George Gaynes
Born in Helsinki, Finland — May 16 1917• Died Feb 15 2016
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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.
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Cheers
Malcolm Kramer
Columbo
Everett
Bonanza
Senator Purdy
Mission: Impossible
Dr. Paul van Bergner
Chicago Hope
Brook Austin
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Mr. Campbell
Mannix
Professor Brendan
Quincy, M.E.
Sliders
Old Quinn Mallory
Hawaii Five-O
Thurman Elliott
The Six Million Dollar Man
General Wiley
Hogan's Heroes
Matlock
Judge Hollis D. Dunaway
Hotel
Cannon
Hawaiian Eye
Roger Korvin
Cheyenne
Rod Delaplane
McCloud
Dinosaurs
Elder in Chief (voice)
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Arthur Feldman
Punky Brewster
Henry Warnimont
McMillan & Wife
Burton Rhoner
WKRP in Cincinnati
Henri
Search
Hearts Afire
Senator Strobe Smithers
The Patty Duke Show
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Claire Lee Chennault
Blue Thunder
Dr. Willi Von Hartig
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Max Vincent
City of Angels
Delvecchio
Commissioner Schaub
The Gallant Men
Police Academy
Commandant Lassard
Carter Country
Police Academy: The Series
Commandant Eric Lassard
Tootsie
John Van Horn
The New Lassie
The Way We Were
El Morocco Captain
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Commandant Lassard
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Commandant Lassard
The Quest
It's Punky Brewster
Just Married
Father Robert
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Commandant Lassard
Wag the Dog
Senator Nole
Altered States
Dr. Wissenschaft
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Commandant Lassard
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Lassard
Just Friends
Rock La Rue
The Crucible
Judge Samuel Sewall
Scruples
John Prince
Marooned
Mission Director
The Group
Brook Latham
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Dr. Forrest
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Lassard
The Flying Misfits
Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault
Micki & Maude
Dr. Eugene Glztszki
PT 109
PT Flotilla Captain (uncredited)
The Fantastic Four
Professor
Nickelodeon
Reginald Kingsley
Trilogy of Terror
Dr. Chester Ramsey
Doctors' Wives
Paul McGill
Evita Peron
Evita's Doctor
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Wiley
Vanya on 42nd Street
Serybryakov
Joy House
To Be or Not to Be
Ravitch
One Touch of Venus
Whitelaw Savory
Woman of the Year
Harding
Stepmonster
Norman
The Girl in the Empty Grave
David Alden
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Wiley
Song of the Succubus
C.J. Meredith
Mom's On Strike
The Commander
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Arch Angel
Ternosecco
Don Salvatore
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
Self (archive footage)
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
Dr Marderosian
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Warren
I'm Going to Be Famous
A Taxi Driver in New York
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