Seinfeld actor Gene Dynarski dies aged 86 in Los Angeles rehabilitation centre
Gene Dynarski has died at the age of 86.
Playwright Ernest Kearney confirmed that the Seinfeld actor died on February 27 at a rehabilitation centre in Studio City, Los Angeles.
Gene was best known for playing Izzy Mandelbaum Jr, the son of Lloyd Bridges’ character in hit US sitcom Seinfeld.
Sad news: Seinfeld actor Gene Dynarski has died at the age of 86
Gene also starred in alien abduction movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind, as well as Star Trek and Batman.
In 1966 Gene played Benedict, one of Egghead’s henchmen, in Batman.
The same year he appeared as miner Ben Childres in Star Trek, in episode Mudd’s Women.
Three years later he appeared and as Krodak (a representative of a city up for Federation membership) in the 1969 episode The Mark of Gideon.
Talented actor: Gene was best known for playing Izzy Mandelbaum Jr, the son of Lloyd Bridges’ character in hit US sitcom Seinfeld
Varied career: Gene also starred in alien abduction movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind, as well as Star Trek and Batman
In a 2000 episode of The X-Files, the actor’s character fell victim to a bat creature.
During his career, Gene starred in other well-known TV shows including The A-Team, The Monkees, Starsky and Hutch, Little House on The Prairie and Hill Street Blues.
On the silver screen, the actor appeared in award winning film All the President’s Men as well as a string of movies, including Earthquare and Airport.
Movie star: Gene also starred in alien abduction movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind
In 1979, Gene had a theatre named after him: The Gene Dynarski Theatre, near Sunset Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles.
The actor won a Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Award for his performance in Among The Vipers, produced by Earnest Kearney at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble.
The actor is survived by his two daughters.