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