Birthday:
May 16, 1917
Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland
Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland
George Gaynes
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Way We Were | El Morocco Captain | 1973 |
| The Fantastic Four | Professor | 1994 |
| Police Academy: Mission to Moscow | Commandant Lassard | 1994 |
| To Be or Not to Be | Ravitch | 1983 |
| Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | Dr. Forrest | 1982 |
| Vanya on 42nd Street | Serybryakov | 1994 |
| Tootsie | John Van Horn | 1982 |
| Police Academy | Commandant Lassard | 1984 |
| Micki + Maude | Dr. Eugene Glztszki | 1984 |
| Wag the Dog | Senator Nole | 1997 |
| Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition | Self (archive footage) | 2009 |
| Joy House | 1964 | |
| Trilogy of Terror | Dr. Chester Ramsey | 1975 |
| It Came Upon the Midnight Clear | Arch Angel | 1984 |
| A Taxi Driver in New York | l'ammiraglio | 1987 |
| Nickelodeon | Reginald Kingsley | 1976 |
| Doctors' Wives | Paul McGill | 1971 |
| Ternosecco | Don Salvatore | 1987 |
| Mom's On Strike | The Commander | 1984 |
| Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | Commandant Lassard | 1985 |
| Police Academy 3: Back in Training | Commandant Lassard | 1986 |
| Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol | Commandant Lassard | 1987 |
| Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach | Lassard | 1988 |
| Police Academy 6: City Under Siege | Lassard | 1989 |
| Woman of the Year | Harding | 1976 |
| The Flying Misfits | Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault | 1976 |
| Stepmonster | Norman | 1993 |
| The Girl in the Empty Grave | David Alden | 1977 |
| Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | Wiley | 1979 |
| Evita Peron | Evita's Doctor | 1981 |
| Marooned | Mission Director | 1969 |
| Slaughter's Big Rip Off | Warren | 1973 |
| Altered States | Dr. Wissenschaft | 1980 |
| I'm Going to Be Famous | 1983 | |
| The Boy Who Cried Werewolf | Dr Marderosian | 1973 |
| One Touch of Venus | Whitelaw Savory | 1955 |
| Just Married | Father Robert | 2003 |
| The Crucible | Judge Samuel Sewall | 1996 |
| Song of the Succubus | C.J. Meredith | 1975 |
| The Group | Brook Latham | 1966 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Columbo | Everett | 1971 |
| The Gallant Men | 1962 | |
| WKRP in Cincinnati | Henri | 1978 |
| Matlock | Judge Hollis D. Dunaway | 1986 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Thurman Elliott | 1968 |
| Quincy, M.E. | 1976 | |
| Hearts Afire | Senator Strobe Smithers | 1992 |
| Hotel | 1982 | |
| Hogan's Heroes | 1965 | |
| Cannon | 1971 | |
| Chicago Hope | Brook Austin | 1994 |
| It's Punky Brewster | 1985 | |
| The Quest | 1976 | |
| Carter Country | 1977 | |
| Search | 1972 | |
| McCloud | 1970 | |
| City of Angels | 1976 | |
| The New Lassie | 1989 | |
| The Patty Duke Show | 1963 | |
| Blue Thunder | Dr. Willi Von Hartig | 1984 |
| Stockard Channing: In Just Friends | Rock La Rue | 1979 |
| Punky Brewster | Henry Warnimont | 1984 |
| Police Academy: The Series | Commandant Eric Lassard | 1997 |
| Bonanza | Senator Purdy | 1959 |
| Mission: Impossible | Dr. Paul van Bergner | 1966 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | General Wiley | 1974 |
| Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II | Max Vincent | 1976 |
| Baa Baa Black Sheep | Claire Lee Chennault | 1976 |
| Scruples | John Prince | 1980 |
| Cheyenne | Rod Delaplane | 1955 |
| McMillan & Wife | Burton Rhoner | 1971 |
| Dinosaurs | Elder in Chief (voice) | 1991 |
| Sliders | Old Quinn Mallory | 1995 |
| The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Arthur Feldman | 1987 |
| Delvecchio | Commissioner Schaub | 1976 |
| Cheers | Malcolm Kramer | 1982 |
| Columbo | Frenchman | 1971 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Mr. Campbell | 1962 |
| Mannix | Professor Brendan | 1967 |
