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George Gaynes (born George Jongejans; May 16, 1917) is a Finnish-born〔(George Gaynes Film Reference biography )〕 American singer and actor of stage, screen and television and voice artist 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 (Anthony Geary) on the soap opera ''General Hospital''. ==Life and career== Gaynes was born in 1917 in Helsinki, in what was then the Grand Duchy of Finland and part of the Russian Empire (Finland became independent that year), the son of Iya Grigorievna De Gay (later known as Lady Iya Abdy), a Russian artist, and Gerrit Jongejans, a Dutch businessman.〔 His uncle was actor Gregory Gaye.〔 A United States citizen for most of his life, Gaynes rapidly built a reputation as a Broadway musical comedy performer in the 1940s and 1950s (his best-known appearance was in ''Wonderful Town'', the musical version of ''My Sister Eileen''). He had a career on the opera stages of Italy and France before World War II and in the US after the war. He alternated between stage musicals and both comic and dramatic plays, including his role as Bob Baker in the original production of ''Wonderful Town'' (1953), Jupiter in the Cole Porter musical ''Out of This World'', Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and as Henry Higgins in the 1964 US tour of ''My Fair Lady''. In television, Gaynes played the role of Henry Warnimont, the eventual foster father for ''Punky Brewster'' in the eponymous series. (He also provided the voice for Henry in the animated Ruby-Spears version of the show.) Behind the camera, he directed the very last episode of ''WKRP in Cincinnati''. Films in which he appeared include ''The Way We Were'', ''Nickelodeon'' and ''Tootsie''. In 1984, he played Commandant Lassard, the titular leader, in the first of seven ''Police Academy'' movies, and audiences of the 1980s may remember him as Frank Smith, the Mafia boss who was after Luke and Laura on the soap opera ''General Hospital''. In 1994, he played Serybryalzov in Louis Malle's acclaimed independent feature, ''Vanya on 42nd Street''. Entering films and television in the early 1960s, Gaynes was a regular on the TV daytime dramas ''Search for Tomorrow'' and ''General Hospital'', and showed up in such movies as ''The Group'' (1966), ''Marooned'' (1969) and ''Doctor's Wives'' (1971). He also played a role in the sci-fi television series ''Sliders'' for one episode, being the aged character of the leading role Quinn Mallory, played by Jerry O'Connell. Gaynes has been married to Canadian-born American stage and television actress and dancer Allyn Ann McLerie since December 20, 1953; they had two children, Matthew (Matt) and Iya. After early teenage experimentation with marijuana, Matthew was sent to the Catalina Island School; there he learned ocean kayaking, and his life changed completely. He grew to be one of the most respected kayakers of his generation; he was shortlisted for the Olympic team the year that President Jimmy Carter boycotted the Olympics after the Russians invaded Afghanistan. Matt died in a car crash in India in 1989, on his way to Nepal to film a kayaking special for ESPN. He was not the driver and the car had no seatbelts. He left behind a widow whom he had married earlier that year.〔〔https://msbhall.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/matt-gaynes-a-beginning〕 Iya Gaynes Falcone, a lawyer, served as campaign director for a variety of California political candidates, and then ran for office herself in Santa Barbara. She served on the Santa Barbara City Council for two terms. During a subsequent run for mayor, her husband of many years died, and she took actions that effectively withdrew herself from the campaign. She has since remarried. In addition to George Gaynes joining the cast of his wife's series ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'' in 1989, he and McLerie had previously worked together on ''Punky Brewster'', when she guest starred in a first season episode as a love interest of Henry Warnimont's. In a 2011 interview, he stated that he had an "easy", "open" and "cordial" relationship with his ''Punky Brewster'' co-star Soleil Moon Frye, but added that they never had any relationship outside of their work. He also added that the series' dog, "Brandon the Wonder Dog " was named after the NBC executive Brandon Tartikoff.〔https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT3NYiv12z8〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Gaynes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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