Gene Roth
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.
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1903-01-08
Place of birth
Redfield, South Dakota, USA
Images
Cast
Attack of the Giant Leeches
1959
4.20
Cimarron
1960
6.06
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961
5.20
I Want to Live!
1958
6.93
Tormented
1960
4.97
Framed
1947
6.38
Prince of Pirates
1953
7.50
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
1962
6.60
Casino Royale
1954
5.10
Earth vs. the Spider
1958
4.74
Zombies of Mora Tau
1957
5.50
The Shanghai Cobra
1945
5.80
How the West Was Won
1962
6.98
Westward the Women
1951
7.03
The Baron of Arizona
1950
6.72
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood
1947
6.00
Sudan
1945
6.30
Pirates of the High Seas
1950
6.00
Crime, Inc.
1945
4.20
Shake Hands with Murder
1944
5.25
A Game of Death
1945
6.20
Marshal of Cripple Creek
1947
0.00
Dunked in the Deep
1949
5.40
Bad Men of the Border
1945
5.00
Slaphappy Sleuths
1950
6.80
The Big Sombrero
1949
5.00
Young Dillinger
1965
6.50
Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock
1962
3.80
The Black Widow
1947
4.90
Outer Space Jitters
1957
4.25
Flight to Hong Kong
1956
6.60
Commotion on the Ocean
1956
4.25
Lost City of the Jungle
1946
5.88
Rosie!
1967
0.00
Pies and Guys
1958
5.25
The Lost Planet
1953
1.00
Quiz Whizz
1958
4.67
The Claw Monsters
1966
0.00
Target Unknown
1951
0.00
Running Target
1956
5.50
Larceny in Her Heart
1946
6.00
Jesse James Rides Again
1947
0.00
Count the Hours!
1953
5.50
Alaska Passage
1959
4.90
She Demons
1958
4.60
Rogues' Gallery
1944
4.90
Désirée
1954
6.43
The Sickle or the Cross
1949
6.00
The Rebel Set
1959
2.80
Homesteaders of Paradise Valley
1947
3.67
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1963
6.00
Utah Blaine
1957
6.60
Wetbacks
1956
5.40
Mutiny
1952
4.79
The Blue Angel
1959
5.60
Daughter of the Tong
1939
4.20
Jack McCall, Desperado
1953
5.71
Chicago Calling
1951
7.00
Alaska Patrol
1949
0.00
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
7.10
Four Faces West
1948
5.60
Seven Doors to Death
1944
5.00
The Sultan's Daughter
1943
3.00
The Young Lions
1958
6.80
Twice-Told Tales
1963
6.20
The Sea of Grass
1947
6.30
Tower of London
1962
6.00
Beyond the Pecos
1945
5.00
Friendly Persuasion
1956
6.64
Melody Ranch
1940
5.80
Mercy Plane
1939
0.00
The Gallant Legion
1948
7.00
Fargo
1952
6.50
Rockabilly Baby
1957
6.00
Gold Fever
1952
5.00
The Maverick
1952
0.00
Ghost of Zorro
1949
4.00
The James Brothers of Missouri
1949
6.00
Oklahoma Badlands
1948
3.00
The Valiant Hombre
1948
0.00
Sheriff of Wichita
1949
0.00
Red Snow
1952
3.00
The Miracle of the Hills
1959
0.00
Merry-Go-Round
1923
6.00
Strange Journey
1946
6.00
The Cat Burglar
1961
5.50
Smuggler's Cove
1948
4.70
Again Pioneers
1950
3.50
Port of Hell
1954
0.00
Montana Belle
1952
5.90
Sylvia
1965
6.20
Mysterious Island
1951
5.33
Stairway to Light
1945
7.00
Crazy House
1943
5.00
The Spider Woman
1943
6.80
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945
5.70
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1953
3.30
Interrupted Melody
1955
5.50
Nightfall
1956
6.90
Nightmare Alley
1947
7.20
Famous Ghost Stories
1961
6.00
The Quiet Gun
1957
6.40
Canyon Passage
1946
6.60
Mr. District Attorney
1947
6.50