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George Gaynes (born George Jongejans; May 16, 1917 Helsinki) is a Finnish-born American actor of stage, screen and television. He may be best-known as Commandant Eric Lassard in the Police Academy series, and to television fans as the curmudgeonly Henry Warnimont on the NBC series Punky Brewster, in which his wife, Allyn Ann McLerie, guest-starred as his love interest, and as Frank Smith, the mob boss brought down by Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary) on the soap opera General Hospital.

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  • George Gaynes (born George Jongejans; May 16, 1917 Helsinki) is a Finnish-born American actor of stage, screen and television. He may be best-known as Commandant Eric Lassard in the Police Academy series, and to television fans as the curmudgeonly Henry Warnimont on the NBC series Punky Brewster, in which his wife, Allyn Ann McLerie, guest-starred as his love interest, and as Frank Smith, the mob boss brought down by Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary) on the soap opera General Hospital.
  • George Gaynes (1917-2016) was a Finnish-American character actor best known for playing the near-senile Commandant Lassard in the Police Academy movies, and Henry on the sitcom Punky Brewster. Gaynes was the first actor to guest voice on Dinosaurs as the Chief Elder, in the two-parter "Nuts to War". Other credits include key roles in Tootsie (with Dustin Hoffman) and the 1983 version of To Be or Not to Be starring Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft.
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  • 1917-05-16(xsd:date)
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  • George Gaynes
  • Gaynes, George
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  • George Gaynes as Commandant Eric Lassard
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  • Jongejans, George
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  • George Jongejans
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  • 1917-05-16(xsd:date)
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  • George Gaynes (born George Jongejans; May 16, 1917 Helsinki) is a Finnish-born American actor of stage, screen and television. He may be best-known as Commandant Eric Lassard in the Police Academy series, and to television fans as the curmudgeonly Henry Warnimont on the NBC series Punky Brewster, in which his wife, Allyn Ann McLerie, guest-starred as his love interest, and as Frank Smith, the mob boss brought down by Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary) on the soap opera General Hospital.
  • George Gaynes (1917-2016) was a Finnish-American character actor best known for playing the near-senile Commandant Lassard in the Police Academy movies, and Henry on the sitcom Punky Brewster. Gaynes was the first actor to guest voice on Dinosaurs as the Chief Elder, in the two-parter "Nuts to War". Other credits include key roles in Tootsie (with Dustin Hoffman) and the 1983 version of To Be or Not to Be starring Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft. Among Gaynes many guest spots were appearances in The New Lassie, WKRP in Cincinnati, The Six Million Dollar Man, Mission: Impossible, the soap opera General Hospital, Columbo, The Patty Duke Show, Cheers and Bonanza.
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