George Gaynes
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1917-05-16 – 2016-02-15
Place of birth: Helsinki, Finland
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
1973El Morocco Captain
The Fantastic Four
1994Professor
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
1994Commandant Lassard
To Be or Not to Be
1983Ravitch
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982Dr. Forrest
Vanya on 42nd Street
1994Serybryakov
Tootsie
1982John Van Horn
Police Academy
1984Commandant Lassard
Micki & Maude
1984Dr. Eugene Glztszki
Wag the Dog
1997Senator Nole
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
2009Self (archive footage)
Joy House
1964
Trilogy of Terror
1975Dr. Chester Ramsey
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984Arch Angel
A Taxi Driver in New York
1987l'ammiraglio
Nickelodeon
1976Reginald Kingsley
Doctors' Wives
1971Paul McGill
Ternosecco
1987Don Salvatore
Mom's On Strike
1984The Commander