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Acting

George Gaynes

Titles: 40movies40TV shows

Career: Active from 1955 to 1994, with a break from 1956 to 1974, busiest in 1984 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 4
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: Vanya on 42nd Street
80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 64 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

George Gaynes Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Melancholy
2.9, average 4.7
Psychological
3.9, average 5.6
Violence
2.9, average 4.3
Pathos
3.9, average 5.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Ensemble Cast 3
Character-Driven 3
Situational Humor 2
80s Nostalgia 2
Feel-Good 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

79

Group by

Newest first Oldest first

2000s

2 titles · average score 38

Poster for Accidental Heroes: The Best of...

Thanks

Poster for Just Married

as Father Robert

1990s

11 titles · average score 56

Poster for Wag the Dog

as Senator Nole

Poster for Police Academy: The Series

TV show · as Commandant Eric Lassard

Poster for The Crucible

as Judge Samuel Sewall

Poster for Sliders

TV show · as Old Quinn Mallory

Poster for Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

as Commandant Lassard

Poster for The Fantastic Four

as Professor

Poster for Vanya on 42nd Street

as Serybryakov

Poster for Chicago Hope

TV show · as Brook Austin

Poster for Stepmonster

as Norman

Poster for Hearts Afire

TV show · as Senator Strobe Smithers

Poster for Dinosaurs

TV show · as Elder in Chief (voice)

1980s

25 titles · average score 58

Poster for A Taxi Driver in New York

as l'ammiraglio

Poster for Matlock

TV show · as Judge Hollis D. Dunaway

Poster for It's Punky Brewster

TV show

Poster for Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

as Commandant Lassard

Poster for Punky Brewster

TV show · as Henry Warnimont

Poster for Police Academy

as Commandant Lassard

Poster for Micki & Maude

as Dr. Eugene Glztszki

Poster for It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

as Arch Angel

Poster for Mom's on Strike

as The Commander

Poster for To Be or Not to Be

as Ravitch

Poster for Cheers

TV show · as Malcolm Kramer

Poster for Hotel

TV show

All 25 titles from the 1980s

1970s

27 titles · average score 64

Poster for WKRP in Cincinnati

TV show · as Henri

Poster for The Girl in the Empty Grave

as David Alden

Poster for Quincy, M.E.

TV show

Poster for Baa Baa Black Sheep

TV show · as Claire Lee Chennault

Poster for Trilogy of Terror

as Dr. Chester Ramsey

Poster for Song of the Succubus

as C.J. Meredith

Poster for The Six Million Dollar Man

TV show · as General Wiley

Poster for The Way We Were

as El Morocco Captain

Poster for Columbo

TV show · as Frenchman / Everett

Poster for Cannon

TV show

Poster for McMillan & Wife

TV show · as Burton Rhoner

Poster for McCloud

TV show

All 27 titles from the 1970s

1960s

10 titles · average score 65

Poster for Hawaii Five-O

TV show · as Thurman Elliott

Poster for Marooned

as Mission Director

Poster for Mannix

TV show · as Professor Brendan

Poster for Mission: Impossible

TV show · as Dr. Paul van Bergner

Poster for The Group

as Brook Latham

Poster for Hogan's Heroes

TV show

Poster for The Patty Duke Show

TV show

Poster for PT 109

as PT Flotilla Captain (uncredited)

Poster for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV show · as Mr. Campbell

Poster for The Gallant Men

TV show

1950s

4 titles · average score 70

Poster for Bonanza

TV show · as Senator Purdy

Poster for Hawaiian Eye

TV show · as Roger Korvin

Poster for One Touch of Venus

as Whitelaw Savory

Poster for Cheyenne

TV show · as Rod Delaplane