George Gaynes

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

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8

Columbo

(1971) Frenchman

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8

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

(1962) Mr. Campbell

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7

Chicago Hope

(1994) Brook Austin

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7

Hawaii Five-O

(1968) Thurman Elliott

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8

Sliders

(1995) Old Quinn Mallory

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8

Bonanza

(1959) Senator Purdy

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8

Mission: Impossible

(1966) Dr. Paul van Bergner

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7

The Six Million Dollar Man

(1974) General Wiley

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2009	Self (archive footage)	Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition 2009-12-15 Movie
2003	Father Robert	Just Married 2003-01-08 Movie
1997	Senator Nole	Wag the Dog 1997-12-25 Movie
	Commandant Eric Lassard	Police Academy: The Series 1997-09-22 TV Show
1996	Judge Samuel Sewall	The Crucible 1996-11-27 Movie
1995	Old Quinn Mallory	Sliders 1995-03-22 TV Show
1994	Serybryakov	Vanya on 42nd Street 1994-10-19 Movie
	Brook Austin	Chicago Hope 1994-09-18 TV Show
	Commandant Lassard	Police Academy: Mission to Moscow 1994-06-09 Movie
	Professor	The Fantastic Four 1994-05-31 Movie
1993	Norman	Stepmonster 1993-02-24 Movie
1992	Senator Strobe Smithers	Hearts Afire 1992-09-14 TV Show
1991	Elder in Chief (voice)	Dinosaurs 1991-04-26 TV Show
1989	N/A	The New Lassie 1989-09-08 TV Show
	Lassard	Police Academy 6: City Under Siege 1989-03-09 Movie
1988	Lassard	Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 1988-03-17 Movie
1987	l'ammiraglio	A Taxi Driver in New York 1987-11-06 Movie
	N/A	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd 1987-05-21 TV Show
	Commandant Lassard	Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol 1987-04-02 Movie
	Don Salvatore	Ternosecco 1987-01-16 Movie
1986	Comdt. Lassard	Police Academy 3: Back in Training 1986-03-20 Movie
	Judge Hollis D. Dunaway	Matlock 1986-03-03 TV Show
1985	N/A	It's Punky Brewster 1985-09-14 TV Show
	Commandant Lassard	Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 1985-03-28 Movie
1984	Dr. Eugene Glztszki	Micki + Maude 1984-12-21 Movie
	Arch Angel	It Came Upon the Midnight Clear 1984-12-15 Movie
	The Commander	Mom's On Strike 1984-11-14 Movie
	Henry Warnimont	Punky Brewster 1984-09-16 TV Show
	Commandant Lassard	Police Academy 1984-03-22 Movie
	Dr. Willi Von Hartig	Blue Thunder 1984-01-06 TV Show
1983	Ravitch	To Be or Not to Be 1983-12-16 Movie
	N/A	I'm Going to Be Famous 1983-01-01 Movie
1982	John Van Horn	Tootsie 1982-12-17 Movie
	Malcolm Kramer	Cheers 1982-09-30 TV Show
	N/A	Hotel 1982-08-21 TV Show
	Dr. Forrest	Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1982-05-21 Movie
1981	Evita's Doctor	Evita Peron 1981-02-23 Movie
1980	Dr. Wissenschaft	Altered States 1980-12-25 Movie
	John Prince	Scruples 1980-02-25 TV Show
1979	Wiley	Breaking Up Is Hard to Do 1979-09-05 Movie
	Rock La Rue	Stockard Channing: In Just Friends 1979-03-04 TV Show
1978	Henri	WKRP in Cincinnati 1978-09-18 TV Show
1977	David Alden	The Girl in the Empty Grave 1977-09-20 Movie
	N/A	Carter Country 1977-09-15 TV Show
1976	Reginald Kingsley	Nickelodeon 1976-12-21 Movie
	N/A	Quincy, M.E. 1976-10-03 TV Show
	Claire Lee Chennault	Baa Baa Black Sheep 1976-09-21 TV Show
	Max Vincent	Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II 1976-09-21 TV Show
	Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault	The Flying Misfits 1976-09-21 Movie
	Harding	Woman of the Year 1976-07-28 Movie
	N/A	The Quest 1976-05-13 TV Show
	N/A	City of Angels 1976-02-03 TV Show
1975	C.J. Meredith	Song of the Succubus 1975-03-07 Movie
	Dr. Chester Ramsey	Trilogy of Terror 1975-03-04 Movie
1974	General Wiley	The Six Million Dollar Man 1974-01-18 TV Show
1973	El Morocco Captain	The Way We Were 1973-10-17 Movie
	Warren	Slaughter's Big Rip Off 1973-08-31 Movie
	Dr Marderosian	The Boy Who Cried Werewolf 1973-08-01 Movie
1972	N/A	Search 1972-09-13 TV Show
1971	Everett	Columbo 1971-09-15 TV Show
	Frenchman	Columbo 1971-09-15 TV Show
	N/A	Cannon 1971-09-14 TV Show
	Paul McGill	Doctors' Wives 1971-02-03 Movie
1970	N/A	McCloud 1970-02-17 TV Show
1969	Mission Director	Marooned 1969-12-11 Movie
1968	Thurman Elliott	Hawaii Five-O 1968-09-20 TV Show
1967	N/A	Mannix 1967-09-16 TV Show
1966	Dr. Paul van Bergner	Mission: Impossible 1966-09-17 TV Show
	Brook Latham	The Group 1966-03-04 Movie
1965	N/A	Hogan's Heroes 1965-09-17 TV Show
1964	N/A	Joy House 1964-06-12 Movie
1963	N/A	The Patty Duke Show 1963-09-18 TV Show
1962	N/A	The Gallant Men 1962-10-05 TV Show
	Mr. Campbell	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962-09-20 TV Show
1959	Senator Purdy	Bonanza 1959-09-12 TV Show
1955	N/A	Cheyenne 1955-09-20 TV Show
	Whitelaw Savory	One Touch of Venus 1955-08-27 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv