Acting · Helsinki, Finland · Born May 16, 1917
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.
MovieMusical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
2009
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJust Married
2003
as Father Robert
MovieWag the Dog
1997
as Senator Nole
TVPolice Academy: The Series
1997
as Commandant Eric Lassard
MovieThe Crucible
1996
as Judge Samuel Sewall
TVSliders
1995
as Old Quinn Mallory
MovieVanya on 42nd Street
1994
as Serybryakov
TVChicago Hope
1994
as Brook Austin
MoviePolice Academy: Mission to Moscow
1994
as Commandant Lassard
MovieThe Fantastic Four
1994
as Professor
MovieStepmonster
1993
as Norman
TVHearts Afire
1992
as Senator Strobe Smithers
TVDinosaurs
1991
as Elder in Chief (voice)
TVThe New Lassie
1989
MoviePolice Academy 6: City Under Siege
1989
as Lassard
MoviePolice Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
1988
as Lassard
MovieA Taxi Driver in New York
1987
as l'ammiraglio
TVThe Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
as Arthur Feldman
MoviePolice Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
1987
as Commandant Lassard
MovieTernosecco
1987
as Don Salvatore
MoviePolice Academy 3: Back in Training
1986
as Commandant Lassard
TVMatlock
1986
as Judge Hollis D. Dunaway
TVIt's Punky Brewster
1985
MoviePolice Academy 2: Their First Assignment
1985
as Commandant Lassard
MovieMicki & Maude
1984
as Dr. Eugene Glztszki
MovieIt Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
as Arch Angel
MovieMom's on Strike
1984
as The Commander
TVPunky Brewster
1984
as Henry Warnimont
MoviePolice Academy
1984
as Commandant Lassard
TVBlue Thunder
1984
as Dr. Willi Von Hartig
MovieTo Be or Not to Be
1983
as Ravitch
MovieI'm Going to Be Famous
1983
MovieTootsie
1982
as John Van Horn
TVCheers
1982
as Malcolm Kramer
TVHotel
1982
MovieDead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as Dr. Forrest
MovieEvita Peron
1981
as Evita's Doctor
MovieAltered States
1980
as Dr. Wissenschaft
TVScruples
1980
as John Prince
MovieBreaking Up Is Hard to Do
1979
as Wiley
TVBreaking Up Is Hard to Do
1979
as Wiley
TVJust Friends
1979
as Rock La Rue
TVWKRP in Cincinnati
1978
as Henri
MovieThe Girl in the Empty Grave
1977
as David Alden
TVCarter Country
1977
MovieNickelodeon
1976
as Reginald Kingsley
TVQuincy, M.E.
1976
MovieThe Flying Misfits
1976
as Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault
TVRich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
as Max Vincent
TVBaa Baa Black Sheep
1976
as Claire Lee Chennault
TVDelvecchio
1976
as Commissioner Schaub
MovieWoman of the Year
1976
as Harding
TVThe Quest
1976
TVCity of Angels
1976
MovieSong of the Succubus
1975
as C.J. Meredith
MovieTrilogy of Terror
1975
as Dr. Chester Ramsey
TVThe Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as General Wiley
MovieThe Way We Were
1973
as El Morocco Captain
MovieSlaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
as Warren
MovieThe Boy Who Cried Werewolf
1973
as Dr Marderosian
TVSearch
1972
TVMcMillan & Wife
1971
as Burton Rhoner
TVColumbo
1971
as Everett
TVCannon
1971
MovieDoctors' Wives
1971
as Paul McGill
TVMcCloud
1970
MovieMarooned
1969
as Mission Director
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Thurman Elliott
TVMannix
1967
as Professor Brendan
TVMission: Impossible
1966
as Dr. Paul van Bergner
MovieThe Group
1966
as Brook Latham
TVHogan's Heroes
1965
MovieJoy House
1964
TVThe Patty Duke Show
1963
MoviePT 109
1963
as PT Flotilla Captain (uncredited)
TVThe Gallant Men
1962
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Mr. Campbell
TVHawaiian Eye
1959
as Roger Korvin
TVBonanza
1959
as Senator Purdy
TVCheyenne
1955
as Rod Delaplane
MovieOne Touch of Venus
1955
as Whitelaw Savory
