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