George Gaynes - Definition and Overview

George Gaynes (né George Jongejans) (b. May 16, 1917) is a Finnish-American actor, born in Helsinki, Finland. He is an accomplished Broadway actor, as well as a film and television star in the United States.

Gaynes is perhaps best known to movie fans as the male lead, John Van Horn, on the soap opera in the movie Tootsie and as Commandant Eric Lassard in the cult classic Police Academy. Gaynes also starred in the latter's its six sequels. To televisions audiences, he may be best remembered as the often gruff but otherwise kind and loveable Henry Warnimont on the 1980s series Punky Brewster.

Selected Filmography:

• Just Married ..... Father Robert
• Wag the Dog ..... Sen. Cole
• Chicago Hope ..... Brook Austin
• The Crucible ..... Judge Samuel Sewall
• Vanya on 42nd Street ..... Serybryakov
• Punky Brewster ..... Henry Warnimont
• Police Academy ..... Commandant Eric Lassard
• Tootsie ..... John Van Horn

External links

• George Gaynes (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0310960/) at the Internet Movie Database