George Gaynes

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

79

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-05-16

Deathday

2016-02-15 (98 years old)

Place of Birth

Helsinki, Finland

Also Known As

  • جورج گینز

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.

Known For

Police Academy
6.7%

Police Academy

Mar 22, 1984

Tootsie
7.2%

Tootsie

Dec 17, 1982

Just Married
5.8%

Just Married

Jan 8, 2003

Dinosaurs
7.8%

Dinosaurs

Apr 26, 1991

Wag the Dog
7.0%

Wag the Dog

Dec 25, 1997

Columbo
8.1%

Columbo

Sep 15, 1971

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Acting

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

Directing

1978
WKRP in Cincinnati as Director
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