George Gaynes
Actor, Film actor
1917 –
Who is George Gaynes?
George Gaynes is a Finnish-born American singer and actor of stage, screen and television.
Gaynes' most recognized role in cinema was arguably that of Commandant Eric Lassard in the Police Academy series. To television fans, he is perhaps best known as the curmudgeonly Henry Warnimont on the NBC series Punky Brewster; as high-powered theatrical producer Arthur Feldman on The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, in which Gaynes' real-life wife, Allyn Ann McLerie, co-starred as his love interest; and as Frank Smith, the mob boss brought down by Luke Spencer on the soap opera General Hospital.
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- Born
- May 16, 1917
Helsinki - Also known as
- George Jongejans
- Parents
- Spouses
- Allyn Ann McLerie
(1953/12/20 - )
- Allyn Ann McLerie
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Finns
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Helsinki
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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