George Gaynes

Acting

1917-05-16

Died: 2016-02-15

Helsinki, Finland

Films

5.8

Avg Rating

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.

Top Films

Highest rated performances

7.2

ComedyRomance

Tootsie

1982

7.0

DramaRomance

The Way We Were

1973

6.9

ComedyDrama

Wag the Dog

1997

6.7

ComedyDrama

To Be or Not to Be

1983

6.7

HorrorScience Fiction

Altered States

1980

6.7

ComedyCrime

Police Academy

1984

Filmography

41 credits

2009Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisitionas Self (archive footage)2003Just Marriedas Father Robert

5.8