George Gaynes
May 16, 1917 (107 years old) in Helsinki, Finland
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
Credits
- 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 as
- 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 as
- 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 as
- 1982 · Tootsie as John Van Horn
- 1982 · Cheers as Malcolm Kramer
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 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 as
- 1976 · Nickelodeon as Reginald Kingsley
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as
- 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 as
- 1976 · City of Angels as
- 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 as
- 1971 · McMillan and Wife as Burton Rhoner
- 1971 · Columbo as Everett
- 1971 · Columbo as Frenchman
- 1971 · Cannon as
- 1971 · Doctors' Wives as Paul McGill
- 1970 · McCloud as
- 1969 · Marooned as Mission Director
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Thurman Elliott
- 1967 · Mannix as
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as Dr. Paul van Bergner
- 1966 · The Group as Brook Latham
- 1965 · Hogan's Heroes as
- 1964 · Joy House as
- 1963 · The Patty Duke Show as
- 1962 · The Gallant Men as
- 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