George Gaynes

★ Acting #5,154

1917 - 2016 (age 98) • Acting

Born: 5/16/1917 in Helsinki, Finland

Died: 2/15/2016 (age 98)

Known for: Acting

George Gaynes

★ Acting #5,154

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.

Known For

Police Academy

67%

Commandant Lassard

1984

Dinosaurs

78%

Elder in Chief (voice)

1991

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

46%

Commandant Lassard

1994

Columbo

81%

Everett / Frenchman

1971

Cheers

76%

Malcolm Kramer

1982

Bonanza

75%

Senator Purdy

1959

Sliders

76%

Old Quinn Mallory

1995

The Six Million Dollar Man

73%

General Wiley

1974

Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition

Self (archive footage)

2009

Just Married

58%

Father Robert

2003

Wag the Dog

69%

Senator Nole

1997

Police Academy: The Series

56%

Commandant Eric Lassard

1997

The Crucible

66%

Judge Samuel Sewall

1996

Sliders

76%

Old Quinn Mallory

1995

Vanya on 42nd Street

66%

Serybryakov

1994

Chicago Hope

72%

Brook Austin

1994

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

46%

Commandant Lassard

1994

The Fantastic Four

44%

Professor

1994

Stepmonster

45%

Norman

1993

Hearts Afire

78%

Senator Strobe Smithers

1992

Dinosaurs

78%

Elder in Chief (voice)

1991

The New Lassie

71%

Unknown

1989

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

51%

Lassard

1989

Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach

52%

Lassard

1988

A Taxi Driver in New York

58%

l'ammiraglio

1987

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

68%

Arthur Feldman

1987

Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol

55%

Commandant Lassard

1987

Ternosecco

44%

Don Salvatore

1987

Police Academy 3: Back in Training

58%

Commandant Lassard

1986

Matlock

70%

Judge Hollis D. Dunaway

1986

It's Punky Brewster

72%

Unknown

1985

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

61%

Commandant Lassard

1985

Micki & Maude

57%

Dr. Eugene Glztszki

1984

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

59%

Arch Angel

1984

Mom's on Strike

The Commander

1984

Punky Brewster

72%

Henry Warnimont

1984