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 bailiffAll the President's Men as Attorney #2The Bad News Bears as White Sox coachDogs as Michael FitzgeraldTail Gunner Joe as Roy CohnThe Bad News Bears Go to Japan as The Network DirectorWhose Life Is It Anyway? as Dr. JacobsMy Favorite Year as Myron FeinTo Be or Not to Be as RatkowskiFletch as Marvin Gillet Wildcats as Principal WalkerSpaceballs as Col. SandurzFletch Lives as Marvin GilletThe Postman as Benning MayorThe Devil's Advocate as MeiselNot Another Teen Movie as Principal CornishAmerican Pie 2 as the Camp DirectorHow to Be a Serial Killer as Dr. GoldbergA Serious Man as Rabbi NachtnerTrouble with the Curve as RosenbloomArmed Response as RaffertyDeadly Patient as Mr. RichardsSpaceballs 2 as Col. Sandurz
Television
The Odd Couple as Art DirectorIronside as Tech Director / First ClerkAdam's Rib Columbo as Film EditorRhoda as Earl GoodwinKojak as Asst. DA Linnick / Sergeant CollinsThe Missiles Of October as a civilian aideThe Bob Newhart Show as 'Flipper', Rex Pottinger / Rex PottingerEllery Queen as Joe KemmelmanSanford and Son as Percy G. HopweatherMcMillan & Wife as Frank DanielsThe Rockford Files as Stephen Kalifer / Max Steinberg / Brice / StrockHawaii Five-O as Allen SherickBaa Baa Black Sheep as Ben FarberCharlie's Angels as La PlanteQuincy M.E. as Allan Stuart / Assistant DA Glendon / Asst. DA Richard Feldman / Asst. City Controller Harold P. MarcusThe Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald M*A*S*H as Cpl. BensonEmergency! as DoctorKaz as D.A. Frank RevkoAll in the Family as Dr. Sidney ShapiroWKRP in Cincinnati as D. Arnold GonzerAlice as MartySoap as Dr. RudolphNero Wolfe as Saul PanzerHill Street Blues as Irwin BernsteinLou Grant as Jeff BenedictCass Malloy as Deputy Max RosenkrantzMatt Houston as Murray ChaseFantasy Island as Dave the choreographerThe A-Team as Richie HauserSimon & Simon as WatsonHail to the Chief as Irving MetzmanThe Fall Guy as Henry MorrisIt's a Living as Ricardo MelonShe's the Sheriff as Deputy Max RubinMurder, She Wrote as Jim Kenton / Harcourt Fenton / Dr. LewisThe Famous Teddy Z Perfect Strangers as Marvin Berman / Dr. AldridgeThe Golden Girls as Dr. NorganQuantum Leap as Ben HarrisMan of the People as Art LurieStep by Step as MelL.A. Law as Aaron VossGood Advice as Artie CohenMarried... with Children as Ronald N. MichaelsCoach as Herb SpiegelBoy Meets World as FrankMurphy Brown as Dr. AnglundThe Larry Sanders Show as Paul FisherWalker, Texas Ranger as Dr. Jarred BucklerThe Practice as Rabbi Stewart LewisMalcolm & Eddie as Phil EasterwoodSabrina, the Teenage Witch as PresidentDays of Our Lives as Judge David Goldberg / Leon Stern / Judge CarlsonDharma & Greg as HerbMalcolm in the Middle as Foreman FredStargate SG-1 as Al MartellThe West Wing as Congressman SimmelNip/Tuck as DoctorTwo and a Half Men as SheldonWithout a Trace as Hon. Francis WhitmireER as RabbiDesperate Housewives as Dr. RushtonBones as Judge Marcus HaddoesThe Mentalist as Dr. SteinerHouse as Dr. RichardsonGlee as Plastic SurgeonRetired at 35 as RichardMelissa & Joey as Judge Reuben BiddleAnger Management as Dr. RichterFriends with Better Lives as Dr. GundersonNCIS as Randall WorthingtonDr. Ken as Dicky WexlerThe Big Bang Theory as Dr. ZaneNew Amsterdam as Rabbi Skillman; S1/E8: "Three Dots"Grace and Frankie as Rabbi SafchikReboot as BobA Million Little Things as Lonny Strobe; S5/E8: "Dear Diary"Station 19 as Morris Hapgood; S7/E6: "With So Little to Be Sure Of"