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George Wyner

George Wyner

Born: 1945-10-20 • Boston, Massachusetts, USA

George Wyner (born October 20, 1945) is an American actor. A native of Boston and graduate of Syracuse University, George has worked extensively in TV and film since 1972. Notable film roles include Rabbi Nachtner in the Coen Brothers' best-picture nominee A Serious Man (2009) and Colonel Sandurz in Mel Brooks' Spaceballs (1987). and his To Be or Not to Be (1983). Other credits include To Be or Not to Be (1983), Fletch (1985), Fletch Lives (1989), The Devil's Advocate (1997), and Trouble with the Curve (2012). George has guest starred on over 150 TV shows, and has been a series regular on nine. He is perhaps best known for his six seasons as Deputy D.A. Irwin Bernstein on Hill Street Blues (1981).

Filmography
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In the Darkness
2021 • Doctor
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He's that Guy
2019 • Self
In Security poster
In Security
2014 • Rafferty
Snow Bride poster
Snow Bride
2013 • Lou Blanco
Trouble with the Curve poster
Trouble with the Curve
2012 • Rosenbloom
The Wish List poster
The Wish List
2010 • Charles Praxton
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition poster
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
2009 • Self (archive footage)
A Serious Man poster
A Serious Man
2009 • Rabbi Nachtner
How to Be a Serial Killer poster
How to Be a Serial Killer
2009 • Dr. Goldberg
Black Widow poster
Black Widow
2008 • Stan Driver
Though None Go with Me poster
Though None Go with Me
2006 • Attorney Albert Browning
Spaceballs: The Documentary poster
Spaceballs: The Documentary
2005 • Self
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John Candy: Comic Spirit
2005 • Self
Domino One poster
Domino One
2005 • Lake (Iodom Rep #1)
Knee High P.I. poster
Knee High P.I.
2003 • Fishman
Almost a Woman poster
Almost a Woman
2002 • Dr. Fishbeck
Gilda Radner: It's Always Something poster
Gilda Radner: It's Always Something
2002 • Herman Radner
The Mesmerist poster
The Mesmerist
2002 • Dr. Hoffler
Do It for Uncle Manny poster
Do It for Uncle Manny
2002 • Uncle Manny
Not Another Teen Movie poster
Not Another Teen Movie
2001 • Mr. Cornish
American Pie 2 poster
American Pie 2
2001 • Camp Director
The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads poster
The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
1999 • Leonard Gillespie
The Postman poster
The Postman
1997 • Benning Mayor
The Devil's Advocate poster
The Devil's Advocate
1997 • Meisel
For Richer, for Poorer poster
For Richer, for Poorer
1992 • Harry
Listen to Me poster
Listen to Me
1989 • Dean Schwimmer
Fletch Lives poster
Fletch Lives
1989 • Marvin Gillet
Spaceballs poster
Spaceballs
1987 • Colonel Sandurz
The Leftovers poster
The Leftovers
1986 • Mr. Gladstone
The Richest Cat in the World poster
The Richest Cat in the World
1986 • Victor Rigsby
Wildcats poster
Wildcats
1986 • Principal Walker
Fletch poster
Fletch
1985 • Marvin Gillet
Half Nelson poster
Half Nelson
1985
Deadly Messages poster
Deadly Messages
1985 • Laura's Boss
To Be or Not to Be poster
To Be or Not to Be
1983 • Ratkowski
Imps* poster
Imps*
1983 • Irving Rosenbloom Private Eye
My Favorite Year poster
My Favorite Year
1982 • Myron Fein
Drop-Out Father poster
Drop-Out Father
1982 • Dr. Irving Lefkowitz
Whose Life Is It Anyway? poster
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981 • Dr. Jacobs
Reunion poster
Reunion
1980 • John Wiepert
The Islander poster
The Islander
1978 • Simms
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan poster
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
1978 • The Network Director
Lucan poster
Lucan
1977 • Rantzen
Tail Gunner Joe poster
Tail Gunner Joe
1977 • Roy Cohn
Dogs poster
Dogs
1976 • Michael Fitzgerald
All the President's Men poster
All the President's Men
1976 • Attorney #2
The Bad News Bears poster
The Bad News Bears
1976 • White Sox Manager
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The Nurse Killer
1975 • Ben
Airport 1975 poster
Airport 1975
1974 • Harry - Passenger That Sees the Oil Leak (uncredited)
Willie Dynamite poster
Willie Dynamite
1974 • Bailiff (uncredited)
The Long Goodbye poster
The Long Goodbye
1973 • Cop at Beach (uncredited)
Lady Sings the Blues poster
Lady Sings the Blues
1972 • The M.C.
A More Perfect Union poster
A More Perfect Union
— • Paul Berg
Spaceballs 2 poster
Spaceballs 2
— • Colonel Sandurz