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 Greatest Show on Earth
- The Dakotas
- 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)
- The Cat Burglar as Pete
- Famous Ghost Stories as Mr. Nelson (segment 'Tormented')
1960
- The Tall Man
- Cimarron as Connors (uncredited)
- Tormented as Mr. Nelson
1959
- Alaska Passage as Anderson
- Lock-Up
- Attack of the Giant Leeches as Sheriff Kovis
- Tightrope
- The Blue Angel as Drunken Sea Captain (uncredited)
- The Miracle of the Hills as Sheriff Crane
- The Rebel Set as Train Conductor
1958
- Bat Masterson as Mayor Oliver Hinton
- Sea Hunt
- She Demons as Igor
- The Young Lions as Bavarian Café Manager (uncredited)
- Quiz Whizz
- Pies and Guys
- I Want to Live! as Eric (uncredited)
- Earth vs. the Spider as Sheriff Cagle
1957
- Have Gun, Will Travel as Man
- Tombstone Territory as Townsperson who takes the bets
- The Thin Man
- Suspicion as The Doorman
- 26 Men
- Zombies of Mora Tau as Sam, the chauffeur
- The Quiet Gun as Frank Townsend (uncredited)
- Harbor Command
- Outer Space Jitters as The Grand Zilch
- Utah Blaine as Tom Cory
- Rockabilly Baby as Mr. Harry Johnson
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Wilkie - Storekeeper
- Wetbacks as Truck Thug
- Nightfall as Bartender (uncredited)
- Friendly Persuasion as Farmer (uncredited)
- Flight to Hong Kong as Ship captain
- The Man Called X
- Running Target as Holesworth
- Commotion on the Ocean as Bortch
1955
- Cheyenne
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- Highway Patrol
- Interrupted Melody as King Marke in 'Tristan und Isolde' (non-singing scene)
- Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
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
- Prince of Pirates as Captain Brock
- Jack McCall, Desperado
- The Farmer Takes a Wife as Ethan McCarthy (uncredited)
- General Electric Theater as Doorman
- Count the Hours! as Prison Guard
- The Lost Planet as Reckov
1952
- Red Snow as Russian Colonel
- Montana Belle as Marshal Ripple
- Gold Fever as Bill Johnson
- The Maverick as Fred Nixon
- Mutiny as Mr. Potter (uncredited)
- Fargo as Blacksmith
1951
- Dragnet
- Chicago Calling as Guard
- Target Unknown as German Guard (uncredited)
- Westward the Women as Bartender (uncredited)
- Boston Blackie
- Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere as Vultura
- Mysterious Island as Pirate Capt. Shard
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as March
1950
- Again Pioneers as Monty Barnes
- Pirates of the High Seas as Gov. Frederick Whitlock
- Slaphappy Sleuths as Fuller Grime
- The Baron of Arizona as Father Guardian
1949
- The Lone Ranger as Sergeant Bolan
- Alaska Patrol as Ehrlich
- The Sickle or the Cross as Pakin
- Ghost of Zorro as George Crane
- The Big Sombrero as Ben McBride
- The James Brothers of Missouri as Marshal Rand [Chs. 10-12]
- Dunked in the Deep as Mr. Bortch
- Sheriff of Wichita as Howard Thornton
1948
- Oklahoma Badlands as Oliver Budge
- Four Faces West as Poker Player
- The Valiant Hombre as Pete (Bartender)
- Smuggler's Cove as Franz Drum
- The Gallant Legion as Agitator in Bar
- Adventures of Frank and Jesse James as The Marshal [Chs. 9-10]
1947
- Framed as (uncredited)
- Nightmare Alley as Masseur (uncredited)
- The Black Widow as John M. Walker
- Jesse James Rides Again as Sheriff Duffie
- The Sea of Grass as Homesteader (uncredited)
- Homesteaders of Paradise Valley as Bill Hume
- Mr. District Attorney as Doorman (uncredited)
- Marshal of Cripple Creek as Long John Case
- The Gas House Kids in Hollywood as Policeman (uncreditited)
1946
- Canyon Passage as Miner (uncredited)
- Strange Journey as Hansen
- Lost City of the Jungle as Police Captain Hammond
- Larceny in Her Heart as Asylum Orderly
1945
- Crime, Inc. as Big Ed Johnson (uncredited)
- Sudan as Executioner (uncredited)
- A Game of Death as Pleshke
- Stairway to Light as Hector Chevigny (uncredited)
- Bad Men of the Border as Bill
- Beyond the Pecos as John Heydrick
- Here Come the Co-Eds as Second Policeman in Car 13 (uncredited)
- The Shanghai Cobra as Morgan
1944
- Rogues' Gallery as Mr. Joyce
- Shake Hands with Murder as Mr. Howard
- Charlie Chan in the Secret Service as Luis Philipe Vega
- Seven Doors to Death as Detective Morgan (uncredited)
1943
- The Sultan's Daughter as Ludwig
- The Spider Woman as Henchman Taylor (uncredited)
- Crazy House as Dead End Character
1940
- Melody Ranch as Henchman Joe #1
1939
- Mercy Plane as Mechanic
- Daughter of the Tong as Henchman
1923
- Merry-Go-Round as Guard