
George Wyner
Department: Acting
Biography
George Wyner (born October 20, 1945) is an American actor. A native of Boston and graduate of Syracuse University, George has worked extensively in TV and film since 1972. Notable film roles include Rabbi Nachtner in the Coen Brothers' best-picture nominee A Serious Man (2009) and Colonel Sandurz in Mel Brooks' Spaceballs (1987). and his To Be or Not to Be (1983). Other credits include To Be or Not to Be (1983), Fletch (1985), Fletch Lives (1989), The Devil's Advocate (1997), and Trouble with the Curve (2012). George has guest starred on over 150 TV shows, and has been a series regular on nine. He is perhaps best known for his six seasons as Deputy D.A. Irwin Bernstein on Hill Street Blues (1981).
Known For

Spaceballs
1987

He's that Guy
2019

The Devil's Advocate
1997

In the Darkness
2021

My Favorite Year
1982

To Be or Not to Be
1983

How to Be a Serial Killer
2009

A Serious Man
2009

Fletch
1985

Tail Gunner Joe
1977

Imps*
1983

The Richest Cat in the World
1986

Fletch Lives
1989

Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
2009

The Bad News Bears
1976

Trouble with the Curve
2012

The Leftovers
1986

Dogs
1976

Deadly Messages
1985

Domino One
2005

Gilda Radner: It's Always Something
2002

Black Widow
2008

Lady Sings the Blues
1972

The Islander
1978

Reunion
1980

Lucan
1977

The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
1978

The Mesmerist
2002

Half Nelson
1985

All the President's Men
1976

Do It for Uncle Manny
2002

A More Perfect Union
—

The Nurse Killer
1975

Airport 1975
1974

Willie Dynamite
1974

Almost a Woman
2002

American Pie 2
2001

In Security
2014

For Richer, for Poorer
1992

Wildcats
1986

Not Another Teen Movie
2001

Listen to Me
1989

The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
1999

The Postman
1997

Drop-Out Father
1982

Snow Bride
2013

Knee High P.I.
2003

The Wish List
2010

Though None Go with Me
2006

John Candy: Comic Spirit
2005

Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981

The Long Goodbye
1973

Spaceballs: The Documentary
2005

Spaceballs 2
2027

Less than Perfect
2002

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Columbo
1971

M*A*S*H
1972

WKRP in Cincinnati
1978

The District
2000

Shark
2006

Rhoda
1974

L.A. Law
1986

'Til Death
2006

The Odd Couple
1970

The Golden Girls
1985

Jack & Bobby
2004

Rock Me Baby
2003

Desperate Housewives
2004

Simon & Simon
1981

Bones
2005

Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989

Hawaii Five-O
1968

Boy Meets World
1993

All in the Family
1971

Quincy, M.E.
1976

Malcolm in the Middle
2000

Two and a Half Men
2003

Nip/Tuck
2003

Kaz
1978

Walker, Texas Ranger
1993

Charlie's Angels
1976

Hill Street Blues
1981

Sanford and Son
1972

Without a Trace
2002

Dharma & Greg
1997

Step by Step
1991

Quantum Leap
1989

Family Matters
1989

Kojak
1973

The Practice
1997

The Winner
2007

Journeyman
2007

Stargate SG-1
1997

The Mentalist
2008

True Colors
1990

She's the Sheriff
1987

ER
1994

Boston Legal
2004

Goode Behavior
1996

Switch
1975

Matt Houston
1982

Brooklyn South
1997

Nero Wolfe
1981

Man of the People
1991

Good Advice
1993

Loot
2022

Big Shamus, Little Shamus
1979

Raising the Bar
2008

Rafferty
1977

At Ease
1983

The West Wing
1999

Knights of the Kitchen Table
—

Murder, She Wrote
1984

The Rockford Files
1974

Dr. Ken
2015

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996

NCIS
2003

New Amsterdam
2018

Married... with Children
1987

Quincy, M.E.
1976

Hill Street Blues
1981

Delvecchio
1976

Delvecchio
1976

B Positive
2020

Adam's Rib
1973

The Big Bang Theory
2007

A Death in California
1985

Matt Houston
1982

Ironside
1967

Lou Grant
1977

The Rockford Files
1974

The A-Team
1983

Bad Internet
2016

Reboot
2022

The Resident
2018

Emergency!
1972

Teachers Only
1982

Switch
1975

Ellery Queen
1975

Glee
2009

A Million Little Things
2018

The Kominsky Method
2018

House
2004

Station 19
2018

The First Family
2012

Touch
2012

Friends with Better Lives
2014

Kojak
1973

Quincy, M.E.
1976

She Spies
2002

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Once an Eagle
1976

The Umbrella Academy
2019

Coach
1989

Good Morning, Miami
2002

Malcolm in the Middle
2000

The Snoop Sisters
1973

Rich Man, Poor Man
1976

Anger Management
2012

9-1-1
2018

The Bob Newhart Show
1972

The Comedy Factory
1985

The Comedy Factory
1985

Mannix
1967

American Housewife
2016

Kaz
1978

Ironside
1967

McMillan & Wife
1971

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1977

The Larry Sanders Show
1992

For the People
2002