George Gaynes

ActorDirector May 16 (died age 98) Helsinki, Finland 1955–2009 (54 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

Tootsie

John Van Horn

Film

Police Academy

Commandant Lassard

Film

Wag the Dog

Senator Nole

Film

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

Commandant Lassard

Film

Altered States

Dr. Wissenschaft

Film

The Way We Were

El Morocco Captain

Film

Just Married

Father Robert

Film

Police Academy 3: Back in Training

Commandant Lassard

Filmography

Acting (81)

Movies (41)

Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition

2009

as Self (archive footage)

Just Married

as Father Robert

Wag the Dog

as Senator Nole

The Crucible

as Judge Samuel Sewall

6.6

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

1994

as Commandant Lassard

The Fantastic Four

as Professor

Vanya on 42nd Street

as Serybryakov

Stepmonster

as Norman

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

1989

as Lassard

5.1

Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach

1988

as Lassard

5.2

A Taxi Driver in New York

1987

as l'ammiraglio

5.7

Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol

1987

as Commandant Lassard

5.5

Ternosecco

1987

as Don Salvatore

3.8

Police Academy 3: Back in Training

1986

as Commandant Lassard

5.8

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

1985

as Commandant Lassard

6.1

Police Academy

1984

as Commandant Lassard

6.7

Micki & Maude

1984

as Dr. Eugene Glztszki

5.5

Mom's On Strike

1984

as The Commander

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

as Arch Angel

To Be or Not to Be

as Ravitch

I'm Going to Be Famous

Tootsie

as John Van Horn

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982

as Dr. Forrest

6.7

Evita Peron

1981

as Evita's Doctor

Altered States

1980

as Dr. Wissenschaft

6.7

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

1979

as Wiley

2.6

The Girl in the Empty Grave

as David Alden

Nickelodeon

as Reginald Kingsley

The Flying Misfits

as Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault

6.8

Woman of the Year

1976

as Harding

Trilogy of Terror

1975

as Dr. Chester Ramsey

6.2

Song of the Succubus

1975

as C.J. Meredith

The Way We Were

1973

as El Morocco Captain

7.0

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

1973

as Warren

4.4

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf

as Dr Marderosian

Doctors' Wives

as Paul McGill

Marooned

as Mission Director

The Group

as Brook Latham

Joy House

PT 109

as PT Flotilla Captain (uncredited)

6.0

One Touch of Venus

1955

as Whitelaw Savory

7.3

Television (40)

Police Academy: The Series

1997

as Commandant Eric Lassard

Sliders

as Old Quinn Mallory

Chicago Hope

as Brook Austin

Hearts Afire

as Senator Strobe Smithers

7.3

Dinosaurs

1991

as Elder in Chief (voice)

7.8

The New Lassie

1989

6.7

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

1987

as Arthur Feldman

6.0

Matlock

1986

as Judge Hollis D. Dunaway

It's Punky Brewster

Punky Brewster

as Henry Warnimont

Blue Thunder

as Dr. Willi Von Hartig

Cheers

as Malcolm Kramer

Hotel

Scruples

as John Prince

Just Friends

as Rock La Rue

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

1979

as Wiley

WKRP in Cincinnati

as Henri

Carter Country

Quincy, M.E.

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

1976

as Max Vincent

8.6

Baa Baa Black Sheep

1976

as Claire Lee Chennault

The Quest

Delvecchio

as Commissioner Schaub

City of Angels

1976

5.2

The Six Million Dollar Man

as General Wiley

Columbo

as Everett

Cannon

McMillan & Wife

as Burton Rhoner

McCloud

Hawaii Five-O

as Thurman Elliott

Mannix

as Professor Brendan

Mission: Impossible

as Dr. Paul van Bergner

Hogan's Heroes

The Patty Duke Show

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Mr. Campbell

The Gallant Men

Bonanza

as Senator Purdy

Hawaiian Eye

as Roger Korvin

Cheyenne

as Rod Delaplane

Crew (1)

Television (1)

WKRP in Cincinnati

1978

Director

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