Gene Roth
Acting
Born January 8, 1903, Redfield, South Dakota, USA
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.
Filmography
- 1967Rosie! — Joseph
- Mission: Impossible — General von Cramm
- 1966The Claw Monsters — Barkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1965Sylvia — Professor Eglebert (uncredited)
- 1965Young Dillinger — Herman, Justice of the Peace
- 1964The Best Man — Pennsylvania Delegate (uncredited)
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Cycle Repairman
- Kraft Suspense Theatre — 1st Policeman
- 1963The Courtship of Eddie's Father — The Minister (uncredited)
- The Dakotas
- The Greatest Show on Earth
- 1963Twice-Told Tales — Cabman
- 1962How the West Was Won — Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)
- 1962Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock — Jude
- 1962The Three Stooges Meet Hercules — Captain (uncredited)
- 1962The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm — Berlin Royal Academy Representative at Train Station
- 1962Tower of London — The Tailor
- 87th Precinct
- 1961Atlantis: The Lost Continent — Governor of Animals (uncredited)
- Ben Casey
- Cain's Hundred — Syndicate Board Member (uncredited)
- 1961Famous Ghost Stories — Mr. Nelson (segment 'Tormented')
- 1961The Cat Burglar — Pete
- 1960Cimarron — Connors (uncredited)
- The Tall Man
- 1960Tormented — Mr. Nelson
- 1959Alaska Passage — Anderson
- 1959Attack of the Giant Leeches — Sheriff Kovis
- Bonanza — Milton Conley
- Lock-Up
- 1959The Blue Angel — Drunken Sea Captain (uncredited)
- 1959The Miracle of the Hills — Sheriff Crane
- 1959The Rebel Set — Train Conductor
- Tightrope
- 77 Sunset Strip — East German Policeman (uncredited)
- Bat Masterson — Mayor Oliver Hinton, Barkeep, Miner
- 1958Earth vs. the Spider — Sheriff Cagle
- 1958I Want to Live! — Eric (uncredited)
- 1958Pies and Guys
- 1958Quiz Whizz — Montgomery M. Montgomery
- Sea Hunt
- 1958She Demons — Igor
- 1958The Young Lions — Bavarian Café Manager (uncredited)
- 26 Men
- Harbor Command
- Have Gun, Will Travel — Man, Bartender
- 1957Jet Pilot
- 1957Outer Space Jitters — The Grand Zilch
- 1957Rockabilly Baby — Mr. Harry Johnson
- Suspicion — The Doorman
- 1957The Quiet Gun — Frank Townsend (uncredited)
- The Thin Man
- Tombstone Territory — Townsperson who takes the bets
- 1957Utah Blaine — Tom Cory
- 1957Zombies of Mora Tau — Sam, the chauffeur
- 1956Commotion on the Ocean — Bortch
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Wilkie - Storekeeper
- 1956Flight to Hong Kong — Ship captain
- 1956Friendly Persuasion — Farmer (uncredited)
- 1956Nightfall — Bartender (uncredited)
- 1956Running Target — Holesworth
- The Man Called X
- 1956Wetbacks — Truck Thug
- Cheyenne
- Crossroads
- Highway Patrol
- 1955Interrupted Melody — King Marke in 'Tristan und Isolde' (non-singing scene)
- Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- 1954Casino Royale — Basil
- Climax! — Basil
- 1954Désirée — Von Essen
- 1954Port of Hell — Detonation Ship Captain
- 1954Seven Brides for Seven Brothers — Tom ('Nobody can cook like Milly') (uncredited)
- 1953Count the Hours! — Prison Guard
- General Electric Theater — Doorman
- I Led Three Lives
- 1953Jack McCall, Desperado
- 1953Prince of Pirates — Captain Brock
- 1953The Farmer Takes a Wife — Ethan McCarthy (uncredited)
- 1953The Lost Planet — Reckov
- 1952Fargo — Blacksmith
- 1952Gold Fever — Bill Johnson
- 1952Montana Belle — Marshal Ripple
- 1952Mutiny — Mr. Potter (uncredited)
- 1952Red Snow — Russian Colonel
- 1952The Maverick — Fred Nixon
- Boston Blackie
- 1951Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere — Vultura
- 1951Chicago Calling — Guard
- Dragnet
- Hallmark Hall of Fame — March
- 1951Mysterious Island — Pirate Capt. Shard
- 1951Target Unknown — German Guard (uncredited)
- 1951Westward the Women — Bartender (uncredited)
- 1950Again Pioneers — Monty Barnes
- 1950Pirates of the High Seas — Gov. Frederick Whitlock
- 1950Slaphappy Sleuths — Fuller Grime
- 1950The Baron of Arizona — Father Guardian
- 1949Alaska Patrol — Ehrlich
- 1949Dunked in the Deep — Mr. Bortch
- 1949Ghost of Zorro — George Crane
- 1949Sheriff of Wichita — Howard Thornton
- 1949The Big Sombrero — Ben McBride
- 1949The James Brothers of Missouri — Marshal Rand [Chs. 10-12]
- The Lone Ranger — Sergeant Bolan
- 1949The Sickle or the Cross — Pakin
- 1948Adventures of Frank and Jesse James — The Marshal [Chs. 9-10]
- 1948Four Faces West — Poker Player
- 1948Oklahoma Badlands — Oliver Budge
- 1948Smuggler's Cove — Franz Drum
- 1948The Gallant Legion — Agitator in Bar
- 1948The Valiant Hombre — Pete (Bartender)
- 1947Framed — (uncredited)
- 1947Homesteaders of Paradise Valley — Bill Hume
- 1947Jesse James Rides Again — Sheriff Duffie
- 1947Marshal of Cripple Creek — Long John Case
- 1947Mr. District Attorney — Doorman (uncredited)
- 1947Nightmare Alley — Masseur (uncredited)
- 1947The Black Widow — John M. Walker
- 1947The Gas House Kids in Hollywood — Policeman (uncreditited)
- 1947The Sea of Grass — Homesteader (uncredited)
- 1946Canyon Passage — Miner (uncredited)
- 1946Girl on the Spot — Gambler (uncredited)
- 1946Larceny in Her Heart — Asylum Orderly
- 1946Lost City of the Jungle — Police Captain Hammond
- 1946Strange Journey — Hansen
- 1945A Game of Death — Pleshke
- 1945Bad Men of the Border — Bill
- 1945Beyond the Pecos — John Heydrick
- 1945Crime, Inc. — Big Ed Johnson (uncredited)
- 1945Here Come the Co-Eds — Second Policeman in Car 13 (uncredited)
- 1945Stairway to Light — Hector Chevigny (uncredited)
- 1945Strange Illusion — Sparky
- 1945Sudan — Executioner (uncredited)
- 1945The Shanghai Cobra — Morgan
- 1944Charlie Chan in the Secret Service — Luis Philipe Vega
- 1944Rogues' Gallery — Mr. Joyce
- 1944Seven Doors to Death — Detective Morgan (uncredited)
- 1944Shake Hands with Murder — Mr. Howard
- 1943Crazy House — Dead End Character
- 1943The Spider Woman — Henchman Taylor (uncredited)
- 1943The Sultan's Daughter — Ludwig
- 1940Melody Ranch — Henchman Joe #1
- 1939Daughter of the Tong — Henchman
- 1939Mercy Plane — Mechanic
- 1923Merry-Go-Round — Guard