George Gaynes
May 16, 1917 (108 years old) in Helsinki, Finland
George Gaynes (May 16, 1917 – February 15, 2016) was a Finnish-born American actor of stage, screen and television. He is best known for his role of Commandant Eric Lassard in the Police Academy film series, and as Henry Warnimont on the television series 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 · 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 & 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 Professor Brendan
- 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
- 1963 · PT 109 as PT Flotilla Captain (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Gallant Men as
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Mr. Campbell
- 1959 · Hawaiian Eye as Roger Korvin
- 1959 · Bonanza as Senator Purdy
- 1955 · Cheyenne as Rod Delaplane
- 1955 · One Touch of Venus as Whitelaw Savory