George Gaynes
Born May 16, 1917 · Helsinki, Finland
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Police Academy
The Fantastic Four
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Just Married
Tootsie
The Way We Were
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Altered States
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Wag the Dog
The Crucible
To Be or Not to Be
Nickelodeon
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
PT 109
Marooned
The Girl in the Empty Grave
Vanya on 42nd Street
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
The Flying Misfits
Trilogy of Terror
Joy House
The Group
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Stepmonster
Micki & Maude
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Evita Peron
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
Doctors' Wives
Ternosecco
I'm Going to Be Famous
Song of the Succubus
TV Shows
Hogan's Heroes
Cheers
Mannix
Mission: Impossible
Matlock
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Cheyenne
Quincy, M.E.
Sliders
The Six Million Dollar Man
Dinosaurs
Cannon
Hotel
Hawaiian Eye
McCloud
McMillan & Wife
Punky Brewster
WKRP in Cincinnati
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
The Patty Duke Show
Hearts Afire
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Search
The New Lassie
Carter Country
Police Academy: The Series
Blue Thunder
It's Punky Brewster
The Gallant Men
The Quest
Delvecchio
City of Angels
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Scruples
