George Gaynes

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Helsinki, Finland, 1917-05-16

Died: 2016-02-15

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	One Touch of Venus	Whitelaw Savory	73
2	1964	Joy House		65
3	1966	The Group	Brook Latham	56
4	1969	Marooned	Mission Director	59
5	1971	Doctors' Wives	Paul McGill	50
6	1973	The Boy Who Cried Werewolf	Dr Marderosian	56
7	1973	Slaughter's Big Rip Off	Warren	48
8	1973	The Way We Were	El Morocco Captain	69
9	1975	Trilogy of Terror	Dr. Chester Ramsey	62
10	1975	Song of the Succubus	C.J. Meredith	0
11	1976	Woman of the Year	Harding	0
12	1976	The Flying Misfits	Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault	68
13	1976	Nickelodeon	Reginald Kingsley	60
14	1977	The Girl in the Empty Grave	David Alden	75
15	1979	Breaking Up Is Hard to Do	Wiley	40
16	1980	Altered States	Dr. Wissenschaft	67
17	1981	Evita Peron	Evita's Doctor	0
18	1982	Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid	Dr. Forrest	66
19	1982	Tootsie	John Van Horn	72
20	1983	I'm Going to Be Famous		40
21	1983	To Be or Not to Be	Ravitch	67
22	1984	Police Academy	Commandant Lassard	67
23	1984	Mom's On Strike	The Commander	0
24	1984	It Came Upon the Midnight Clear	Arch Angel	56
25	1984	Micki + Maude	Dr. Eugene Glztszki	56
26	1985	Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment	Commandant Lassard	61
27	1986	Police Academy 3: Back in Training	Commandant Lassard	58
28	1987	Ternosecco	Don Salvatore	47
29	1987	Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol	Commandant Lassard	55
30	1987	A Taxi Driver in New York	l'ammiraglio	57
31	1988	Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach	Lassard	52
32	1989	Police Academy 6: City Under Siege	Lassard	51
33	1993	Stepmonster	Norman	47
34	1994	The Fantastic Four	Professor	43
35	1994	Police Academy: Mission to Moscow	Commandant Lassard	46
36	1994	Vanya on 42nd Street	Serybryakov	66
37	1996	The Crucible	Judge Samuel Sewall	66
38	1997	Wag the Dog	Senator Nole	70
39	2003	Just Married	Father Robert	58
40	2009	Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition	Self (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Cheyenne	Rod Delaplane	58
2	1959	Bonanza	Senator Purdy	75
3	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Mr. Campbell	78
4	1962	The Gallant Men		60
5	1963	The Patty Duke Show		58
6	1965	Hogan's Heroes		75
7	1967	Mannix	Professor Brendan	67
8	1968	Mission: Impossible	Dr. Paul van Bergner	76
9	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Thurman Elliott	71
10	1970	McCloud		71
11	1971	Cannon		65
12	1971	Columbo	Everett	81
13	1971	Columbo	Frenchman	81
14	1971	McMillan & Wife	Burton Rhoner	73
15	1972	Search		69
16	1974	The Six Million Dollar Man	General Wiley	73
17	1976	City of Angels		60
18	1976	The Quest		64
19	1976	Delvecchio	Commissioner Schaub	0
20	1976	Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II	Max Vincent	86
21	1976	Baa Baa Black Sheep	Claire Lee Chennault	76
22	1976	Quincy, M.E.		75
23	1977	Carter Country		57
24	1978	WKRP in Cincinnati	Henri	75
25	1979	Stockard Channing: In Just Friends	Rock La Rue	0
26	1980	Scruples	John Prince	52
27	1982	Hotel		68
28	1982	Cheers	Malcolm Kramer	76
29	1984	Blue Thunder	Dr. Willi Von Hartig	69
30	1984	Punky Brewster	Henry Warnimont	74
31	1985	It's Punky Brewster		72
32	1986	Matlock	Judge Hollis D. Dunaway	72
33	1987	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	Arthur Feldman	50
34	1989	The New Lassie		70
35	1991	Dinosaurs	Elder in Chief (voice)	78
36	1992	Hearts Afire	Senator Strobe Smithers	80
37	1994	Chicago Hope	Brook Austin	72
38	1995	Sliders	Old Quinn Mallory	76
39	1997	Police Academy: The Series	Commandant Eric Lassard	57