George Gaynes
Actor
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.
Filmography
Tootsie
as John Van Horn 1982
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
as Commandant Lassard 1985
Just Married
as Father Robert 2003
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
as Commandant Lassard 1986
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
as Commandant Lassard 1987
Wag the Dog
as Senator Nole 1997
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
as Lassard 1988
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
as Commandant Lassard 1994
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
as Lassard 1989
Altered States
as Dr. Wissenschaft 1980
The Crucible
as Judge Samuel Sewall 1996
The Way We Were
as El Morocco Captain 1973
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as Dr. Forrest 1982
To Be or Not to Be
as Ravitch 1983
The Fantastic Four
as Professor 1994
Trilogy of Terror
as Dr. Chester Ramsey 1975