George Gaynes
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For
The Way We Were
1973
The Fantastic Four
1994
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
1994
To Be or Not to Be
1983
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
Vanya on 42nd Street
1994
Tootsie
1982
Police Academy
1984
Micki & Maude
1984
Wag the Dog
1997
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
2009
Joy House
1964
Trilogy of Terror
1975
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
A Taxi Driver in New York
1987
Nickelodeon
1976
Doctors' Wives
1971
Ternosecco
1987
Mom's On Strike
1984
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
1985
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
1987
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
1988
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
1989
Woman of the Year
1976
The Flying Misfits
1976
Stepmonster
1993
The Girl in the Empty Grave
1977
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
1979
Evita Peron
1981
Marooned
1969
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
Altered States
1980
I'm Going to Be Famous
1983
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
1973
One Touch of Venus
1955
Just Married
2003
The Crucible
1996
Song of the Succubus
1975
The Group
1966
PT 109
1963
Columbo
1971
The Gallant Men
1962
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
Matlock
1986
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Hearts Afire
1992
Hotel
1982
Hogan's Heroes
1965
Cannon
1971
Chicago Hope
1994
It's Punky Brewster
1985
The Quest
1976
Carter Country
1977
Search
1972
McCloud
1970
City of Angels
1976
The New Lassie
1989
The Patty Duke Show
1963
Blue Thunder
1984
Just Friends
1979
Punky Brewster
1984
Police Academy: The Series
1997
Bonanza
1959
Mission: Impossible
1966
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
Baa Baa Black Sheep
1976
Scruples
1980
Cheyenne
1955
McMillan & Wife
1971
Dinosaurs
1991
Sliders
1995
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
Delvecchio
1976
Cheers
1982
Columbo
1971
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Mannix
1967
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
1979