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George Wyner

A native of Boston and graduate of Syracuse University, George has worked extensively in TV and film since 1972. Notable film work includes the Coen Brothers' best-picture nominee A Serious Man (2009) as Rabbi Nachtner, Mel Brooks' Spaceballs (1987) as Colonel Sandurz, and his To Be or Not to Be (1983). Among other dozens of film credits are the classic Fletch (1985) and Fletch Lives (1989), The Devil's Advocate (1997), and Trouble with the Curve (2012). George has guest starred on over 150 TV shows, and has been a series regular on nine. He is perhaps best known for his six seasons as Deputy D.A. Irwin Bernstein on Hill Street Blues (1981).

Known For: Acting

Born: Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1945-10-20

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	Lady Sings the Blues	The M.C.	69
2	1973	The Long Goodbye	Cop at Beach (uncredited)	74
3	1974	Willie Dynamite	Bailiff (uncredited)	64
4	1974	Airport 1975	Harry - Passenger That Sees the Oil Leak (uncredited)	57
5	1975	The Nurse Killer	Ben	0
6	1976	The Bad News Bears	White Sox Manager	69
7	1976	All the President's Men	Attorney #2	77
8	1976	Dogs	Michael Fitzgerald	53
9	1977	Tail Gunner Joe	Roy Cohn	60
10	1977	Lucan	Rantzen	0
11	1977	The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald	Ed Blandings	68
12	1978	The Bad News Bears Go to Japan	The Network Director	48
13	1978	The Islander	Simms	0
14	1980	Reunion	John Wiepert	0
15	1981	Whose Life Is It Anyway?	Dr. Jacobs	71
16	1982	Drop-Out Father	Dr. Irving Lefkowitz	42
17	1982	My Favorite Year	Myron Fein	67
18	1983	Imps*	Irving Rosenbloom Private Eye	37
19	1983	To Be or Not to Be	Ratkowski	67
20	1985	Deadly Messages	Laura's Boss	60
21	1985	Half Nelson		0
22	1985	Fletch	Marvin Gillet	67
23	1986	Wildcats	Principal Walker	62
24	1986	The Richest Cat in the World	Victor Rigsby	62
25	1986	The Leftovers	Mr. Gladstone	60
26	1987	Spaceballs	Colonel Sandurz	68
27	1989	Fletch Lives	Marvin Gillet	60
28	1989	Listen to Me	Dean Schwimmer	53
29	1992	For Richer, for Poorer	Harry	55
30	1997	The Devil's Advocate	Meisel	75
31	1997	The Postman	Benning Mayor	63
32	1999	The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads	Leonard Gillespie	60
33	2001	American Pie 2	Camp Director	62
34	2001	Not Another Teen Movie	Mr. Cornish	58
35	2002	Do It for Uncle Manny	Uncle Manny	33
36	2002	The Mesmerist		25
37	2002	Gilda Radner: It's Always Something	Herman Radner	55
38	2002	Almost a Woman	Dr. Fishbeck	0
39	2003	Knee High P.I.	Fishman	10
40	2005	Domino One	Lake (Iodom Rep #1)	68
41	2005	John Candy: Comic Spirit	Self	60
42	2005	Spaceballs: The Documentary	Self	0
43	2006	Though None Go with Me	Attorney Albert Browning	78
44	2008	Black Widow	Stan Driver	49
45	2009	How to Be a Serial Killer	Dr. Goldberg	49
46	2009	A Serious Man	Rabbi Nachtner	67
47	2009	Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition	Self (archive footage)	0
48	2010	The Wish List	Charles Praxton	65
49	2012	Trouble with the Curve	Rosenbloom	70
50	2013	Snow Bride	Lou Blanco	63
51	2014	In Security	Rafferty	48
52	2019	He's that Guy		0
53	2021	In the Darkness	Doctor	80
54		A More Perfect Union	Paul Berg	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Allen Sherick	71
2	1970	The Odd Couple	Art Director	78
3	1971	All in the Family	Dr. Sidney Shapiro	79
4	1971	Columbo	Film Editor	81
5	1972	Sanford and Son		74
6	1972	MAS*H		79
7	1973	Kojak	Sergeant Collins	70
8	1974	Rhoda		63
9	1975	Switch	Sterling	67
10	1976	Charlie's Angels	La Plante	67
11	1976	Quincy, M.E.		75
12	1977	Rafferty		50
13	1978	Kaz		50
14	1978	WKRP in Cincinnati		75
15	1979	Big Shamus, Little Shamus	George Korman	50
16	1981	Hill Street Blues		76
17	1981	Simon & Simon		67
18	1981	Nero Wolfe	Saul Panzer	74
19	1982	Matt Houston		62
20	1983	At Ease		0
21	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Dr. Lewis	75
22	1985	The Golden Girls	Dr. Norgan	75
23	1986	L.A. Law	Aaron Voss	71
24	1987	She's the Sheriff		50
25	1989	Quantum Leap	Ben Harris	80
26	1989	Doogie Howser, M.D.		66
27	1989	Family Matters	Mr. Tolbert	68
28	1990	True Colors	Mr. Dinski	85
29	1991	Man of the People	Art Louie	60
30	1991	Step by Step		77
31	1993	Good Advice	Artie Cohen	60
32	1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	Dr. Jarred Buckler	70
33	1993	Boy Meets World	Frank	82
34	1994	ER	Rabbi	78
35	1996	Goode Behavior	Mr. Kent	0
36	1997	The Practice	Rabbi Stewart Lewis	77
37	1997	Stargate SG-1	Al Martell	83
38	1997	Brooklyn South	John Hertzfeld	97
39	1997	Dharma & Greg	Herb	64
40	1999	The West Wing	Congressman Simmel	83
41	2000	Malcolm in the Middle		85
42	2000	The District	Jonathan Plath	68
43	2002	Without a Trace	Francis Whitmire	72
44	2002	Less than Perfect	Alan Turnbach	69
45	2003	Nip/Tuck		72
46	2003	Rock Me Baby	Lawyer	100
47	2003	Two and a Half Men	Sheldon	75
48	2004	Jack & Bobby		70
49	2004	Desperate Housewives	Dr. Rushton	79
50	2004	Boston Legal	Al Bostick	79
51	2005	Bones	Judge Marcus Haddoes	82
52	2006	'Til Death	Rabbi	64
53	2006	Shark		68
54	2007	The Winner		30
55	2007	Journeyman		75
56	2008	Raising the Bar		64
57	2008	The Mentalist	Dr. Steiner	84
58	2022	Loot	Martin Streibler	69
59		Knights of the Kitchen Table	Lewis	0
60	1967	Ironside	First Clerk	68
61	1967	Ironside	Tech Director	68
62	1967	Mannix	Orrin J. Arthur	67
63	1971	McMillan & Wife	Frank Daniels	69
64	1972	Emergency!	Medic One Doctor	78
65	1972	The Bob Newhart Show	Rex Pottinger	75
66	1973	Adam's Rib	Salesman	50
67	1973	Kojak	Asst. DA Linnick	70
68	1973	The Snoop Sisters	2nd Doctor	72
69	1974	The Rockford Files	Max Steinberg	75
70	1974	The Rockford Files	Stephen Kalifer	75
71	1975	Switch	Davis	67
72	1975	Ellery Queen	Joe Kemmelman	74
73	1976	Rich Man, Poor Man	Dr. Fetterman	78
74	1976	Delvecchio	Assistant District Attorney Dorfman	0
75	1976	Delvecchio	Assistant District Attorney Dorfman (uncredited)	0
76	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Asst. DA Richard Feldman	75
77	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Marcus	75
78	1976	Once an Eagle	Dr. McCabe	68
79	1977	Lou Grant	Jeff Benedict	73
80	1978	Kaz	D.A. Frank Revko	50
81	1981	Hill Street Blues	Irwin Bernstein	76
82	1982	Teachers Only		50
83	1982	Matt Houston	Murray Chase	62
84	1983	The A-Team	Richie Hauser	75
85	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Jim Kenton	75
86	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Harcourt Fenton	75
87	1985	A Death in California	Joe Haley	15
88	1985	The Comedy Factory	Wes Bushnell	0
89	1985	The Comedy Factory	Mike	0
90	1987	Married... with Children	Ronald N. Michaels	77
91	1989	Coach	Herb Spiegel	68
92	1996	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	President	78
93	2000	Malcolm in the Middle	Foreman Fred	85
94	2002	She Spies	Barry Sharpman	74
95	2002	Good Morning, Miami	Larry	67
96	2003	NCIS	Randall Worthington	76
97	2004	House	Dr. Richardson	86
98	2007	The Big Bang Theory	Dr. Zane	79
99	2009	Glee	Plastic Surgeon	68
100	2012	Touch	Lee Zedner	66
101	2012	Anger Management	Dr. Richter	62
102	2012	The First Family	Dr. Hayes	90
103	2014	Friends with Better Lives	Dr. Gunderson	64
104	2015	Dr. Ken	Dicky Wexler	56
105	2016	Bad Internet	Travis	68
106	2016	American Housewife	Reginald Danfield	77
107	2018	9-1-1	Don	82
108	2018	The Resident	Arthur Kravitz	84
109	2018	Station 19	Morris Hapgood	82
110	2018	New Amsterdam	Rabbi Skillman	84
111	2018	A Million Little Things	Lonny Strobe	74
112	2018	The Kominsky Method	Rabbi	75
113	2019	The Umbrella Academy	Dan Frankel	85
114	2020	B Positive	Bill	64
115	2022	Reboot	Bob	67