George Gaynes

from Helsinki, Finland

Artwork for TootsieImage of George Gaynes

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.

Timeline

2009Aged 92

  • Poster for Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition

    Self (archive footage)

2003Aged 86

  • Poster for Just Married

    Father Robert

1997Aged 80

  • Poster for Wag the Dog

    Senator Nole

1996Aged 79

  • Poster for The Crucible

    Judge Samuel Sewall

1994Aged 77

  • Poster for The Fantastic Four

    Professor

  • Poster for Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

    Commandant Lassard

  • Poster for Vanya on 42nd Street

    Serybryakov

1993Aged 76

  • Poster for Stepmonster

    Norman

1989Aged 72

  • Poster for Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

    Lassard

1988Aged 71

  • Poster for Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach

    Lassard

1987Aged 70

  • Poster for Ternosecco

    Don Salvatore

  • Poster for Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol

    Commandant Lassard

  • Poster for A Taxi Driver in New York

    l'ammiraglio

1986Aged 69

  • Poster for Police Academy 3: Back in Training

    Commandant Lassard

1985Aged 68

  • Poster for Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

    Commandant Lassard

1984Aged 67

  • Poster for Police Academy

    Commandant Lassard

  • Poster for Mom's on Strike

    The Commander

  • Poster for It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

    Arch Angel

  • Poster for Micki & Maude

    Dr. Eugene Glztszki

1983Aged 66

  • Poster for I'm Going to Be Famous

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for To Be or Not to Be

    Ravitch

1982Aged 65

  • Poster for Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    Dr. Forrest

  • Poster for Tootsie

    John Van Horn

1981Aged 64

  • Poster for Evita Peron

    Evita's Doctor

1980Aged 63

  • Poster for Altered States

    Dr. Wissenschaft

1979Aged 62

  • Poster for Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

    Wiley

1977Aged 60

  • Poster for The Girl in the Empty Grave

    David Alden

1976Aged 59

  • Poster for Woman of the Year

    Harding

  • Poster for The Flying Misfits

    Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault

  • Poster for Nickelodeon

    Reginald Kingsley

1975Aged 58

  • Poster for Trilogy of Terror

    Dr. Chester Ramsey

  • Poster for Song of the Succubus

    C.J. Meredith

1973Aged 56

  • Poster for The Boy Who Cried Werewolf

    Dr Marderosian

  • Poster for Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

    Warren

  • Poster for The Way We Were

    El Morocco Captain

1971Aged 54

  • Poster for Doctors' Wives

    Paul McGill

1969Aged 52

  • Poster for Marooned

    Mission Director

1966Aged 49

  • Poster for The Group

    Brook Latham

1964Aged 47

  • Poster for Joy House

    (Unknown)

1963Aged 46

  • Poster for PT 109

    PT Flotilla Captain (uncredited)

1955Aged 38

  • Poster for One Touch of Venus

    Whitelaw Savory

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