Gene Roth
Known for: Acting
Born: January 8, 1903
Died: July 19, 1976
Place of birth: Redfield, South Dakota, USA
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.
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Filmography
112 movies · 35 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Rosie!
1967
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
7.0
The Claw Monsters
1966
7.3
Young Dillinger
1965
6.3
Sylvia
1965
7.2
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
7.3
The Best Man
1964
6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
19637.5
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
6.2
Twice-Told Tales
1963
5.9
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1963
6.5
The Dakotas
1963
7.0
How the West Was Won
1962
5.9
Tower of London
1962
4.8
Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock
1962
5.9
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
6.5
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
1962
6.0
Famous Ghost Stories
1961
5.9
Ben Casey
1961
7.8
87th Precinct
1961
5.2
Cain's Hundred
1961
5.8
The Cat Burglar
1961
5.1
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961
6.2
Cimarron
1960
4.9
Tormented
1960
6.9
The Tall Man
1960
6.4
Lock-Up
1959
7.5
Bonanza
1959
6.3
Tightrope
1959
5.3
The Blue Angel
1959
10.0
The Miracle of the Hills
1959
4.0
Attack of the Giant Leeches
1959
3.3
The Rebel Set
1959
4.9
Alaska Passage
1959
7.0
I Want to Live!
1958
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.4
Bat Masterson
1958
4.8
Earth vs. the Spider
1958
5.8
Pies and Guys
1958
6.8
The Young Lions
1958
5.4
Quiz Whizz
1958
6.7
Sea Hunt
1958
4.8
She Demons
1958
4.4
Outer Space Jitters
1957
6.3
Rockabilly Baby
1957
6.9
Tombstone Territory
1957
5.0
26 Men
1957
5.5
Jet Pilot
1957
4.0
Harbor Command
1957
6.2
Suspicion
1957
7.6
The Thin Man
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
6.6
The Quiet Gun
1957
5.5
Zombies of Mora Tau
1957
6.6
Utah Blaine
1957
6.9
Nightfall
1956
5.0
Commotion on the Ocean
1956
6.3
Running Target
1956
6.6
Friendly Persuasion
1956
7.3
Flight to Hong Kong
1956
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
5.9
Wetbacks
1956
10.0
The Man Called X
1956
6.8
Crossroads
1955
6.2
Highway Patrol
1955
6.8
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
6.2
Cheyenne
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
5.8
Interrupted Melody
1955
7.0
Port of Hell
1954
6.6
Désirée
1954
5.1
Casino Royale
1954
3.8
Climax!
1954
7.1
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
4.3
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1953
4.7
The Lost Planet
1953
5.3
Count the Hours!
1953
6.0
Jack McCall, Desperado
1953
8.2
Prince of Pirates
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
8.0
I Led Three Lives
1953
9.0
The Maverick
1952
6.3
Montana Belle
1952
6.6
Fargo
1952
5.7
Red Snow
1952
6.5
Gold Fever
1952
5.2
Mutiny
1952
7.7
Chicago Calling
1951
6.5
Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere
1951
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
7.0
Westward the Women
1951
6.5
Dragnet
1951
6.6
Mysterious Island
1951
4.0
Boston Blackie
1951
7.0
Target Unknown
1951
6.8
Slaphappy Sleuths
1950
6.5
Pirates of the High Seas
1950
5.7
Again Pioneers
1950
6.7
The Baron of Arizona
1950
5.8
Dunked in the Deep
1949
6.8
The Lone Ranger
1949
6.7
The James Brothers of Missouri
1949
7.0
The Sickle or the Cross
1949
5.7
The Big Sombrero
1949
5.8
Ghost of Zorro
1949
10.0
Alaska Patrol
1949
8.0
Sheriff of Wichita
1949
8.0
The Valiant Hombre
1948
6.5
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
1948
5.3
Smuggler's Cove
1948
5.8
Four Faces West
1948
7.2
The Gallant Legion
1948
5.0
Oklahoma Badlands
1948
5.3
The Black Widow
1947
7.2
Nightmare Alley
1947
8.0
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood
1947
7.0
Marshal of Cripple Creek
1947
10.0
Jesse James Rides Again
1947
6.5
Framed
1947
6.1
The Sea of Grass
1947
5.2
Homesteaders of Paradise Valley
1947
6.5
Mr. District Attorney
1947
8.0
Strange Journey
1946
6.7
Canyon Passage
1946
6.0
Larceny in Her Heart
1946
6.5
Lost City of the Jungle
1946
10.0
Girl on the Spot
1946
6.5
A Game of Death
1945
7.1
Stairway to Light
1945
6.0
The Shanghai Cobra
1945
5.5
Bad Men of the Border
1945
7.0
Beyond the Pecos
1945
6.4
Sudan
1945
4.8
Crime, Inc.
1945
5.6
Strange Illusion
1945
5.9
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945
5.9
Rogues' Gallery
1944
6.0
Seven Doors to Death
1944
6.0
Shake Hands with Murder
1944
6.1
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service
1944
5.0
The Sultan's Daughter
1943
7.0
The Spider Woman
1943
6.0
Crazy House
1943
6.2
Melody Ranch
194010.0
Mercy Plane
1939
5.2
Daughter of the Tong
1939
6.3
Merry-Go-Round
1923