Actor

George Gaynes

1917 - 2016

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His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2024). George Gaynes is the 593rd most popular actor (down from 530th in 2024), the 31st most popular biography from Finland (down from 30th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Actor.

George Gaynes is most famous for playing Commandant Eric Lassard in the Police Academy films.

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Among Actors

Among actors, George Gaynes ranks 593 out of 13,578. Before him are John Goodman, Brendan Fraser, Mickey Rooney, Ming-Na Wen, Tom Waits, and Akshay Kumar. After him are Richard E. Grant, Brian Cox, Stéphane Audran, Mickey Rourke, Robert Vaughn, and Burt Young.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, George Gaynes ranks 49. Before him are Yukio Tsuda, Tove Ditlevsen, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jean-Pierre Melville, Fernando Rey, and Bourvil. After him are Sven Hassel, Chung Il-kwon, Danielle Darrieux, Hirokazu Ninomiya, Jack Kirby, and Dizzy Gillespie. Among people deceased in 2016, George Gaynes ranks 57. Before him are Viktor Korchnoi, Gene Wilder, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Michael Cimino, Yasuo Takamori, and Vesna Vulović. After him are Ahmed Zewail, Robert Vaughn, Ray Tomlinson, Michèle Morgan, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, and Marvin Minsky.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, George Gaynes ranks 31 out of NaN. Before him are Arto Paasilinna (1942), Kyösti Kallio (1873), Helene Schjerfbeck (1862), Linus Torvalds (1969), Lars Ahlfors (1907), and Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865). After him are Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881), Mika Häkkinen (1968), Wäinö Aaltonen (1894), Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917), and Hjalmar Siilasvuo (1892).

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Among Actors In Finland

Among actors born in Finland, George Gaynes ranks 1. After him are Taina Elg (1930), Matti Pellonpää (1951), Siri von Essen (1850), Tapio Rautavaara (1915), Kati Outinen (1961), Vesa-Matti Loiri (1945), Gustaf Molander (1888), Stina Ekblad (1954), Peter Franzén (1971), Tauno Palo (1908), and Ville Virtanen (1961).

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