George Wyner


George Wyner is an American film and television actor. Wyner graduated from Syracuse University in 1968 as a drama major and was an in-demand character actor by the early 1970s. Wyner has made guest appearances in over 100 television series and co-starred in nine. His roles include Assistant District Attorney Bernstein on the series Hill Street Blues, Rabbi Nachtner in A Serious Man, and Colonel Sandurz in the film Spaceballs. Wyner is set to reappear as Sandurz in Spaceballs 2, to be released in 2027.

Early life

Wyner was born in Boston to Jewish parents. His father, Edward, founded and managed Boston's Ritz Carlton Hotel, which was the premier society hotel in Boston through the 1950s. Wyner's father died while his son was in high school.

Career

Wyner was introduced to producer Steven Bochco while appearing in Bochco's short-lived 1976 series, Delvecchio. This led to the role as Irwin Bernstein in Hill Street Blues, and to roles in four subsequent Bochco productions: Doogie Howser, M.D., Brooklyn South, NYPD Blue and L.A. Law. Additionally, Wyner has appeared on the following programs for Hill Streets production company, MTM: Rhoda, The Bob Newhart Show, The White Shadow, WKRP in Cincinnati, M*A*S*H and Newhart.

Filmography

  • Willie Dynamite as court bailiff
  • All the President's Men as Attorney #2
  • The Bad News Bears as White Sox coach
  • Dogs as Michael Fitzgerald
  • Tail Gunner Joe as Roy Cohn
  • The Bad News Bears Go to Japan as The Network Director
  • Whose Life Is It Anyway? as Dr. Jacobs
  • My Favorite Year as Myron Fein
  • To Be or Not to Be as Ratkowski
  • Fletch as Marvin Gillet
  • Wildcats as Principal Walker
  • Spaceballs as Col. Sandurz
  • Fletch Lives as Marvin Gillet
  • The Postman as Benning Mayor
  • The Devil's Advocate as Meisel
  • Not Another Teen Movie as Principal Cornish
  • American Pie 2 as the Camp Director
  • How to Be a Serial Killer as Dr. Goldberg
  • A Serious Man as Rabbi Nachtner
  • Trouble with the Curve as Rosenbloom
  • Armed Response as Rafferty
  • Deadly Patient as Mr. Richards
  • Spaceballs 2 as Col. Sandurz

    Television

  • The Odd Couple as Art Director
  • Ironside as Tech Director / First Clerk
  • Adam's Rib
  • Columbo as Film Editor
  • Rhoda as Earl Goodwin
  • Kojak as Asst. DA Linnick / Sergeant Collins
  • The Missiles Of October as a civilian aide
  • The Bob Newhart Show as 'Flipper', Rex Pottinger / Rex Pottinger
  • Ellery Queen as Joe Kemmelman
  • Sanford and Son as Percy G. Hopweather
  • McMillan & Wife as Frank Daniels
  • The Rockford Files as Stephen Kalifer / Max Steinberg / Brice / Strock
  • Hawaii Five-O as Allen Sherick
  • Baa Baa Black Sheep as Ben Farber
  • Charlie's Angels as La Plante
  • Quincy M.E. as Allan Stuart / Assistant DA Glendon / Asst. DA Richard Feldman / Asst. City Controller Harold P. Marcus
  • The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
  • M*A*S*H as Cpl. Benson
  • Emergency! as Doctor
  • Kaz as D.A. Frank Revko
  • All in the Family as Dr. Sidney Shapiro
  • WKRP in Cincinnati as D. Arnold Gonzer
  • Alice as Marty
  • Soap as Dr. Rudolph
  • Nero Wolfe as Saul Panzer
  • Hill Street Blues as Irwin Bernstein
  • Lou Grant as Jeff Benedict
  • Cass Malloy as Deputy Max Rosenkrantz
  • Matt Houston as Murray Chase
  • Fantasy Island as Dave the choreographer
  • The A-Team as Richie Hauser
  • Simon & Simon as Watson
  • Hail to the Chief as Irving Metzman
  • The Fall Guy as Henry Morris
  • It's a Living as Ricardo Melon
  • She's the Sheriff as Deputy Max Rubin
  • Murder, She Wrote as Jim Kenton / Harcourt Fenton / Dr. Lewis
  • The Famous Teddy Z
  • Perfect Strangers as Marvin Berman / Dr. Aldridge
  • The Golden Girls as Dr. Norgan
  • Quantum Leap as Ben Harris
  • Man of the People as Art Lurie
  • Step by Step as Mel
  • L.A. Law as Aaron Voss
  • Good Advice as Artie Cohen
  • Married... with Children as Ronald N. Michaels
  • Coach as Herb Spiegel
  • Boy Meets World as Frank
  • Murphy Brown as Dr. Anglund
  • The Larry Sanders Show as Paul Fisher
  • Walker, Texas Ranger as Dr. Jarred Buckler
  • The Practice as Rabbi Stewart Lewis
  • Malcolm & Eddie as Phil Easterwood
  • Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as President
  • Days of Our Lives as Judge David Goldberg / Leon Stern / Judge Carlson
  • Dharma & Greg as Herb
  • Malcolm in the Middle as Foreman Fred
  • Stargate SG-1 as Al Martell
  • The West Wing as Congressman Simmel
  • Nip/Tuck as Doctor
  • Two and a Half Men as Sheldon
  • Without a Trace as Hon. Francis Whitmire
  • ER as Rabbi
  • Desperate Housewives as Dr. Rushton
  • Bones as Judge Marcus Haddoes
  • The Mentalist as Dr. Steiner
  • House as Dr. Richardson
  • Glee as Plastic Surgeon
  • Retired at 35 as Richard
  • Melissa & Joey as Judge Reuben Biddle
  • Anger Management as Dr. Richter
  • Friends with Better Lives as Dr. Gunderson
  • NCIS as Randall Worthington
  • Dr. Ken as Dicky Wexler
  • The Big Bang Theory as Dr. Zane
  • New Amsterdam as Rabbi Skillman; S1/E8: "Three Dots"
  • Grace and Frankie as Rabbi Safchik
  • Reboot as Bob
  • A Million Little Things as Lonny Strobe; S5/E8: "Dear Diary"
  • Station 19 as Morris Hapgood; S7/E6: "With So Little to Be Sure Of"