Gene Roth
Acting
- Born:
- 1903-01-08
- Died:
- 1976-07-19
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Rosie!
Mission: Impossible
The Claw Monsters
Young Dillinger
Sylvia
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Best Man
Kraft Suspense Theatre
The Greatest Show on Earth
Twice-Told Tales
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
The Dakotas
How the West Was Won
Tower of London
Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
Famous Ghost Stories
Ben Casey
87th Precinct
Cain's Hundred
The Cat Burglar
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Cimarron
Tormented
The Tall Man
Lock-Up
Bonanza
Tightrope
The Blue Angel
The Miracle of the Hills
Attack of the Giant Leeches
The Rebel Set
Alaska Passage
I Want to Live!
77 Sunset Strip
Bat Masterson
Earth vs. the Spider
Pies and Guys
The Young Lions
Quiz Whizz
Sea Hunt
She Demons
Outer Space Jitters
Rockabilly Baby
Tombstone Territory
26 Men
Jet Pilot
Harbor Command
Suspicion
The Thin Man
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Quiet Gun
Zombies of Mora Tau
Utah Blaine
Nightfall
Commotion on the Ocean
Running Target
Friendly Persuasion
Flight to Hong Kong
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Wetbacks
The Man Called X
Crossroads
Highway Patrol
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Cheyenne
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Interrupted Melody
Port of Hell
Désirée
Casino Royale
Climax!
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Farmer Takes a Wife
The Lost Planet
Count the Hours!
Jack McCall, Desperado
Prince of Pirates
General Electric Theater
I Led Three Lives
The Maverick
Montana Belle
Fargo
Red Snow
Gold Fever
Mutiny
Chicago Calling
Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Westward the Women
Dragnet
Mysterious Island
Boston Blackie
Target Unknown
Slaphappy Sleuths
Pirates of the High Seas
Again Pioneers
The Baron of Arizona
Dunked in the Deep
The Lone Ranger
The James Brothers of Missouri
The Sickle or the Cross
The Big Sombrero
Ghost of Zorro
Alaska Patrol
Sheriff of Wichita
The Valiant Hombre
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
Smuggler's Cove
Four Faces West
The Gallant Legion
Oklahoma Badlands
The Black Widow
Nightmare Alley
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood
Marshal of Cripple Creek
Jesse James Rides Again
Framed
The Sea of Grass
Homesteaders of Paradise Valley
Mr. District Attorney
Strange Journey
Canyon Passage
Larceny in Her Heart
Lost City of the Jungle
Girl on the Spot
A Game of Death
Stairway to Light
The Shanghai Cobra
Bad Men of the Border
Beyond the Pecos
Sudan
Crime, Inc.
Strange Illusion
Here Come the Co-Eds
Rogues' Gallery
Seven Doors to Death
Shake Hands with Murder
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service
The Sultan's Daughter
The Spider Woman
Crazy House
Melody Ranch
Mercy Plane
Daughter of the Tong
Merry-Go-Round