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George Wyner

Acting

Born October 20, 1945 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

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).

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The First Family

as Dr. Hayes

House

2004as Dr. Richardson

The Umbrella Academy

2019as Dan Frankel

Malcolm in the Middle

2000as Foreman Fred

The Resident

2018as Arthur Kravitz

The Mentalist

2008as Dr. Steiner

New Amsterdam

2018as Rabbi Skillman

The West Wing

1999as Congressman Simmel

Stargate SG-1

1997as Al Martell

Boy Meets World

1993as Frank

9-1-1

2018as Don

Station 19

2018as Morris Hapgood

Bones

2005as Marcus Haddoes

Columbo

1971as Film Editor

Quantum Leap

1989as Ben Harris

The Big Bang Theory

2007as Dr. Zane

Boston Legal

2004as Al Bostick

Desperate Housewives

2004as Dr. Rushton

Emergency!

1972as Medic One Doctor

M*A*S*H

1972

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

1996as President

ER

1994as Rabbi

Step by Step

1991

All in the Family

1971as Dr. Sidney Shapiro

The Odd Couple

1970as Art Director

American Housewife

2016as Reginald Danfield

The Practice

1997as Rabbi Stewart Lewis

The Larry Sanders Show

1992as Paul Fisher

Married... with Children

1987as Ronald N. Michaels

All the President's Men

1976as Attorney #2

NCIS

2003as Randall Worthington

The Golden Girls

1985as Dr. Norgan

Hill Street Blues

1981as Irwin Bernstein

WKRP in Cincinnati

1978as D. Arnold Gonzer

The Rockford Files

1974as Stephen Kalifer

The Kominsky Method

2018as Rabbi

Two and a Half Men

2003as Sheldon

The Devil's Advocate

1997as Meisel

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Dr. Lewis

The A-Team

1983as Richie Hauser

Quincy, M.E.

1976

Sanford and Son

1972

The Bob Newhart Show

1972as Rex Pottinger

She Spies

as Barry Sharpman

The Long Goodbye

1973as Cop at Beach (uncredited)

Jack & Bobby

2004

Without a Trace

2002as Francis Whitmire

A Million Little Things

2018as Lonny Strobe

Nip/Tuck

2003as Doctor

Kojak

1973as Asst. DA Linnick