The American actor Gene Dynarski, known for playing characters that appeared in the films "Duel" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" by Steven Spielberg and playing different roles in Star Trek, died at the age of 86. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter in the past few hours, Dynarski would have died last 27 February in a rehabilitation center in Studio City, as announced by playwright Ernest Kearney himself. Eugene Dynarski, born on September 13, 1933, worked as a "wild monkey" in a bowling alley, furthermore, after joining the United States Navy, he moved to Los Angeles where he began working as an actor thanks to the well-known director of the casting, Lynn Stalmaster.
In 1965, she made her TV debut in an episode of the ABC medical drama, "Ben Casey". Gene Dynarski he also worked twice on the original "Star Trek", In the 1966 episode"Mudd's Women"As the miner" Ben Childress "and as Krodak, in the episode of 1969"The Mark of Gideon". Additionally, Dynarski played the role of Benedict, one of Egghead's henchmen (Vincent Price), in “Batman" of 1966. His resume also includes: Earthquake (1974), Airport 1975, All the President's Men (1976), Hill Street Blues, The A-Team, Little House on the Prairie, Starsky and Hutch, Kung Fu, Kojak, Bonanza , The Monkees and many other TV series.
Also, Dynarski starred Joseph Stalin in the video game Command & Conquer: Red Alert of 1996, also winning an award of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle for his performance in Among the Vipers, a play produced by Ernest Kearney and performed at the Odyssey Theater Ensemble.