George Gaynes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. George Gaynes (born George Jongejans; May 16, 1917 Helsinki) is a Finnish-born American actor of stage, screen and television. He may be best-known as Commandant Eric Lassard in the Police Academy series, and to television fans as the curmudgeonly Henry Warnimont on the NBC series Punky Brewster, in which his wife, Allyn Ann McLerie, guest-starred as his love interest, and as Frank Smith, the mob boss brought down by Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary) on the soap opera General Hospital. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Gaynes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- Born:
- May 16, 1917 In Helsinki, Finland
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 49
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Joy House 1964-06-12
- Latest Project:
- Movie Just Married 2003-01-08
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Just Married | Father Robert | 2003-01-08 |
| Movie | Wag the Dog | Senator Nole | 1997-12-25 |
| Movie | The Crucible | Judge Samuel Sewall | 1996-11-27 |
| Movie | The Fantastic Four | Professor | 1994-05-31 |
| Movie | Police Academy: Mission to Moscow | Commandant Lassard | 1994-06-09 |
| Movie | Vanya on 42nd Street | Serybryakov | 1994-10-19 |
| Series | Chicago Hope | Unknown | 1994-09-18 |
| Movie | Stepmonster | Norman | 1993-02-24 |
| Movie | Police Academy 6: City Under Siege | Lassard | 1989-03-09 |
| Series | The New Lassie | Unknown | 1989-09-08 |
| Movie | Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach | Lassard | 1988-03-17 |
| Movie | Ternosecco | Don Salvatore | 1987-01-16 |
| Movie | A Taxi Driver in New York | l'ammiraglio | 1987-11-06 |
| Movie | Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol | Commandant Lassard | 1987-04-02 |
| Movie | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | Commandant Lassard | 1986-03-20 |
| Series | It's Punky Brewster | 1985-09-14 | |
| Series | Punky Brewster | Henry Warnimont | 1984-09-16 |
| Movie | Police Academy | Commandant Lassard | 1984-03-22 |
| Movie | It Came Upon the Midnight Clear | Arch Angel | 1984-12-15 |
| Movie | Micki + Maude | Dr. Eugene Glztszki | 1984-12-21 |
| Movie | I'm Going to Be Famous | 1983-01-01 | |
| Movie | To Be or Not to Be | Ravitch | 1983-12-16 |
| Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
| Movie | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | Dr. Forrest | 1982-05-21 |
| Movie | Tootsie | John Van Horn | 1982-12-17 |
| Movie | Evita Peron | Evita's Doctor | 1981-02-23 |
| Series | Scruples | John Prince | 1980-02-25 |
| Movie | Altered States | Dr. Wissenschaft | 1980-12-25 |
| Movie | Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | Wiley | 1979-09-05 |
| Series | WKRP in Cincinnati | Unknown | 1978-09-18 |
| Movie | The Girl in the Empty Grave | David Alden | 1977-09-20 |
| Series | Carter Country | Unknown | 1977-09-15 |
| Series | City of Angels | Unknown | 1976-02-03 |
| Movie | The Flying Misfits | Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault | 1976-09-21 |
| Movie | Nickelodeon | Reginald Kingsley | 1976-12-21 |
| Series | The Quest | Unknown | 1976-09-22 |
| Movie | Trilogy of Terror | Dr. Chester Ramsey | 1975-03-04 |
| Movie | The Way We Were | El Morocco Captain | 1973-10-17 |
| Movie | The Boy Who Cried Werewolf | Dr Marderosian | 1973-08-01 |
| Movie | Doctors' Wives | Paul McGill | 1971-02-03 |
| Series | Columbo | Everett | 1971-09-15 |
| Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
| Movie | Marooned | Mission Director | 1969-12-11 |
| Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
| Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
| Movie | The Group | Brook Latham | 1966-03-04 |
| Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
| Series | Hogan's Heroes | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
| Movie | Joy House | 1964-06-12 |