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George Gaynes
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Actor Born: May 16, 1917 in Helsinki, Finland Biography:Finnish-born actor "George Gaynes" was a United States citizen for most of his life. Blessed with a superb singing voice and an amiable stage presence, Gaynes rapidly built a reputation as a Broadway musical comedy performer in the '40s and '50s (his best-known appearance was in Wonderful Town, the musical version of My Sister Eileen). 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" (1968), "Marooned" (1969) and "Doctor's Wives" (1971). He was terrific in "Dustin Hoffman"'s "Tootsie" (1981) as the aging, libidinous soap opera actor who tries to put the make on his co-star "Dorothy Michaels," little suspecting that Dorothy is really the certifiably male Michael Dorsey ("Hoffman"). In 1984, Gaynes was showcased on two different series, one on TV, the other on the... Full Biography
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