May 16, 1917 - Helsinki, Finland
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.
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| Movie | 1973 | The Way We Were | El Morocco Captain | |
| Movie | 1994 | The Fantastic Four | Professor | |
| Movie | 1994 | Police Academy: Mission to Moscow | Commandant Lassard | |
| Movie | 1983 | To Be or Not to Be | Ravitch | |
| Movie | 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | Dr. Forrest | |
| Movie | 1994 | Vanya on 42nd Street | Serybryakov | |
| Movie | 1982 | Tootsie | John Van Horn | |
| Movie | 1984 | Police Academy | Commandant Lassard | |
| Movie | 1984 | Micki & Maude | Dr. Eugene Glztszki | |
| Movie | 1997 | Wag the Dog | Senator Nole | |
| Movie | 2009 | Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1964 | Joy House | ||
| Movie | 1975 | Trilogy of Terror | Dr. Chester Ramsey | |
| Movie | 1984 | It Came Upon the Midnight Clear | Arch Angel | |
| Movie | 1987 | A Taxi Driver in New York | l'ammiraglio | |
| Movie | 1976 | Nickelodeon | Reginald Kingsley | |
| Movie | 1971 | Doctors' Wives | Paul McGill | |
| Movie | 1987 | Ternosecco | Don Salvatore | |
| Movie | 1984 | Mom's On Strike | The Commander | |
| Movie | 1985 | Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | Commandant Lassard | |
| Movie | 1986 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | Commandant Lassard | |
| Movie | 1987 | Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol | Commandant Lassard | |
| Movie | 1988 | Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach | Lassard | |
| Movie | 1989 | Police Academy 6: City Under Siege | Lassard | |
| Movie | 1976 | Woman of the Year | Harding | |
| Movie | 1976 | The Flying Misfits | Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault | |
| Movie | 1993 | Stepmonster | Norman | |
| Movie | 1977 | The Girl in the Empty Grave | David Alden | |
| Movie | 1979 | Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | Wiley | |
| Movie | 1981 | Evita Peron | Evita's Doctor | |
| Movie | 1969 | Marooned | Mission Director | |
| Movie | 1973 | Slaughter's Big Rip-Off | Warren | |
| Movie | 1980 | Altered States | Dr. Wissenschaft | |
| Movie | 1983 | I'm Going to Be Famous | ||
| Movie | 1973 | The Boy Who Cried Werewolf | Dr Marderosian | |
| Movie | 1955 | One Touch of Venus | Whitelaw Savory | |
| Movie | 2003 | Just Married | Father Robert | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Crucible | Judge Samuel Sewall | |
| Movie | 1975 | Song of the Succubus | C.J. Meredith | |
| Movie | 1966 | The Group | Brook Latham | |
| Movie | 1963 | PT 109 | PT Flotilla Captain (uncredited) | |
| TV Show | 1971 | Columbo | Everett | 1 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Gallant Men | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1978 | WKRP in Cincinnati | Henri | 1 |
| TV Show | 1986 | Matlock | Judge Hollis D. Dunaway | 2 |
| TV Show | 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Thurman Elliott | 1 |
| TV Show | 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1992 | Hearts Afire | Senator Strobe Smithers | 23 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Hotel | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1965 | Hogan's Heroes | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1971 | Cannon | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1994 | Chicago Hope | Brook Austin | 3 |
| TV Show | 1985 | It's Punky Brewster | 30 | |
| TV Show | 1976 | The Quest | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1977 | Carter Country | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1972 | Search | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1970 | McCloud | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1976 | City of Angels | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1989 | The New Lassie | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1963 | The Patty Duke Show | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1984 | Blue Thunder | Dr. Willi Von Hartig | 1 |
| TV Show | 1979 | Stockard Channing: In Just Friends | Rock La Rue | 1 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Punky Brewster | Henry Warnimont | 91 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Police Academy: The Series | Commandant Eric Lassard | 1 |
| TV Show | 1959 | Bonanza | Senator Purdy | 1 |
| TV Show | 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Dr. Paul van Bergner | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | General Wiley | 1 |
| TV Show | 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II | Max Vincent | 5 |
| TV Show | 1976 | Baa Baa Black Sheep | Claire Lee Chennault | 1 |
| TV Show | 1980 | Scruples | John Prince | 3 |
| TV Show | 1955 | Cheyenne | Rod Delaplane | 1 |
| TV Show | 1971 | McMillan & Wife | Burton Rhoner | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Dinosaurs | Elder in Chief (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1995 | Sliders | Old Quinn Mallory | 1 |
| TV Show | 1987 | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Arthur Feldman | 17 |
| TV Show | 1976 | Delvecchio | Commissioner Schaub | 1 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Cheers | Malcolm Kramer | 1 |
| TV Show | 1971 | Columbo | Frenchman | 1 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Mr. Campbell | 1 |
| TV Show | 1967 | Mannix | Professor Brendan | 1 |
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| TV Show | 1978 | WKRP in Cincinnati | Director | Directing |
