Gene Roth

Birthday:

01/08/1903

Place of birth:

Redfield, South Dakota, USA:

Biography:

Gene Roth (January 8, 1903 – July 19, 1976) was an American film actor. Born in Redfield, South Dakota, Roth was born Eugene Oliver Edgar Stutenroth. He appeared in over 250 films between 1922 and 1967. Roth is remembered for his portrayals of heavies and bad guys in Three Stooges short films such as Slaphappy Sleuths, Hot Stuff, Quiz Whizz, Outer Space Jitters and Pies and Guys. His most memorable role was as Russian spy Bortsch in Dunked in the Deep (1949), as well as its remake, Commotion on the Ocean (1956). His most famous line was his threat to Shemp Howard: "Give me dat fill-um!" ('fill-um' being 'film' with a Russian accent). Roth also starred in the 1953 Columbia Pictures serial The Lost Planet, as the dictator of the lost planet Ergro. He later made frequent television appearances including seven episodes of The Lone Ranger from 1949 to 1954. His Stooge film appearance was in The Three Stooges Meet Hercules. Roth was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Los Angeles, California on July 19, 1976. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Roth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.



Credits

Horrible Horror (1986)
Vultura in 'Captain Video'
Rosie! (1967)
Joseph
The Claw Monsters (1966)
Barkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Young Dillinger (1965)
Herman, Justice of the Peace
Sylvia (1965)
Professor Eglebert (uncredited)
Twice-Told Tales (1963)
Cabman
The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
The Minister (uncredited)
How the West Was Won (1962)
Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)
Tower of London (1962)
The Tailor
Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock (1962)
Jude
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
Berlin Royal Academy Representative at Train Station
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962)
Captain (uncredited)
The Cat Burglar (1961)
Pete
Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961)
Governor of Animals (uncredited)
Cimarron (1960)
Connors (uncredited)
Tormented (1960)
Mr. Nelson
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
Sheriff Kovis
The Blue Angel (1959)
Drunk Nightclub Patron with Pineapple
The Miracle of the Hills (1959)
Sheriff Crane
The Rebel Set (1959)
Train Conductor
Alaska Passage (1959)
Anderson
I Want to Live! (1958)
Eric (uncredited)
The Spider (1958)
Sheriff Cagle
Pies and Guys (1958)
Quiz Whizz (1958)
She Demons (1958)
Igor
Outer Space Jitters (1957)
The Grand Zilch
Rockabilly Baby (1957)
Mr. Harry Johnson
Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
Sam, the chauffeur
Utah Blaine (1957)
Tom Cory
Nightfall (1956)
Bartender
Commotion On The Ocean (1956)
Bortch
Running Target (1956)
Holesworth
Flight to Hong Kong (1956)
Ship captain
Wetbacks (1956)
Truck Thug
Interrupted Melody (1955)
King Marke in 'Tristan und Isolde' (non-singing scene)
Port of Hell (1954)
Detonation Ship Captain
Désirée (1954)
Von Essen
Casino Royale (1954)
Basil
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)
Ethan McCarthy (uncredited)
The Lost Planet (1953)
Reckov
Count the Hours! (1953)
Prison Guard
Jack McCall, Desperado (1953)
Prince of Pirates (1953)
Captain Brock
The Maverick (1952)
Fred Nixon
Montana Belle (1952)
Marshal Ripple
Fargo (1952)
Blacksmith
Red Snow (1952)
Russian Colonel
Gold Fever (1952)
Bill Johnson
Mutiny (1952)
Mr. Potter (uncredited)
Chicago Calling (1951)
Guard
Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere (1951)
Vultura
Westward the Women (1951)
Bartender (uncredited)
Mysterious Island (1951)
Pirate Capt. Shard
Target Unknown (1951)
German Guard (uncredited)
Slaphappy Sleuths (1950)
Fuller Grime
Pirates of the High Seas (1950)
Gov. Frederick Whitlock
Again Pioneers (1950)
Monty Barnes
The Baron of Arizona (1950)
Father Guardian
Dunked in the Deep (1949)
Mr. Bortch
The James Brothers of Missouri (1949)
Marshal Rand [Chs. 10-12]
The Sickle or the Cross (1949)
Pakin
The Big Sombrero (1949)
Ben McBride
Ghost of Zorro (1949)
George Crane
Alaska Patrol (1949)
Ehrlich
Sheriff of Wichita (1949)
Howard Thornton
The Valiant Hombre (1948)
Pete (Bartender)
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James (1948)
The Marshal [Chs. 9-10]
Smuggler's Cove (1948)
Franz Drum
Four Faces West (1948)
Poker Player
The Gallant Legion (1948)
Agitator in Bar
Oklahoma Badlands (1948)
Oliver Budge
The Black Widow (1947)
John M. Walker
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Masseur (uncredited)
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood (1947)
Policeman (uncreditited)
Marshal of Cripple Creek (1947)
Long John Case
Jesse James Rides Again (1947)
Sheriff Duffie
Framed (1947)
(uncredited)
Homesteaders of Paradise Valley (1947)
Bill Hume
Strange Journey (1946)
Hansen
Larceny in Her Heart (1946)
Asylum Orderly
Lost City of the Jungle (1946)
Police Captain Hammond
A Game of Death (1945)
Pleshke
Stairway to Light (1945)
Hector Chevigny (uncredited)
The Shanghai Cobra (1945)
Morgan
Bad Men of the Border (1945)
Bill
Beyond the Pecos (1945)
John Heydrick
Sudan (1945)
Executioner (uncredited)
Crime, Inc. (1945)
Big Ed Johnson (uncredited)
Here Come the Co-eds (1945)
Second Policeman in Car 13 (uncredited)
Rogues' Gallery (1944)
Mr. Joyce
Shake Hands with Murder (1944)
Mr. Howard
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
Luis Philipe Vega
The Spider Woman (1943)
Henchman Taylor (uncredited)
The Sultan's Daughter (1943)
Ludwig
Crazy House (1943)
Dead End Character
Melody Ranch (1940)
Henchman Joe #1
Mercy Plane (1939)
Mechanic
Daughter of the Tong (1939)
Henchman
Merry-Go-Round (1923)
Guard