Moscow as Commandant Lassard
- The Fantastic Four as Professor
- Vanya on 42nd Street as Serybryakov
1993
- Stepmonster as Norman
1992
- Hearts Afire as Senator Strobe Smithers
1991
- Dinosaurs as Elder in Chief (voice)
1989
- The New Lassie
- Police Academy 6: City Under Siege as Lassard
1988
- Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach as Lassard
1987
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Arthur Feldman
- Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol as Commandant Lassard
- A Taxi Driver in New York as l'ammiraglio
- Ternosecco as Don Salvatore
1986
- Matlock as Judge Hollis D. Dunaway
- Police Academy 3: Back in Training as Commandant Lassard
1985
- Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment as Commandant Lassard
- It's Punky Brewster
1984
- Punky Brewster as Henry Warnimont
- Police Academy as Commandant Lassard
- Blue Thunder as Dr. Willi Von Hartig
- Micki & Maude as Dr. Eugene Glztszki
- It Came Upon the Midnight Clear as Arch Angel
- Mom's On Strike as The Commander
1983
- To Be or Not to Be as Ravitch
- I'm Going to Be Famous
1982
- Cheers as Malcolm Kramer
- Hotel
- Tootsie as John Van Horn
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as Dr. Forrest
1981
- Evita Peron as Evita's Doctor
1980
- Altered States as Dr. Wissenschaft
- Scruples as John Prince
1979
- Just Friends as Rock La Rue
- Breaking Up Is Hard to Do as Wiley
- Breaking Up Is Hard to Do as Wiley
1978
- WKRP in Cincinnati as Henri
1977
- Carter Country
- The Girl in the Empty Grave as David Alden
1976
- Quincy, M.E.
- Baa Baa Black Sheep as Claire Lee Chennault
- Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II as Max Vincent
- City of Angels
- Delvecchio as Commissioner Schaub
- The Quest
- Nickelodeon as Reginald Kingsley
- The Flying Misfits as Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault
- Woman of the Year as Harding
1975
- Trilogy of Terror as Dr. Chester Ramsey
- Song of the Succubus as C.J. Meredith
1974
- The Six Million Dollar Man as General Wiley
1973
- The Way We Were as El Morocco Captain
- Slaughter's Big Rip-Off as Warren
- The Boy Who Cried Werewolf as Dr Marderosian
1972
1971
- Columbo as Everett
- Cannon
- McMillan & Wife as Burton Rhoner
- Doctors' Wives as Paul McGill
1970
1969
- Marooned as Mission Director
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Thurman Elliott
1967
- Mannix as Professor Brendan
1966
- Mission: Impossible as Dr. Paul van Bergner
- The Group as Brook Latham
1965
1964
1963
- The Patty Duke Show
- PT 109 as PT Flotilla Captain (uncredited)
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Mr. Campbell
- The Gallant Men
1959
- Bonanza as Senator Purdy
- Hawaiian Eye as Roger Korvin
1955
- Cheyenne as Rod Delaplane
- One Touch of Venus as Whitelaw Savory