George Gaynes
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1917-05-16
Day of Death
2016-02-15 (98 years old)
Place of Birth
Helsinki, Finland
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
Acting
(2009)
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
Just Married
as Father Robert
(1997)
Wag the Dog
as Senator Nole
(1996)
The Crucible
as Judge Samuel Sewall
(1994)
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
as Commandant Lassard
(1994)
The Fantastic Four
as Professor
(1994)
Vanya on 42nd Street
as Serybryakov
(1993)
Stepmonster
as Norman
(1989)
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
as Lassard
(1988)
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
as Lassard
(1987)
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
as Commandant Lassard
(1987)
A Taxi Driver in New York
as l'ammiraglio
(1987)
Ternosecco
as Don Salvatore
(1986)
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
as Commandant Lassard
(1985)
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
as Commandant Lassard
(1984)
Police Academy
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
(1983)
To Be or Not to Be
as Ravitch
(1983)
(1982)
Tootsie
as John Van Horn
(1982)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as Dr. Forrest
(1981)
Evita Peron
as Evita's Doctor
(1980)
Altered States
as Dr. Wissenschaft
(1979)
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
as Wiley
(1977)
The Girl in the Empty Grave
as David Alden
(1976)
Nickelodeon
as Reginald Kingsley
(1976)
The Flying Misfits
as Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault
(1976)
Woman of the Year
as Harding
(1975)
Trilogy of Terror
as Dr. Chester Ramsey
(1975)
Song of the Succubus
as C.J. Meredith
(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
(1971)
Doctors' Wives
as Paul McGill
(1969)
Marooned
as Mission Director
(1966)
The Group
as Brook Latham
(1964)
(1955)
One Touch of Venus
as Whitelaw Savory