Biography
A native of Boston and graduate of Syracuse University, George has worked extensively in TV and film since 1972. Notable film work includes the Coen Brothers' best-picture nominee A Serious Man (2009) as Rabbi Nachtner, Mel Brooks' Spaceballs (1987) as Colonel Sandurz, and his To Be or Not to Be (1983). Among other dozens of film credits are the classic Fletch (1985) and Fletch Lives (1989), The Devil's Advocate (1997), and Trouble with the Curve (2012). George has guest starred on over 150 TV s...
Known For
Complete Filmography
In the Darkness
2021
as Doctor
A man's life is disrupted when he begins to suffer from sleep paralysis.
He's that Guy
2019
Comedy short by the Pasadonuts, starring George Wyner
In Security
2014
as Rafferty
The owners of a failing security company start robbing houses to boost business.
Snow Bride
2013
as Lou Blanco
When a reporter encounters the eldest son of a famous political family at a mountain retreat, she winds up pretending to be his girlfriend over Christ...
Trouble with the Curve
2012
as Rosenbloom
Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout Gus Lobel takes his grown daughter along as he checks out the final prospect of his career. A...
The Wish List
2010
as Charles Praxton
Sarah Fisher, an overly organized, by-the-numbers kind of woman, makes a "wish list" of all the qualities and traits her future husband should have. A...
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary on the making of Mel Brooks' classic comedy "History of the World, Part 1."
A Serious Man
2009
as Rabbi Nachtner
It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him....
How to Be a Serial Killer
2009
as Dr. Goldberg
HOW TO BE A SERIAL KILLER is the story of Mike Wilson, a charismatic, educated, and articulate young man who has found his life's purpose in extermina...
Black Widow
2008
as Stan Driver
Mel, a photo journalist, gets suspicious when her best friend Danny start dating Olivia a wealthy but mysterious woman. She enlists the help of her as...
Though None Go with Me
2006
as Attorney Albert Browning
Elizabeth Leroy devotes her life to serving God but her faith is tested over the years as she has to overcome many hardships and sorrows.
Spaceballs: The Documentary
2005
as Self
The cast and crew of Spaceballs looks back at the making of the movie.
John Candy: Comic Spirit
2005
as Self
A tribute to the late John Candy from the cast of Spaceballs.
Domino One
2005
as Lake (Iodom Rep #1)
A chemistry student tries to understand the reasons for the disappearance of his research director. He soon discovers the existence of a secret societ...
Knee High P.I.
2003
as Fishman
Hank Dingo is the world's smallest private detective with the world's biggest ego. A rough, tough gumshoe full of attitude, he doesn't crack cases... ...
Almost a Woman
2002
as Dr. Fishbeck
A young woman named Esmeralda and her family move to New York from a rural area of Puerto Rico. The transition is difficult due to the many challenges...
Gilda Radner: It's Always Something
2002
as Herman Radner
Biopic about the late "Saturday Night Live" star Gilda Radner. Gilda tells her own story, beginning with her childhood as a chubby girl who loved to p...
The Mesmerist
2002
as Dr. Hoffler
Based on an Edgar Allan Poe story, this film tells the grimly comic tale of a bad-tempered old man (Howard Hesseman) who cheats death, only to go on t...
Do It for Uncle Manny
2002
as Uncle Manny
Struggling actor Danny and his pal Stuart are ready to rock the L.A. nightlife -- with help from a Rolls Royce and Rolex "borrowed" from Stuart's uncl...
Not Another Teen Movie
2001
as Mr. Cornish
On a bet, a gridiron hero at John Hughes High School sets out to turn a bespectacled plain Jane into a beautiful and popular prom queen in this outrag...
American Pie 2
2001
as Camp Director
After a year apart - attending different schools, meeting different people - the guys rent a beach house and vow to make this the best summer ever. As...
The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
1999
as Leonard Gillespie
Jim Rockford must help a friend unjustly accused of child molestation.
The Postman
1997
as Benning Mayor
In 2013, there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the United States. Into this ...
The Devil's Advocate
1997
as Meisel
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that...
For Richer, for Poorer
1992
as Harry
Fresh out of college, a young man lazes about his family's estate, which irritates his father, a self-made millionaire who hatches a bankruptcy plan t...
Listen to Me
1989
as Dean Schwimmer
It was the best time of their lives. A kid from Oklahoma. An immigrant's daughter. A senator's son, a society girl, and a college professor with a dre...
Fletch Lives
1989
as Marvin Gillet
Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns ...
Spaceballs
1987
as Colonel Sandurz
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless side...
The Leftovers
1986
as Mr. Gladstone
A close-knit group of orphans and their father-figure, Max, try to keep their home from being shut down. Helping them out are a single mom and the eld...
The Richest Cat in the World
1986
as Victor Rigsby
Leo Kohlmeyer is a talking cat who inherits $5 million from his late owner and is looked after by the owner's in-laws whose two children, Bart and Ver...
Wildcats
1986
as Principal Walker
High school track coach Molly McGrath knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant,...
Fletch
1985
as Marvin Gillet
When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy bu...
Half Nelson
1985
Rocky Nelson is a New York cop, who after making a major bust and selling the rights of his story to Hollywood decides to try his luck out as an actor...
Deadly Messages
1985
as Laura's Boss
When Laura unearths an old Ouija board in her closet, her roommate, Cindy, uses it and encounters the spirit of a man that had been murdered in their ...
To Be or Not to Be
1983
as Ratkowski
A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when Poland is invaded by the Germans in World War II. His wife has the habit of entertaining young...
Imps*
1983
as Irving Rosenbloom Private Eye
Once Upon a Time in a mythical place called Hollywood, a long, long, long time ago in a galaxy not so very far away, a witty group of actors with 38 E...
My Favorite Year
1982
as Myron Fein
Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the va...
Drop-Out Father
1982
as Dr. Irving Lefkowitz
Successful advertising executive decides to get out of the rat race but the family rebels at the new lifestyle he outlines. He and his youngest daught...
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
as Dr. Jacobs
Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do ...
Reunion
1980
as John Wiepert
A married man, returning to his small town for a high school reunion, finds himself torn between his long-ago high school girlfriend and her 17-year-o...
The Islander
1978
as Simms
A retired mainland lawyer buys a small Honolulu hotel and finds himself in a murderous situation involving a runaway grand jury witness, a ruthless mo...
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
1978
as The Network Director
A small time promotor/hustler takes the pint-sized baseball team to Japan for a match against the country's best little league baseball team which spa...
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1977
as Ed Blandings
The bizarre story behind the man accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy and what might have happened had he been brought to trial.
Lucan
1977
as Rantzen
A 20-year old who spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forest after being raised by predatory animals now strikes out on his own i...
Tail Gunner Joe
1977
as Roy Cohn
Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later plann...
Dogs
1976
as Michael Fitzgerald
On the quiet campus of the remotely-located SouthWestern University, something strange is happening. All of the dogs in the area, once loyal, gentle p...
All the President's Men
1976
as Attorney #2
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from...
The Bad News Bears
1976
as White Sox Manager
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
The Nurse Killer
1975
as Ben
A young nurse reports to work in a hospital's psychiatric wing and gets involved in a series of mysterious deaths.
Airport 1975
1974
as Harry - Passenger That Sees the Oil Leak (uncredited)
When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls....
Willie Dynamite
1974
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Willie Dynamite is a pimp who operates in New York City. Willie was a big success as a pimp, but now, just as fast as he rose to the top, he has hit b...
The Long Goodbye
1973
as Cop at Beach (uncredited)
In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
Lady Sings the Blues
1972
as The M.C.
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic youth. The story depicts her early attempts at a s...
A More Perfect Union
N/A
as Paul Berg
Amid the chaos of the early COVID-19 pandemic, NSA whistleblower Henry Berg is running out of time. Facing a rigged trial and two decades in prison, h...