George Gaynes

Acting

May 16, 1917

Helsinki, Finland

Biography

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.

George Gaynes

Biography

Movies

A Taxi Driver in New York

Police Academy

Just Married

Tootsie

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach

Marooned

The Crucible

Wag the Dog

Police Academy 3: Back in Training

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

The Way We Were

The Fantastic Four

Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol

Ternosecco

Stepmonster

Micki & Maude

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

PT 109

Altered States

TV Shows

Columbo

Columbo

Bonanza

Cheers

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Hogan's Heroes

Quincy, M.E.

Mission: Impossible

Hawaii Five-O

Mannix

Dinosaurs

Chicago Hope

Sliders

Matlock

Hotel

Cheyenne

Cannon

McCloud

Punky Brewster