years_active birth_place other_names birth_date article_title name occupation
1965 & ndash ; 2003 united states gene dynarski 13 september 1932 eugene dynarski
 eugene dynarski actor
eugene dynarski

eugene dynarski -lrb- born september 13 , 1932 -rrb- is 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 westwood studios landmark computer game '' '' .
in 1971 's `` duel '' , dynarski had a small role as a truck driver in a cafe .
in `` command & conquer : red alert '' , dynarski plays a major supporting role as soviet premier joseph stalin , appearing throughout much of the game 's soviet campaign and to a lesser extent , the allied campaign , too .
in the 1974 film , `` earthquake '' , dynarski portrays a worker at the mulholland dam who becomes the first fatality of the disaster .
eugene dynarksi has also appeared in numerous television shows .
he is one of 32 actors or actresses to have guest starred in both the original ' television series -lrb- episodes `` mudd 's women '' and `` the mark of gideon '' -rrb- and then in one of the series ' spin offs -lrb- 's `` 11001001 '' -rrb- .
in `` monkees '' tv series , dynarski played the dragonman 's sidekick , toto , in the episode titled `` monkee chow mein '' -lrb- original us air date : march 13 , 1967 -rrb- .
his many other tv credits include episodes of `` batman '' -lrb- episodes 47 and 48 -rrb- , `` starsky & hutch '' , `` chips '' , and `` the a-team '' .
he is also known for his two appearances as izzy mandelbaum jr. on `` seinfeld '' .
dynarski appeared in the short `` apple jack '' -lrb- 2003 -rrb- as helmut jitters .
