Personal Info
Birth date
1932-09-13 (92 Years)
Day of death
2020-02-27
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also known as
Eugene Dynarski
Gene Dynarski
Biography
Eugene "Gene" Dynarski (September 13, 1933 – February 27, 2020) was an American actor. Three of the most popular projects that he has been involved with were two Steven Spielberg films, Duel and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and the Westwood Studios computer game Command & Conquer: Red Alert.
Filmography
Seinfeld
8.3
Overview:
A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.The A-Team
7.5
Overview:
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."The X-Files
8.379
Overview:
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.Ben Casey
5.6
Overview:
Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Neurosurgeon Joseph Ransohoff was a medical consultant for the show and may have influenced the personality of the title character.Star Trek: The Next Generation
8.367
Overview:
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.Star Trek
8.017
Overview:
Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen led by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no man has gone before.Mannix
6.686
Overview:
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.The F.B.I.
5.455
Overview:
The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.Little House on the Prairie
7.943
Overview:
Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s.The Doris Day Show
5.3
Overview:
The Doris Day Show is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 1968 until March 1973, remaining on the air for five seasons and 128 episodes. In addition to showcasing Doris Day, the show is remembered for its many abrupt format changes over the course of its five-year run. It is also remembered for Day's statement, in her autobiography Doris Day: Her Own Story, that her husband Martin Melcher had signed her to do the TV series without her knowledge, a fact she only discovered when Melcher died of heart disease on April 20, 1968. The TV show premiered on Tuesday, September 24, 1968.Run for Your Life
7.2
Overview:
Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only a short time to live. It ran on NBC from 1965 to 1968. The series was created by Roy Huggins, who had previously explored the "man on the move" concept with The Fugitive.Knots Landing
6.868
Overview:
The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.Vega$
7
Overview:
Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series was filmed in its entirety in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is believed to be the first television series produced entirely in Las Vegas. The show stars Robert Urich as private detective Dan Tanna, who drove around the streets of Las Vegas in a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird solving crimes and making Las Vegas a better place for residents and tourists alike.Cannon
6.5
Overview:
Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two episodes of Barnaby Jones. Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.The Big Valley
6.1
Overview:
The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.Hunter
7.2
Overview:
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.Boy Meets World
8.242
Overview:
The coming of age events and everyday life-lessons of Cory Matthews, a Philadelphian who grows up from a young boy to a married man.It Takes a Thief
7
Overview:
Convicted cat burglar Alexander Mundy gets an offer he can't refuse from the United States government: If he puts his formidable thieving skills to work for them, he'll be released from prison. Alexander's dad, Alister, sometimes comes out of retirement as a thief to help his son on special jobs.Batman
7.3
Overview:
Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Penguin.The Monkees
6.5
Overview:
Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid madcap encounters with a variety of people straight out of TV and movie central casting, with full knowledge that their existence is part of a weekly television seriesLand of the Giants
6.663
Overview:
Set fifteen years in the then-future year 1983, the series tells the tale of the crew and passengers of a sub-orbital transport ship named Spindrift. In the pilot episode, the Spindrift is en route from Los Angeles to London, on an ultra-fast sub-orbital flight. Just beyond Earth's boundary with space, the Spindrift encounters a magnetic space storm, and is dragged through a space warp to a mysterious planet where everything is twelve times larger than on Earth, whose inhabitants the Earthlings nickname "the Giants". The Spindrift crash-lands, and the damage renders it inoperable.Kojak
7.004
Overview:
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.Felony Squad
6.4
Overview:
Twenty-year veteran Detective Sergeant Sam Stone is paired with rookie Briggs in a large Western metropolis.CHiPs
6.838
Overview:
Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorcycle officers always on the street to save lives.Adam-12
7
Overview:
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.Mission: Impossible
7.6
Overview:
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.The Invisible Man
6.1
Overview:
Dr. Daniel Westin creates a formula to be used for matter transformation. To test the formula he uses it on himself. Before he can return to normal he discovers the government wants to use his formula for wrong, so he destroys it. Being unable to become visible again, he and his wife become agents for KLAE fighting crime.Bronk
6.2
Overview:
Bronk is an American television series starring Jack Palance as Detective Lieutenant Alex Bronkov. The series is set in the fictional Ocean City, California. 24 episodes were aired from September 21, 1975 to March 28, 1976 on CBS. The series lasted only one season.Acting
2003Apple Jack as Helmut Jitters
1998L.A. Doctors (1 Episode) as Saul Kaminsky
1993Boy Meets World (1 Episode) as Mr. Peterman
1993The X-Files (1 Episode) as Ernie Stefaniuk
1989Seinfeld (2 Episodes) as Izzy Mandelbaum Jr.
1987Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 Episode) as Cmdr. Orfil Quinteros
1985Movers & Shakers as Board Member
1984Hunter (1 Episode) as Mr. Molenski
1984Best Defense as Gil
1984Sins of the Past as Ralph Easton
1983Hardcastle and McCormick (1 Episode) as Unknown
1983The A-Team (1 Episode) as Hagopian
1981Hill Street Blues (1 Episode) as Sodowski
1979Knots Landing (2 Episodes) as Expert
1978Vega$ (1 Episode) as Unknown
1977Close Encounters of the Third Kind as Ike
1977CHiPs (1 Episode) as Unknown
1976All the President's Men as Court Clerk
1976City of Angels (1 Episode) as Unknown
1975Starsky & Hutch (1 Episode) as Unknown
1975The Invisible Man (1 Episode) as Vasil
1975Bronk (1 Episode) as Baldy
1974Earthquake as Dam Caretaker
1974The Gun as Mr. Russell
1974Airport 1975 as 1st. Friend
1974Little House on the Prairie (1 Episode) as Unknown
1973Kojak (1 Episode) as Lairdson
1973Double Indemnity as Sam Bonventura
1972Kung Fu (1 Episode) as Fred
1972Banacek (1, 1 Episode) as Leo, Wheeler
1971Duel as Man in Cafe
1971Cannon (1 Episode) as Unknown
1971Black Chariot as Doctor
1969Then Came Bronson as Boots Kowalski
1968The Sound of Anger as Lieutenant Morrisey
1968The Doris Day Show (1, 1 Episode) as Lefty Kretch, Moving Man #1
1968Land of the Giants (1 Episode) as Warden Barmak
1968Adam-12 (1 Episode) as Ed Johnson
1968In Enemy Country as Capek (as Eugene Dynarski)
1968It Takes a Thief (1 Episode) as 1st Agent
1967Mannix (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966Mission: Impossible (2 Episodes) as Sgt. of Guard
1966The Monkees (1, 1 Episode) as Toto, Zeppo
1966Felony Squad (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966Star Trek (1, 1 Episode) as Ben Childress, Krodak
1966Batman (2 Episodes) as Benedict
1965The F.B.I. (1 Episode) as Brown
1965The Big Valley (1 Episode) as Pollick
1965Run for Your Life (1 Episode) as Walter Henley
1965Morituri as Merchant Marine (uncredited)
1961Ben Casey (1 Episode) as Unknown
1954The Wonderful World of Disney (1 Episode) as Lawrence