Gene Roth

Acting

Born Jan 08, 1903

From Redfield, South Dakota, USA

Died Jul 19, 1976

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.

Gene Roth

Known For

How the West Was Won

Crime, Inc.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Cimarron

Désirée

Friendly Persuasion

The Young Lions

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

Framed

Westward the Women

Filmography — Acting

How the West Was Won

Crime, Inc.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Cimarron

Désirée

Friendly Persuasion

The Young Lions

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

Framed

Westward the Women

Sylvia

Nightmare Alley

Nightfall

Interrupted Melody

I Want to Live!

Tower of London

The Spider Woman

Rosie!

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

The Sea of Grass

Tormented

Canyon Passage

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

Oklahoma Badlands

Mutiny

Crazy House

She Demons

The Baron of Arizona

Four Faces West

Casino Royale

Montana Belle

Ghost of Zorro

Twice-Told Tales

The Three Stooges Meet Hercules

Earth vs. the Spider

The Gallant Legion

Count the Hours!

Seven Doors to Death

Sudan

Attack of the Giant Leeches

Flight to Hong Kong

Chicago Calling

Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock

Famous Ghost Stories

The Cat Burglar

The Blue Angel

Merry-Go-Round

Red Snow

Zombies of Mora Tau

The Rebel Set

Jesse James Rides Again

Larceny in Her Heart

Lost City of the Jungle

The Shanghai Cobra

Marshal of Cripple Creek

The Sickle or the Cross

Target Unknown

The Farmer Takes a Wife

Fargo

The Lost Planet

Jack McCall, Desperado

The Claw Monsters

Prince of Pirates

Mr. District Attorney

Mysterious Island

A Game of Death

The Maverick