George Gaynes

George Gaynes

  • Birthday: 1917-05-16
  • Deathday: 2016-02-15
  • Place of birth: Helsinki, Finland

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.

Filmography

The Way We Were

1973

As El Morocco Captain

The Fantastic Four

1994

As Professor

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

1994

As Commandant Lassard

To Be or Not to Be

1983

As Ravitch

Vanya on 42nd Street

1994

As Serybryakov

Police Academy

1984

As Commandant Lassard

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982

As Dr. Forrest

Tootsie

1982

As John Van Horn

Micki + Maude

1984

As Dr. Eugene Glztszki

Joy House

1964

As

Trilogy of Terror

1975

As Dr. Chester Ramsey

A Taxi Driver in New York

1987

As l'ammiraglio

Doctors' Wives

1971

As Paul McGill

Ternosecco

1987

As Don Salvatore

Police Academy 3: Back in Training

1986

As Comdt. Lassard

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

1985

As Commandant Lassard

Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol

1987

As Commandant Lassard

The Flying Misfits

1976

As Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault

Stepmonster

1993

As Norman

The Girl in the Empty Grave

1977

As David Alden

Marooned

1969

As Mission Director

Altered States

1980

As Dr. Wissenschaft

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf

1973

As Dr Marderosian

One Touch of Venus

1955

As Whitelaw Savory

Just Married

2003

As Father Robert

The Crucible

1996

As Judge Samuel Sewall

Song of the Succubus

1975

As C.J. Meredith

The Group

1966

As Brook Latham

Wag the Dog

1997

As Senator Nole

Nickelodeon

1976

As Reginald Kingsley

Woman of the Year

1976

As Harding

Evita Peron

1981

As Evita's Doctor

Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition

2009

As Self (archive footage)

Mom's On Strike

1984

As The Commander

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