Cast & creator
George Gaynes
Best known for Columbo, Columbo, Chicago Hope
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.
Also known as: جورج گینز
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film credits
42
television credits
82
1955–2009 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (83)
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Columbo
Everett
1971Columbo
Frenchman
1971
Chicago Hope
Brook Austin
1994
Bonanza
Senator Purdy
1959
Cheers
Malcolm Kramer
1982
Hawaii Five-O
Thurman Elliott
1969
Mannix
Professor Brendan
1967
Mission: Impossible
Dr. Paul van Bergner
1966
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Cannon
1971
Matlock
Judge Hollis D. Dunaway
1986
The Six Million Dollar Man
General Wiley
1974
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Mr. Campbell
1962
Hogan's Heroes
1965
Sliders
Old Quinn Mallory
1995
Hotel
1982
Cheyenne
Rod Delaplane
1955
Dinosaurs
Elder in Chief (voice)
1991
McCloud
1970
Hawaiian Eye
Roger Korvin
1959
Punky Brewster
Henry Warnimont
1984
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Arthur Feldman
1987
WKRP in Cincinnati
Henri
1978WKRP in Cincinnati
Director
1978
The Patty Duke Show
1963
McMillan & Wife
Burton Rhoner
1971
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Max Vincent
1976
Hearts Afire
Senator Strobe Smithers
1992
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Claire Lee Chennault
1976
Police Academy
Commandant Lassard
1984
The Gallant Men
1962
Blue Thunder
Dr. Willi Von Hartig
1984
Delvecchio
Commissioner Schaub
1976
Carter Country
1977
The Quest
1976
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Commandant Lassard
1985
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Commandant Lassard
1986
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Commandant Lassard
1987
The Way We Were
El Morocco Captain
1973
City of Angels
1976
The Crucible
Judge Samuel Sewall
1996
Just Married
Father Robert
2003
Police Academy: The Series
Commandant Eric Lassard
1997
It's Punky Brewster
1985
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Lassard
1989
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Lassard
1988
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Commandant Lassard
1994
Wag the Dog
Senator Nole
1997
Search
1972
Tootsie
John Van Horn
1982
Altered States
Dr. Wissenschaft
1980
The New Lassie
1989
To Be or Not to Be
Ravitch
1983
Just Friends
Rock La Rue
1979
The Fantastic Four
Professor
1994
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Dr. Forrest
1982
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Wiley
1979
Scruples
John Prince
1980
Vanya on 42nd Street
Serybryakov
1994
Nickelodeon
Reginald Kingsley
1976
Joy House
1964
The Group
Brook Latham
1966
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Arch Angel
1984
Marooned
Mission Director
1969
Harry and Walter Go to New York
Prince
1976
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Warren
1973
Micki & Maude
Dr. Eugene Glztszki
1984
Trilogy of Terror
Dr. Chester Ramsey
1975
The Girl in the Empty Grave
David Alden
1977
A Taxi Driver in New York
l'ammiraglio
1987
Song of the Succubus
C.J. Meredith
1975
Doctors' Wives
Paul McGill
1971
Mom's on Strike
The Commander
1984
PT 109
PT Flotilla Captain (uncredited)
1963
The Flying Misfits
Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault
1976
I'm Going to Be Famous
1983
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
Dr Marderosian
1973
Stepmonster
Norman
1993
Woman of the Year
Harding
1976
One Touch of Venus
Whitelaw Savory
1955
Evita Peron
Evita's Doctor
1981
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
Self (archive footage)
2009
Ternosecco
Don Salvatore
1987