George Gaynes

George Gaynes

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

16/05/1917

Day of Death

15/02/2016
(99) years old

Place of Birth

Helsinki, Finland

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.

Filmography

Cast

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

Vanya on 42nd Street

as Serybryakov

1994

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

as Commandant Lassard

1994

The Fantastic Four

as Professor

1993

Stepmonster

as Norman

1987

A Taxi Driver in New York

as l'ammiraglio

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

1984

Micki & Maude

as Dr. Eugene Glztszki

1984

Mom's On Strike

as The Commander

1984

Police Academy

as Commandant Lassard

1983

To Be or Not to Be

as Ravitch

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

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

Song of the Succubus

as C.J. Meredith

1975

Trilogy of Terror

as Dr. Chester Ramsey

1973

The Way We Were

as El Morocco Captain

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

1963

PT 109

as PT Flotilla Captain (uncredited)

1955

One Touch of Venus

as Whitelaw Savory