ACTOR · FROM HELSINKI, FINLAND
George Gaynes
1917–201681 credits since 1955
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ABOUT GEORGE
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born16 May 1917
Died15 February 2016
BirthplaceHelsinki, Finland
Known forActing
On Cineora59 of 80 titles
Known for
The titles people know George from.
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MovieCareer
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 59
- Average IMDb
- 6.6
- Highest rated
- The Alfred Hitchcock HourIMDb 8.5
- Working since
- 1955
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 2000s
1 title · IMDb 5.5 on average
Movieas Father Robert
The 1990s
11 titles · IMDb 6.0 on average
Movieas Senator Nole
Seriesas Commandant Eric Lassard · 1 episode
Movieas Judge Samuel Sewall
Seriesas Old Quinn Mallory · 1 episode
Movieas Serybryakov
Seriesas Brook Austin · 3 episodes
Movieas Commandant Lassard
Movieas Professor
The 1980s
26 titles · IMDb 6.2 on average
Series1 episode
Movieas Lassard
Movieas Lassard
Movieas l'ammiraglio
as Arthur Feldman · 17 episodes
Movieas Commandant Lassard
as Don Salvatore
Movieas Commandant Lassard
The 1970s
27 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average
as Wiley · 2 episodes
as Rock La Rue · 1 episode
Seriesas Henri · 1 episode
as David Alden
1 episode
Movieas Reginald Kingsley
Series2 episodes
as Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault
The 1960s
11 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average
Movieas Mission Director
Seriesas Thurman Elliott · 1 episode
Seriesas Professor Brendan · 1 episode
Seriesas Dr. Paul van Bergner · 1 episode
Movieas Brook Latham
Series1 episode
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Series1 episode
The 1950s
4 titles · IMDb 7.6 on average
Seriesas Roger Korvin · 1 episode
Seriesas Senator Purdy · 1 episode
Seriesas Rod Delaplane · 1 episode
as Whitelaw Savory
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in George’s titles.
Michael WinslowPolice Academy, Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment and 6 more
David GrafPolice Academy, Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment and 5 more
Bubba SmithPolice Academy, Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment and 5 more
Robert FolkComposer · Police Academy, Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment and 5 more
Leslie EasterbrookPolice Academy, Police Academy 3: Back in Training and 4 more
G.W. BaileyPolice Academy, Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol and 3 more
