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George Gaynes

Actor, Director
Died February 15, 2016 (98 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Bonanza
  • Hearts Afire
Known For
  • Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
  • Police Academy
  • Tootsie
  • Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
  • Police Academy 3: Back in Training
  • Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach
  • Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
  • Punky Brewster
  • Trilogy of Terror
  • To Be or Not to Be
  • WKRP in Cincinnati
  • The Fantastic Four
  • Vanya on 42nd Street
  • Micki + Maude
  • Joy House
  • Stepmonster
  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
  • Un tassinaro a New York
  • It's Punky Brewster
  • The Girl in the Empty Grave
  • The Numbers Game
  • I'm Going to Be Famous

Filmography

2006
2003
Just Married · as Father Robert
1997
Wag the Dog · as Senator Nole
1997
Police Academy: The Series (TV Series) · as Commandant Eric Lassard
1996
The Crucible · as Judge Samuel Sewall
1995
Sliders (TV Series) · as Old Quinn Mallory
1994
Vanya on 42nd Street · as Serybryakov
1994
Chicago Hope (TV Series) · as Brook Austin
1994
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow · as Commandant Lassard
1994
The Fantastic Four · as Professor
1993
Stepmonster · as Norman
1992
Hearts Afire (TV Series) · as Senator Strobe Smithers
1991
Dinosaurs (TV Series) · as Elder In Chief (voice)
1989
The New Lassie (TV Series)
1989
1988
1987
Un tassinaro a New York · as L'ammiraglio
1987
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (TV Series) · as Arthur Feldman
1987
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol · as Commandant Lassard
1987
The Numbers Game · as Don Salvatore
1986
Police Academy 3: Back in Training · as Commandant Lassard
1986
Matlock (TV Series) · as Judge Hollis D. Dunaway
1985
1985
1984
Micki + Maude · as Dr. Eugene Glztszki
1984
1984
Punky Brewster (TV Series) · as Henry Warnimont
1984
Police Academy · as Commandant Lassard
1984
Blue Thunder (TV Series) · as Dr. Willi Von Hartig
1983
To Be or Not to Be · as Ravitch
1983
Hotel (TV Series)
1983
1982
Tootsie · as John Van Horn
1982
Cheers (TV Series) · as Malcolm Kramer
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid · as Dr. Forrest
1981
Evita Peron · as Evita's Doctor
1980
Altered States · as Dr. Wissenschaft
1980
Scruples (TV Series) · as John Prince
1979
1979
Stockard Channing in Just Friends (TV Series) · as Rock La Rue
1978
WKRP in Cincinnati (TV Series) · as Henri
1978
1977
The Girl in the Empty Grave · as David Alden
1977
Carter Country (TV Series)
1977
Washington: Behind Closed Doors (TV Series) · as Brewster Perry
1976
Nickelodeon · as Reginald Kingsley
1976
Quincy, M.E. (TV Series)
1976
Captains and the Kings (TV Series) · as Orestes Bradley
1976
The Quest (1976) (TV Series)
1976
Black Sheep Squadron (TV Series) · as Claire Lee Chennault
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (TV Series) · as Max Vincent
1976
Delvecchio (TV Series) · as Commissioner Schaub
1976
1976
1975
Trilogy of Terror · as Dr. Chester Ramsey
1974
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (TV Series) · as George Washington
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series) · as General Wiley
1973
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf · as Dr Marderosian
1973
The Way We Were · as El Morocco Captain
1973
1972
The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as The Commander
1972
Search (TV Series)
1971
McMillan and Wife (TV Series) · as Burton Rhoner
1971
Columbo (TV Series) · as Everett
1971
Cannon (TV Series)
1971
Doctors' Wives · as Paul Mcgill
1970
McCloud (TV Series)
1969
Marooned · as Mission Director
1968
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Thurman Elliott
1967
Mannix (TV Series)
1966
Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as Dr. Paul Van Bergner
1966
The Group · as Brook Latham
1965
Hogan's Heroes (TV Series)
1964
1963
East Side/West Side (TV Series) · as Mr. Stowe
1963
1963
PT 109 · as Pt Flotilla Captain
1963
General Hospital (TV Series) · as Frank Smith
1962
The Gallant Men (TV Series)
1962
Empire (TV Series) · as Johnson
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Mr. Campbell
1961
The Defenders (TV Series) · as John Ames
1959
Hawaiian Eye (TV Series) · as Roger Korvin
1959
Bonanza (TV Series) · as Senator Purdy
1956
West Point (TV Series) · as Prince Victor
1955
Cheyenne (TV Series) · as Rod Delaplane
1955
One Touch of Venus · as Whitelaw Savory
1951
Search for Tomorrow (TV Series) · as Sam Reynolds

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