可能人们更多认识他是从他出现在电影闪灵里的男配角。他还曾在影片飞越疯人院里饰演夜间看守，再度与杰克尼尔克森演对手戏。
George Gaynes was born in Helsinki in May, 1917, which was then the capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland. The Grand Duchy was part of the Russian Empire, which was in a state of collapse at the time of Gaynes' birth. The Emperor Nicholas II of Russia had abdicated the throne on March 15, two months prior to Gaynes' birth., and the Empire was in the process of splintering.
