Gene Roth

Gene Roth

Known for
Acting
Born
January 8, 1903
Died
July 19, 1976 (aged 73)
Birthplace
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.

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Filmography

1967
Rosie! poster

Rosie!

Movie · as Joseph

1966
The Claw Monsters poster

The Claw Monsters

Movie · as Barkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)

1966
Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible

TV · as General von Cramm · 1 ep

1965
Young Dillinger poster

Young Dillinger

Movie · as Herman, Justice of the Peace

1965
Sylvia poster

Sylvia

Movie · as Professor Eglebert (uncredited)

1964
The Best Man poster

The Best Man

Movie · as Pennsylvania Delegate (uncredited)

1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. poster

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

TV · as Cycle Repairman · 1 ep

1963
The Courtship of Eddie's Father poster

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

Movie · as The Minister (uncredited)

1963
Twice-Told Tales poster

Twice-Told Tales

Movie · as Cabman

1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre poster

Kraft Suspense Theatre

TV · as 1st Policeman · 1 ep

1963
The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

TV · 1 ep

1963
The Dakotas poster

The Dakotas

TV · 1 ep

1962
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules poster

The Three Stooges Meet Hercules

Movie · as Captain (uncredited)

1962
How the West Was Won poster

How the West Was Won

Movie · as Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)

1962
Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock poster

Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock

Movie · as Jude

1962
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm poster

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

Movie · as Berlin Royal Academy Representative at Train Station

1962
Tower of London poster

Tower of London

Movie · as The Tailor

1961
Atlantis: The Lost Continent poster

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

Movie · as Governor of Animals (uncredited)

1961
The Cat Burglar poster

The Cat Burglar

Movie · as Pete

1961
Famous Ghost Stories poster

Famous Ghost Stories

Movie · as Mr. Nelson (segment 'Tormented')

1961
Cain's Hundred poster

Cain's Hundred

TV · as Syndicate Board Member (uncredited) · 1 ep

1961
87th Precinct poster

87th Precinct

TV · 1 ep

1961
Ben Casey poster

Ben Casey

TV · 1 ep

1960
Cimarron poster

Cimarron

Movie · as Connors (uncredited)

1960
Tormented poster

Tormented

Movie · as Mr. Nelson

1960
The Tall Man poster

The Tall Man

TV · 1 ep

1959
Attack of the Giant Leeches poster

Attack of the Giant Leeches

Movie · as Sheriff Kovis

1959
Alaska Passage poster

Alaska Passage

Movie · as Anderson

1959
The Rebel Set poster

The Rebel Set

Movie · as Train Conductor

1959
The Blue Angel poster

The Blue Angel

Movie · as Drunken Sea Captain (uncredited)

1959
The Miracle of the Hills poster

The Miracle of the Hills

Movie · as Sheriff Crane

1959
Lock-Up poster

Lock-Up

TV · 1 ep

1959
Tightrope poster

Tightrope

TV · 1 ep

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Milton Conley · 1 ep

1958
I Want to Live! poster

I Want to Live!

Movie · as Eric (uncredited)

1958
Earth vs. the Spider poster

Earth vs. the Spider

Movie · as Sheriff Cagle

1958
Pies and Guys poster

Pies and Guys

Movie

1958
Quiz Whizz poster

Quiz Whizz

Movie · as Montgomery M. Montgomery

1958
She Demons poster

She Demons

Movie · as Igor

1958
The Young Lions poster

The Young Lions

Movie · as Bavarian Café Manager (uncredited)

1958
Sea Hunt poster

Sea Hunt

TV · 1 ep

1958
Bat Masterson poster

Bat Masterson

TV · as Mayor Oliver Hinton, Miner, Barkeep · 1 ep

1958
77 Sunset Strip poster

77 Sunset Strip

TV · as East German Policeman (uncredited) · 1 ep

1957
Zombies of Mora Tau poster

Zombies of Mora Tau

Movie · as Sam, the chauffeur

1957
Outer Space Jitters poster

Outer Space Jitters

Movie · as The Grand Zilch

1957
Utah Blaine poster

Utah Blaine

Movie · as Tom Cory

1957
Rockabilly Baby poster

Rockabilly Baby

Movie · as Mr. Harry Johnson

1957
The Quiet Gun poster

The Quiet Gun

Movie · as Frank Townsend (uncredited)

1957
Jet Pilot poster

Jet Pilot

Movie

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV · as Man, Bartender · 2 eps

1957
The Thin Man poster

The Thin Man

TV · 1 ep

1957
26 Men poster

26 Men

TV · 1 ep

1957
Harbor Command poster

Harbor Command

TV · 1 ep

1957
Tombstone Territory poster

Tombstone Territory

TV · as Townsperson who takes the bets · 1 ep

1957
Suspicion poster

Suspicion

TV · as The Doorman · 1 ep

1956
Flight to Hong Kong poster

Flight to Hong Kong

Movie · as Ship captain

1956
Commotion on the Ocean poster

Commotion on the Ocean

Movie · as Bortch

1956
Running Target poster

Running Target

Movie · as Holesworth

1956
Wetbacks poster

Wetbacks

Movie · as Truck Thug

1956
Friendly Persuasion poster

Friendly Persuasion

Movie · as Farmer (uncredited)

1956
Nightfall poster

Nightfall

Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Wilkie - Storekeeper · 1 ep

1956
The Man Called X poster

The Man Called X

TV · 1 ep

1955
Interrupted Melody poster

Interrupted Melody

Movie · as King Marke in 'Tristan und Isolde' (non-singing scene)

1955
Cheyenne poster

Cheyenne

TV · 2 eps

1955
Highway Patrol poster

Highway Patrol

TV · 2 eps

1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp poster

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

TV · 1 ep

1955
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon poster

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

TV · 2 eps

1955
Crossroads poster

Crossroads

TV · 1 ep

1954
Casino Royale poster

Casino Royale

Movie · as Basil

1954
Désirée poster

Désirée

Movie · as Von Essen

1954
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers poster

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Movie · as Tom ('Nobody can cook like Milly') (uncredited)

1954
Port of Hell poster

Port of Hell

Movie · as Detonation Ship Captain

1954
Climax! poster

Climax!

TV · as Basil · 1 ep

1953
Prince of Pirates poster

Prince of Pirates

Movie · as Captain Brock

1953
The Lost Planet poster

The Lost Planet

Movie · as Reckov

1953
Count the Hours! poster

Count the Hours!

Movie · as Prison Guard

1953
Jack McCall, Desperado poster

Jack McCall, Desperado

Movie

1953
The Farmer Takes a Wife poster

The Farmer Takes a Wife

Movie · as Ethan McCarthy (uncredited)

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Doorman · 2 eps

1953
I Led Three Lives poster

I Led Three Lives

TV · 1 ep

1952
Mutiny poster

Mutiny

Movie · as Mr. Potter (uncredited)

1952
Fargo poster

Fargo

Movie · as Blacksmith

1952
Gold Fever poster

Gold Fever

Movie · as Bill Johnson

1952
The Maverick poster

The Maverick

Movie · as Fred Nixon

1952
Red Snow poster

Red Snow

Movie · as Russian Colonel

1952
Montana Belle poster

Montana Belle

Movie · as Marshal Ripple

1951
Westward the Women poster

Westward the Women

Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

1951
Target Unknown poster

Target Unknown

Movie · as German Guard (uncredited)

1951
Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere poster

Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere

Movie · as Vultura

1951
Chicago Calling poster

Chicago Calling

Movie · as Guard

1951
Mysterious Island poster

Mysterious Island

Movie · as Pirate Capt. Shard

1951
Dragnet poster

Dragnet

TV · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as March · 1 ep

1951
Boston Blackie poster

Boston Blackie

TV · 1 ep

1950
The Baron of Arizona poster

The Baron of Arizona

Movie · as Father Guardian

1950
Pirates of the High Seas poster

Pirates of the High Seas

Movie · as Gov. Frederick Whitlock

1950
Slaphappy Sleuths poster

Slaphappy Sleuths

Movie · as Fuller Grime

1950
Again Pioneers poster

Again Pioneers

Movie · as Monty Barnes

1949
Dunked in the Deep poster

Dunked in the Deep

Movie · as Mr. Bortch

1949
The Big Sombrero poster

The Big Sombrero

Movie · as Ben McBride

1949
The Sickle or the Cross poster

The Sickle or the Cross

Movie · as Pakin

1949
Alaska Patrol poster

Alaska Patrol

Movie · as Ehrlich

1949
Ghost of Zorro poster

Ghost of Zorro

Movie · as George Crane

1949
The James Brothers of Missouri poster

The James Brothers of Missouri

Movie · as Marshal Rand [Chs. 10-12]

1949
Sheriff of Wichita poster

Sheriff of Wichita

Movie · as Howard Thornton

1949
The Lone Ranger poster

The Lone Ranger

TV · as Sergeant Bolan · 1 ep

1948
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James poster

Adventures of Frank and Jesse James

Movie · as The Marshal [Chs. 9-10]

1948
Four Faces West poster

Four Faces West

Movie · as Poker Player

1948
The Gallant Legion poster

The Gallant Legion

Movie · as Agitator in Bar

1948
Oklahoma Badlands poster

Oklahoma Badlands

Movie · as Oliver Budge

1948
The Valiant Hombre poster

The Valiant Hombre

Movie · as Pete (Bartender)

1948
Smuggler's Cove poster

Smuggler's Cove

Movie · as Franz Drum

1947
Framed poster

Framed

Movie · as (uncredited)

1947
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood poster

The Gas House Kids in Hollywood

Movie · as Policeman (uncreditited)

1947
Marshal of Cripple Creek poster

Marshal of Cripple Creek

Movie · as Long John Case

1947
The Black Widow poster

The Black Widow

Movie · as John M. Walker

1947
Jesse James Rides Again poster

Jesse James Rides Again

Movie · as Sheriff Duffie

1947
Homesteaders of Paradise Valley poster

Homesteaders of Paradise Valley

Movie · as Bill Hume

1947
The Sea of Grass poster

The Sea of Grass

Movie · as Homesteader (uncredited)

1947
Nightmare Alley poster

Nightmare Alley

Movie · as Masseur (uncredited)

1947
Mr. District Attorney poster

Mr. District Attorney

Movie · as Doorman (uncredited)

1946
Lost City of the Jungle poster

Lost City of the Jungle

Movie · as Police Captain Hammond

1946
Larceny in Her Heart poster

Larceny in Her Heart

Movie · as Asylum Orderly

1946
Strange Journey poster

Strange Journey

Movie · as Hansen

1946
Canyon Passage poster

Canyon Passage

Movie · as Miner (uncredited)

1946
Girl on the Spot poster

Girl on the Spot

Movie · as Gambler (uncredited)

1945
The Shanghai Cobra poster

The Shanghai Cobra

Movie · as Morgan

1945
Sudan poster

Sudan

Movie · as Executioner (uncredited)

1945
Crime, Inc. poster

Crime, Inc.

Movie · as Big Ed Johnson (uncredited)

1945
A Game of Death poster

A Game of Death

Movie · as Pleshke

1945
Bad Men of the Border poster

Bad Men of the Border

Movie · as Bill

1945
Beyond the Pecos poster

Beyond the Pecos

Movie · as John Heydrick

1945
Stairway to Light poster

Stairway to Light

Movie · as Hector Chevigny (uncredited)

1945
Here Come the Co-Eds poster

Here Come the Co-Eds

Movie · as Second Policeman in Car 13 (uncredited)

1945
Strange Illusion poster

Strange Illusion

Movie · as Sparky

1944
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service poster

Charlie Chan in the Secret Service

Movie · as Luis Philipe Vega

1944
Shake Hands with Murder poster

Shake Hands with Murder

Movie · as Mr. Howard

1944
Rogues' Gallery poster

Rogues' Gallery

Movie · as Mr. Joyce

1944
Seven Doors to Death poster

Seven Doors to Death

Movie · as Detective Morgan (uncredited)

1943
The Sultan's Daughter poster

The Sultan's Daughter

Movie · as Ludwig

1943
Crazy House poster

Crazy House

Movie · as Dead End Character

1943
The Spider Woman poster

The Spider Woman

Movie · as Henchman Taylor (uncredited)

1940
Melody Ranch poster

Melody Ranch

Movie · as Henchman Joe #1

1939
Daughter of the Tong poster

Daughter of the Tong

Movie · as Henchman

1939
Mercy Plane

Mercy Plane

Movie · as Mechanic

1923
Merry-Go-Round poster

Merry-Go-Round

Movie · as Guard