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