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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2009Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition — Self (archive footage)