George Gaynes
Date of birth: 1917-05-16
Place of birth: Helsinki, Finland
Known for: Acting
Also known as: جورج گینز
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.
Movie Credits
The Way We Were
1973-10-17
Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hu
The Fantastic Four
1994-05-31
When dosed with cosmic rays, four intrepid astronauts are given incredible powers. They decide to fo
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
1994-06-09
The Russians seek help in dealing with the Mafia from the veterans of the Police Academy. They head
To Be or Not to Be
1983-12-16
A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when Poland is invaded by the Germans in World Wa
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982-05-21
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no acc
Vanya on 42nd Street
1994-10-19
An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting:
Tootsie
1982-12-17
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego – Dorothy Micha
Police Academy
1984-03-22
New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longe
Micki & Maude
1984-12-21
TV reporter Rob Salinger longs for a baby. But his career-minded wife, Micki, is too busy for mother
Wag the Dog
1997-12-25
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To dis
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
2009-12-15
Documentary on the making of Mel Brooks' classic comedy "History of the World, Part 1."
Joy House
1964-06-12
A small-time con man on the run from the gangster-husband of his girlfriend hides out in a strange,
Trilogy of Terror
1975-03-04
A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college professor is aggressively pursued by o
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984-12-15
Retired cop Mike Halligan decides to show his grandson, who has never seen snow before, what a real
A Taxi Driver in New York
1987-11-06
The Roman taxi driver Pietro Marchetti finds himself to witness a mafia crime. Having to testify at
Nickelodeon
1976-12-21
In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an ille
Doctors' Wives
1971-02-03
The wives of several high-powered doctors feel neglected due to their husbands' focus on their caree
Ternosecco
1987-01-16
On a hot summer night, Raffaele, the elderly manager of a Neapolitan counter-lot, is brutally strang
Mom's On Strike
1984-11-14
An ABC (American Broadcasting Company) Afterschool Special about an overworked housewife, who, as th
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
1985-03-28
Officer Carey Mahoney and his cohorts have finally graduated from the Police Academy and are about t
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986-03-20
When police funding is cut, the Governor announces he must close one of the academies. To make it fa
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
1987-04-02
A new batch of recruits arrives at Police Academy, this time a group of civilian volunteers who have
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
1988-03-17
The Police Academy misfits travel to Miami Beach for Commandant Lassard to be honored with a prestig
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
1989-03-09
Our favourite police men are called together to deal with a gang who rob banks and jewelers. Using t
Woman of the Year
1976-07-28
The story of the tumultuous marriage of a gruff sportswriter and a sophisticated international repor
The Flying Misfits
1976-09-21
The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack S
Stepmonster
1993-02-24
Todd Dougherty has an imagination driven by comic books. So when he accuses his soon-to-be stepmothe
The Girl in the Empty Grave
1977-09-20
The police chief of a small town begins an investigation after a young woman, who was supposed to ha
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
1979-09-05
Six buddies spend the summer together at a Malibu beach house after each has separated from his wife
Evita Peron
1981-02-23
Aspiring actress Eva Duarte rises from a minor celebrity to the wife of a powerful Argentine dictato
Marooned
1969-12-11
After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth only t
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973-08-31
Vigilante Slaughter comes under attack from Duncan, a local money launderer whose hit-man traps Slau
Altered States
1980-12-25
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivati
I'm Going to Be Famous
1983-01-01
A group of young actors audition for a play by a famous author starring and a famous star. These hop
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
1973-08-01
Little Richie Bridgestone goes to spend the weekend with his father at his secluded mountain cabin,
One Touch of Venus
1955-08-27
While touring a museum, Rodney Hatch, an unremarkable barber, places an engagement ring intended fo
Just Married
2003-01-08
Although Tom Leezak and Sarah McNerney come from different worlds, they are both unexpectedly swept
The Crucible
1996-11-27
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 w
Song of the Succubus
1975-03-07
The leader of a rock group is haunted by the ghost of a music star who took her own life at the turn
The Group
1966-03-04
It's 1933, and eight young women are friends and members of the upper- class group at a private girl
PT 109
1963-06-26
Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boa