George Gaynes

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-05-16 (99 years old)

Deathday

2016-02-15

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.

Acting

1973

The Way We Were

as El Morocco Captain

1994

The Fantastic Four

as Professor

1994

1983

1982

1994

Vanya on 42nd Street

as Serybryakov

1982

Tootsie

as John Van Horn

1984

Police Academy

as Commandant Lassard

1984

Micki & Maude

as Dr. Eugene Glztszki

1997

Wag the Dog

as Senator Nole

2009

1975

Trilogy of Terror

as Dr. Chester Ramsey

1987

1976

Nickelodeon

as Reginald Kingsley

1971

Doctors' Wives

as Paul McGill

1987

Ternosecco

as Don Salvatore

1984

Mom's On Strike

as The Commander

1986

1987

1976

1976

The Flying Misfits

as Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault

1993

Stepmonster

as Norman

1977

1981

Evita Peron

as Evita's Doctor

1969

Marooned

as Mission Director

1980

Altered States

as Dr. Wissenschaft

1973

1955

One Touch of Venus

as Whitelaw Savory

2003

Just Married

as Father Robert

1996

The Crucible

as Judge Samuel Sewall

1975

Song of the Succubus

as C.J. Meredith

1966

The Group

as Brook Latham

1963

PT 109

as PT Flotilla Captain (uncredited)

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