George Gaynes

Known for: Acting

Born: 1917-05-16 – 2016-02-15 (aged 98)

From: 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.

Filmography (81)

MOVIE
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
2009
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.8
Just Married
2003
as Father Robert
MOVIE★ 6.9
Wag the Dog
1997
as Senator Nole
TV★ 5.8
Police Academy: The Series
1997
as Commandant Eric Lassard
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Crucible
1996
as Judge Samuel Sewall
TV★ 7.6
Sliders
1995
as Old Quinn Mallory
MOVIE★ 6.6
Vanya on 42nd Street
1994
as Serybryakov
TV★ 7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
as Brook Austin
MOVIE★ 4.6
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
1994
as Commandant Lassard
MOVIE★ 4.4
The Fantastic Four
1994
as Professor
MOVIE★ 4.5
Stepmonster
1993
as Norman
TV★ 7.8
Hearts Afire
1992
as Senator Strobe Smithers
TV★ 7.8
Dinosaurs
1991
as Elder in Chief (voice)
TV★ 7.1
The New Lassie
1989
MOVIE★ 5.1
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
1989
as Lassard
MOVIE★ 5.2
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
1988
as Lassard
MOVIE★ 5.8
A Taxi Driver in New York
1987
as l'ammiraglio
TV★ 7.0
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
as Arthur Feldman
MOVIE★ 5.5
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
1987
as Commandant Lassard
MOVIE★ 4.4
Ternosecco
1987
as Don Salvatore
MOVIE★ 5.8
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986
as Commandant Lassard
TV★ 7.1
Matlock
1986
as Judge Hollis D. Dunaway
TV★ 7.2
It's Punky Brewster
1985
MOVIE★ 6.1
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
1985
as Commandant Lassard
MOVIE★ 5.6
Micki & Maude
1984
as Dr. Eugene Glztszki
MOVIE★ 5.9
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
as Arch Angel
MOVIE
Mom's on Strike
1984
as The Commander
TV★ 7.3
Punky Brewster
1984
as Henry Warnimont
MOVIE★ 6.7
Police Academy
1984
as Commandant Lassard
TV★ 6.9
Blue Thunder
1984
as Dr. Willi Von Hartig
MOVIE★ 6.7
To Be or Not to Be
1983
as Ravitch
MOVIE★ 5.7
I'm Going to Be Famous
1983
MOVIE★ 7.2
Tootsie
1982
as John Van Horn
TV★ 7.6
Cheers
1982
as Malcolm Kramer
TV★ 6.8
Hotel
1982
MOVIE★ 6.7
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as Dr. Forrest
MOVIE
Evita Peron
1981
as Evita's Doctor
MOVIE★ 6.7
Altered States
1980
as Dr. Wissenschaft
TV★ 4.9
Scruples
1980
as John Prince
MOVIE★ 3.3
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
1979
as Wiley
TV
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
1979
as Wiley
TV★ 10.0
Just Friends
1979
as Rock La Rue
TV★ 7.6
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
as Henri
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Girl in the Empty Grave
1977
as David Alden
TV★ 5.8
Carter Country
1977
MOVIE★ 6.2
Nickelodeon
1976
as Reginald Kingsley
TV★ 7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Flying Misfits
1976
as Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault
TV★ 8.3
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
as Max Vincent
TV★ 7.6
Baa Baa Black Sheep
1976
as Claire Lee Chennault
TV★ 7.0
Delvecchio
1976
as Commissioner Schaub
MOVIE★ 7.0
Woman of the Year
1976
as Harding
TV★ 6.4
The Quest
1976
TV★ 5.6
City of Angels
1976
MOVIE★ 10.0
Song of the Succubus
1975
as C.J. Meredith
MOVIE★ 6.2
Trilogy of Terror
1975
as Dr. Chester Ramsey
TV★ 7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as General Wiley
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Way We Were
1973
as El Morocco Captain
MOVIE★ 4.8
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
as Warren
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
1973
as Dr Marderosian
TV★ 7.1
Search
1972
TV★ 7.0
McMillan & Wife
1971
as Burton Rhoner
TV★ 8.1
Columbo
1971
as Everett
TV★ 6.7
Cannon
1971
MOVIE★ 5.0
Doctors' Wives
1971
as Paul McGill
TV★ 7.2
McCloud
1970
MOVIE★ 6.0
Marooned
1969
as Mission Director
TV★ 7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Thurman Elliott
TV★ 6.8
Mannix
1967
as Professor Brendan
TV★ 7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Dr. Paul van Bergner
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Group
1966
as Brook Latham
TV★ 7.6
Hogan's Heroes
1965
MOVIE★ 6.5
Joy House
1964
TV★ 6.3
The Patty Duke Show
1963
MOVIE★ 6.1
PT 109
1963
as PT Flotilla Captain (uncredited)
TV★ 8.0
The Gallant Men
1962
TV★ 7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Mr. Campbell
TV★ 5.6
Hawaiian Eye
1959
as Roger Korvin
TV★ 7.5
Bonanza
1959
as Senator Purdy
TV★ 6.1
Cheyenne
1955
as Rod Delaplane
MOVIE★ 7.3
One Touch of Venus
1955
as Whitelaw Savory