George Gaynes, who portrayed an irritable foster parent on the ’80s sitcom “Punky Brewster,” the bewildered commandant in seven “Police Academy” films and a soap opera star with a crush on Dorothy ...

George Gaynes, best known to TV viewers as the foster father to Soleil Moon Frye's Punky Brewster and her dog Brandon, has died at 98. Gaynes was born George Jongejans in Helsinki in 1917 to a Russian ...

George Gaynes, best known as the spacey Commandant Eric Lassard in the Police Academy movies, died Monday, according to Variety. He was 98. Gaynes is best known to '80s fans for a large body of work ...

George Gaynes, and opera and stage performer whose career bloomed late as a character actor, leading to success on the big and small screens, died Feb. 15 in North Bend, WA. He was 98.

George Gaynes, most notably known for roles in the 80s sitcom "Punky Brewster" and the "Police Academy" films, died Monday in North Bend, Wash. at age 98. Reuters reports that while Gaynes became ...

George Gaynes, who played Commandant Lassard in the "Police Academy" movies and the grouchy foster dad in the 1980s sitcom "Punky Brewster," died on Monday. He was 98. Gaynes' daughter, Iya Gaynes ...