George Gaynes

Birthday: 1917-05-16
Deathday: 2016-02-15
Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
2003-01-08 Just Married Father Robert
1997-12-25 Wag the Dog Senator Nole
1996-11-27 The Crucible Judge Samuel Sewall
1994-10-19 Vanya on 42nd Street Serybryakov
1994-06-09 Police Academy: Mission to Moscow Commandant Lassard
1994-05-31 The Fantastic Four Professor
1993-02-24 Stepmonster Norman
1989-03-09 Police Academy 6: City Under Siege Lassard
1988-03-17 Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach Lassard
1987-11-06 A Taxi Driver in New York l'ammiraglio
1987-04-02 Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol Commandant Lassard
1987-01-16 Ternosecco Don Salvatore
1986-03-20 Police Academy 3: Back in Training Commandant Lassard
1985-03-28 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment Commandant Lassard
1984-12-21 Micki + Maude Dr. Eugene Glztszki
1984-12-15 It Came Upon the Midnight Clear Arch Angel
1984-11-14 Mom's On Strike The Commander
1984-03-22 Police Academy Commandant Lassard
1983-12-16 To Be or Not to Be Ravitch
1983-01-01 I'm Going to Be Famous
1982-12-17 Tootsie John Van Horn
1982-05-21 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Dr. Forrest
1981-02-23 Evita Peron Evita's Doctor
1980-12-25 Altered States Dr. Wissenschaft
1979-09-05 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do Wiley
1977-09-20 The Girl in the Empty Grave David Alden
1976-12-21 Nickelodeon Reginald Kingsley
1976-09-21 The Flying Misfits Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault
1976-07-28 Woman of the Year Harding
1975-03-07 Song of the Succubus C.J. Meredith
1975-03-04 Trilogy of Terror Dr. Chester Ramsey
1973-10-17 The Way We Were El Morocco Captain
1973-08-31 Slaughter's Big Rip Off Warren
1973-08-01 The Boy Who Cried Werewolf Dr Marderosian
1971-02-03 Doctors' Wives Paul McGill
1969-12-11 Marooned Mission Director
1966-03-04 The Group Brook Latham
1964-06-12 Joy House
1955-08-27 One Touch of Venus Whitelaw Savory