George Gaynes

George Gaynes

Birthday: 1917-05-16

Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland

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.

Movies

The Way We Were
The Way We Were

Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hu...

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The Fantastic Four
The Fantastic Four

When dosed with cosmic rays, four intrepid astronauts are given incredible powers. They decide to fo...

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Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

The Russians seek help in dealing with the Mafia from the veterans of the Police Academy. They head ...

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To Be or Not to Be
To Be or Not to Be

A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when Poland is invaded by the Germans in World Wa...

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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no acc...

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Vanya on 42nd Street
Vanya on 42nd Street

An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting:...

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Tootsie
Tootsie

When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego – Dorothy Micha...

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Police Academy
Police Academy

New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longe...

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Micki & Maude
Micki & Maude

TV reporter Rob Salinger longs for a baby. But his career-minded wife, Micki, is too busy for mother...

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Wag the Dog
Wag the Dog

During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To dis...

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Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition

Documentary on the making of Mel Brooks' classic comedy "History of the World, Part 1."...

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Joy House
Joy House

A small-time con man on the run from the gangster-husband of his girlfriend hides out in a strange, ...

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Trilogy of Terror
Trilogy of Terror

A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college professor is aggressively pursued by o...

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It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

Retired cop Mike Halligan decides to show his grandson, who has never seen snow before, what a real ...

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A Taxi Driver in New York
A Taxi Driver in New York

The Roman taxi driver Pietro Marchetti finds himself to witness a mafia crime. Having to testify at ...

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Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon

In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an ille...

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Doctors' Wives
Doctors' Wives

The wives of several high-powered doctors feel neglected due to their husbands' focus on their caree...

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Ternosecco
Ternosecco

On a hot summer night, Raffaele, the elderly manager of a Neapolitan counter-lot, is brutally strang...

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Mom's On Strike
Mom's On Strike

An ABC (American Broadcasting Company) Afterschool Special about an overworked housewife, who, as th...

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Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Police Academy 3: Back in Training

When police funding is cut, the Governor announces he must close one of the academies. To make it fa...

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Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol

A new batch of recruits arrives at Police Academy, this time a group of civilian volunteers who have...

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Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

Officer Carey Mahoney and his cohorts have finally graduated from the Police Academy and are about t...

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Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach

The Police Academy misfits travel to Miami Beach for Commandant Lassard to be honored with a prestig...

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Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

Our favourite police men are called together to deal with a gang who rob banks and jewelers. Using t...

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Woman of the Year
Woman of the Year

The story of the tumultuous marriage of a gruff sportswriter and a sophisticated international repor...

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The Flying Misfits
The Flying Misfits

The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack S...

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Stepmonster
Stepmonster

Todd Dougherty has an imagination driven by comic books. So when he accuses his soon-to-be stepmothe...

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The Girl in the Empty Grave
The Girl in the Empty Grave

The police chief of a small town begins an investigation after a young woman, who was supposed to ha...

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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Six buddies spend the summer together at a Malibu beach house after each has separated from his wife...

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Evita Peron
Evita Peron

Aspiring actress Eva Duarte rises from a minor celebrity to the wife of a powerful Argentine dictato...

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Marooned
Marooned

After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth only t...

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Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

Vigilante Slaughter comes under attack from Duncan, a local money launderer whose hit-man traps Slau...

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Altered States
Altered States

A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivati...

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I'm Going to Be Famous
I'm Going to Be Famous

A group of young actors audition for a play by a famous author starring and a famous star. These hop...

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The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf

Little Richie Bridgestone goes to spend the weekend with his father at his secluded mountain cabin, ...

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One Touch of Venus
One Touch of Venus

While touring a museum, Rodney Hatch, an unremarkable barber, places an engagement ring intended fo...

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Just Married
Just Married

Although Tom Leezak and Sarah McNerney come from different worlds, they are both unexpectedly swept ...

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The Crucible
The Crucible

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 w...

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Song of the Succubus
Song of the Succubus

The leader of a rock group is haunted by the ghost of a music star who took her own life at the turn...

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The Group
The Group

It's 1933, and eight young women are friends and members of the upper- class group at a private girl...

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PT 109
PT 109

Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boa...

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