Gee Gayn, star of 'Police Amy' films and 'Punky Brewster,' di at 98

Contents:

• GEE GAYN: COMMANDANT LASSARD
• GEE GAYN(1917-2016)
• GEE GAYN(1917-2016)
• GEE GAYN, STAR OF 'POLICE AMY' FILMS AND 'PUNKY BREWSTER,' DI AT 98
• GEE GAYN, STAR OF ‘POLICE AMY’ AND ‘PUNKY BREWSTER,’ DI AT 98
• GEE GAYN: POLICE AMY STAR DI AGED 98

GEE GAYN: COMMANDANT LASSARD

BgraphyAwardsTriviaGee Gayn(1917-2016)ActorDirectorSoundtrackPlay trailer1:34Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)Gee Gayn was born Helski May, 1917, which was then the pal of the Grand Duchy of Fland. The Grand Duchy was part of the Rsian Empire, which was a state of llapse at the time of Gayn' birth. The Emperor Nicholas II of Rsia had abdited the throne on March 15, two months prr to Gayn' birth, and the Empire was the procs of fay left the untry, and Gee was primarily raised France, England, and Swzerland.

His father Gerr Jongejans was a Dutch bsman, and his mother Iya Grigorievna Gay was a Rsian artist. He then attend a mic school Milan, Italy for about a 1940, Gee Gayn was livg France, durg the time of the Battle of France World War II.

GEE GAYN(1917-2016)

He applied for Amerin cizenship and officially beme a cizen the late 1940s to the early 1960s, Gee Gayn was primarily a theatril actor. Keep track of how much of Gee Gayn’s work you have seen. BgraphyAwardsTriviaFAQGee Gayn(1917-2016)ActorDirectorSoundtrackPlay trailer1:34Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)Gee Gayn was born Helski May, 1917, which was then the pal of the Grand Duchy of Fland.

GEE GAYN(1917-2016)

Gee Gayn, who played befuddled Commandant Lassard the "Police Amy" movi and the lovably irascible foster dad the 1980s s "Punky Brewster, " died on Monday at 98 years died at his dghter's home North Bend, Washgton, acrdg to The New York Tim.

In a reer which he appeared hundreds of televisn episos and 35 movi, he is bt remembered for his two rol a pair of memorable 1980s Gayn, who played the lovably grouchy foster father on the 1980s h s "Punky Brewster, " has died at via Getty ImagOn "Punky Brewster, " which ran on NBC om 1984-86, he played Henry Warnimont, a grouchy widower who fds abandoned young girl Punky Brewster the apartment across the hall and ultimately be her foster father. Actrs Soleil Moon Frye, who played Punky Brewster, offered a touchg tribute to Gayn on Tuday also was part of seven qutsentially 1980s slapstick "Police Amy" films as Commandant Eric Lassard, the lear of a ragtag group of bumblg, unrdog police officers trag.

GEE GAYN, STAR OF 'POLICE AMY' FILMS AND 'PUNKY BREWSTER,' DI AT 98

Gee Gayn died Monday at his dghter’s home North Bend, Washgton, his dghter Iya Gayn Falne Brown nfirmed to The New York Tim. Gayn also starred oppose Dt Hoffman the 1982 film Tootsie, which received 10 Amy Award nomatns, although only Jsi Lange won for bt supportg actrs.

Gayn’ other film creds clu The Way We Were, Altered Stat and Wag the Dog. The Hollywood Reporter spoke wh Gayn’ longtime agent Jonathan Howard, vp of talent at Innovative Artists, on Tuday night.

Howard, who met Gayn the early ’80s and worked wh him for 30 years, said the pair kept touch after he retired. Born Helski, Fland, on May 16, 1917, Gayn got his start on Broadway the ’50s, starrg the origal productn of the mil Wonrful Town. For ee real time breakg news alerts sent straight to your box sign up to our breakg news emailsSign up to our ee breakg news emailsGee Gayn, the actor who played the eccentric and loveable Commandant Eric Lassard the Police Amy film seri, has died at the age of actor, who also starred as Henry Warnimont Punky Brewster – a heart-warmg s which he adopted an abandoned girl - died on Monday North Bend, Washgton.

GEE GAYN, STAR OF ‘POLICE AMY’ AND ‘PUNKY BREWSTER,’ DI AT 98

His ath was nfirmed by his dghter, Iya Gayn Falne Gayn, who retired 2003, starred 35 films durg his reer, cludg The Way We Were. In 1982, he starred Tootsie as a soap opera star wh a csh on a woman who was actually played by Dt Gayn was born as Gee Jongejans Helski 1917 and was raised France, England and began his reer as a mil edy performer the 1940s and after World War Two, the barone sger moved to the US to jo the New York Cy Opera. He then cid to bee an actor, changed his surname to Gayn and went on to appear Missn Impossible, The Six Milln Dollar Man and Hawaii Gayn also appeared the daytime soaps General Hospal and Search for Tomorrow.

GEE GAYN: POLICE AMY STAR DI AGED 98

Jonathan Howard, the former agent of Mr Gayn, told The Hollywood Reporter: "He was really one of the te gentlemen the bs and was workg steadily for 50 years or more. Many fans thanked him for brgg so much humour to their Moon Frye, who played the dghter Punky Brewster, said the universe had "gaed a gigantic star" Gayn is survived by his wife Allyn Ann McLerie, his dghter, one granddghter and two great-granddghters. I mean e on, Gee Gayn is now the lead actor the creds?!