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 artist mother and Dutch businessman father.
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 Michaels, whom he doesn't know is Dustin Hoffman's
George Gaynes, best known as father to TV's "Punky Brewster," has died at the age of 98, the New York Times and People Magazine reported. Gaynes was born in Helsinki in 1917 and was raised in France, England and Switzerland, People said. He studied
George Gaynes, the star of movies like 'Tootsie' and the 'Police Academy' series, has died. The character actor, who had retired in 2003, was 98, the news being confirmed by his daughter Iya Gaynes Falcone Brown, according to the New York Times.
George Gaynes, best known as father to TV's "Punky Brewster," has died at the age of 98, the New York Times and People Magazine reported. Gaynes was born in Helsinki in 1917 and was raised in France, England and Switzerland, People said. He studied