Gene Roth
Born: 1903-01-08 in Redfield, South Dakota, USA
Died: 1976-07-19
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1967
- Rosie! as Joseph
1966
- Mission: Impossible as General von Cramm
- The Claw Monsters as Barkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
1965
- Young Dillinger as Herman, Justice of the Peace
- Sylvia as Professor Eglebert (uncredited)
1964
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Cycle Repairman
1963
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as 1st Policeman
- The Dakotas
- The Greatest Show on Earth
- The Courtship of Eddie's Father as The Minister (uncredited)
- Twice-Told Tales as Cabman
1962
- How the West Was Won as Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)
- Tower of London as The Tailor
- The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as Berlin Royal Academy Representative at Train Station
- The Three Stooges Meet Hercules as Captain (uncredited)
- Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock as Jude
1961
- Ben Casey
- Cain's Hundred as Syndicate Board Member (uncredited)
- 87th Precinct
- Atlantis: The Lost Continent as Governor of Animals (uncredited)
- Famous Ghost Stories as Mr. Nelson (segment 'Tormented')
- The Cat Burglar as Pete
1960
- The Tall Man
- Cimarron as Connors (uncredited)
- Tormented as Mr. Nelson
1959
- Bonanza as Milton Conley
- Lock-Up
- Tightrope
- Attack of the Giant Leeches as Sheriff Kovis
- The Rebel Set as Train Conductor
- The Blue Angel as Drunken Sea Captain (uncredited)
- The Miracle of the Hills as Sheriff Crane
- Alaska Passage as Anderson
1958
- Bat Masterson as Mayor Oliver Hinton
- Sea Hunt
- The Young Lions as Bavarian Café Manager (uncredited)
- Earth vs. the Spider as Sheriff Cagle
- I Want to Live! as Eric (uncredited)
- She Demons as Igor
- Quiz Whizz as Montgomery M. Montgomery
- Pies and Guys
1957
- Have Gun, Will Travel as Man
- Suspicion as The Doorman
- Tombstone Territory as Townsperson who takes the bets
- The Thin Man
- Harbor Command
- 26 Men
- Utah Blaine as Tom Cory
- Zombies of Mora Tau as Sam, the chauffeur
- The Quiet Gun as Frank Townsend (uncredited)
- Outer Space Jitters as The Grand Zilch
- Rockabilly Baby as Mr. Harry Johnson
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Wilkie - Storekeeper
- The Man Called X
- Nightfall as Bartender (uncredited)
- Friendly Persuasion as Farmer (uncredited)
- Flight to Hong Kong as Ship captain
- Wetbacks as Truck Thug
- Running Target as Holesworth
- Commotion on the Ocean as Bortch
1955
- Cheyenne
- Highway Patrol
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
- Interrupted Melody as King Marke in 'Tristan und Isolde' (non-singing scene)
1954
- Climax! as Basil
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers as Tom ('Nobody can cook like Milly') (uncredited)
- Désirée as Von Essen
- Casino Royale as Basil
- Port of Hell as Detonation Ship Captain
1953
- I Led Three Lives
- General Electric Theater as Doorman
- Count the Hours! as Prison Guard
- The Lost Planet as Reckov
- Prince of Pirates as Captain Brock
- Jack McCall, Desperado
- The Farmer Takes a Wife as Ethan McCarthy (uncredited)
1952
- Red Snow as Russian Colonel
- Mutiny as Mr. Potter (uncredited)
- Montana Belle as Marshal Ripple
- The Maverick as Fred Nixon
- Fargo as Blacksmith
- Gold Fever as Bill Johnson
1951
- Dragnet
- Boston Blackie
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as March
- Westward the Women as Bartender (uncredited)
- Target Unknown as German Guard (uncredited)
- Mysterious Island as Pirate Capt. Shard
- Chicago Calling as Guard
- Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere as Vultura
1950
- The Baron of Arizona as Father Guardian
- Slaphappy Sleuths as Fuller Grime
- Pirates of the High Seas as Gov. Frederick Whitlock
- Again Pioneers as Monty Barnes
1949
- The Lone Ranger as Sergeant Bolan
- The Sickle or the Cross as Pakin
- Ghost of Zorro as George Crane
- Sheriff of Wichita as Howard Thornton
- Alaska Patrol as Ehrlich
- Dunked in the Deep as Mr. Bortch
- The James Brothers of Missouri as Marshal Rand [Chs. 10-12]
- The Big Sombrero as Ben McBride
1948
- Four Faces West as Poker Player
- The Gallant Legion as Agitator in Bar
- Smuggler's Cove as Franz Drum
- Adventures of Frank and Jesse James as The Marshal [Chs. 9-10]
- Oklahoma Badlands as Oliver Budge
- The Valiant Hombre as Pete (Bartender)
1947
- Nightmare Alley as Masseur (uncredited)
- The Sea of Grass as Homesteader (uncredited)
- The Black Widow as John M. Walker
- Framed as (uncredited)
- Mr. District Attorney as Doorman (uncredited)
- Jesse James Rides Again as Sheriff Duffie
- Marshal of Cripple Creek as Long John Case
- Homesteaders of Paradise Valley as Bill Hume
- The Gas House Kids in Hollywood as Policeman (uncreditited)
1946
- Canyon Passage as Miner (uncredited)
- Strange Journey as Hansen
- Girl on the Spot as Gambler (uncredited)
- Lost City of the Jungle as Police Captain Hammond
- Larceny in Her Heart as Asylum Orderly
1945
- Crime, Inc. as Big Ed Johnson (uncredited)
- Here Come the Co-Eds as Second Policeman in Car 13 (uncredited)
- The Shanghai Cobra as Morgan
- A Game of Death as Pleshke
- Bad Men of the Border as Bill
- Sudan as Executioner (uncredited)
- Beyond the Pecos as John Heydrick
- Stairway to Light as Hector Chevigny (uncredited)
1944
- Rogues' Gallery as Mr. Joyce
- Charlie Chan in the Secret Service as Luis Philipe Vega
- Shake Hands with Murder as Mr. Howard
- Seven Doors to Death as Detective Morgan (uncredited)
1943
- The Spider Woman as Henchman Taylor (uncredited)
- Crazy House as Dead End Character
- The Sultan's Daughter as Ludwig
1940
- Melody Ranch as Henchman Joe #1
1939
- Mercy Plane as Mechanic
- Daughter of the Tong as Henchman
1923
- Merry-Go-Round as Guard