George Gaynes
Actor
Born May 16, 1917 in Helsinki, Finland
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.
Filmography
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
Self (archive footage)
Just Married
Father Robert
Wag the Dog
Senator Nole
Police Academy: The Series
Commandant Eric Lassard
The Crucible
Judge Samuel Sewall
Sliders
Old Quinn Mallory
Vanya on 42nd Street
Serybryakov
Chicago Hope
Brook Austin
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Commandant Lassard
The Fantastic Four
Professor
Stepmonster
Norman
Hearts Afire
Senator Strobe Smithers
Dinosaurs
Elder in Chief (voice)
The New Lassie
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Lassard
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Lassard
A Taxi Driver in New York
l'ammiraglio
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Arthur Feldman
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Commandant Lassard
Ternosecco
Don Salvatore
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Commandant Lassard
Matlock
Judge Hollis D. Dunaway
It's Punky Brewster
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Commandant Lassard
Micki & Maude
Dr. Eugene Glztszki
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Arch Angel
Mom's On Strike
The Commander
Punky Brewster
Henry Warnimont
Police Academy
Commandant Lassard
Blue Thunder
Dr. Willi Von Hartig
To Be or Not to Be
Ravitch
I'm Going to Be Famous
Tootsie
John Van Horn
Cheers
Malcolm Kramer
Hotel
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Dr. Forrest
Evita Peron
Evita's Doctor
Altered States
Dr. Wissenschaft
Scruples
John Prince
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Wiley
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Wiley
Just Friends
Rock La Rue
WKRP in Cincinnati
Henri
The Girl in the Empty Grave
David Alden
Carter Country
Nickelodeon
Reginald Kingsley
Quincy, M.E.
The Flying Misfits
Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Max Vincent
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Claire Lee Chennault
Delvecchio
Commissioner Schaub
Woman of the Year
Harding
The Quest
City of Angels
Song of the Succubus
C.J. Meredith
Trilogy of Terror
Dr. Chester Ramsey
The Six Million Dollar Man
General Wiley
The Way We Were
El Morocco Captain
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Warren
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
Dr Marderosian
Search
McMillan & Wife
Burton Rhoner
Columbo
Everett
Cannon
Doctors' Wives
Paul McGill
McCloud
Marooned
Mission Director
Hawaii Five-O
Thurman Elliott
Mannix
Professor Brendan
Mission: Impossible
Dr. Paul van Bergner
The Group
Brook Latham
Hogan's Heroes
Joy House
The Patty Duke Show
PT 109
PT Flotilla Captain (uncredited)
The Gallant Men
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Mr. Campbell
Hawaiian Eye
Roger Korvin
Bonanza
Senator Purdy
Cheyenne
Rod Delaplane
One Touch of Venus
Whitelaw Savory