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