Gene Roth

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-01-08 (73 years old)

Deathday

1976-07-19

Place of Birth

Redfield, South Dakota, USA

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 a...

Acting

1959

1960

Cimarron

as Connors (uncredited)

1961

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

as Governor of Animals (uncredited)

1958

I Want to Live!

as Eric (uncredited)

1960

Tormented

as Mr. Nelson

1947

Framed

as (uncredited)

1953

Prince of Pirates

as Captain Brock

1962

The Three Stooges Meet Hercules

as Captain (uncredited)

1954

1958

Earth vs. the Spider

as Sheriff Cagle

1957

Zombies of Mora Tau

as Sam, the chauffeur

1944

1945

1962

How the West Was Won

as Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)

1951

Westward the Women

as Bartender (uncredited)

1950

The Baron of Arizona

as Father Guardian

1947

The Gas House Kids in Hollywood

as Policeman (uncreditited)

1945

Sudan

as Executioner (uncredited)

1950

Pirates of the High Seas

as Gov. Frederick Whitlock

1945

Crime, Inc.

as Big Ed Johnson (uncredited)

1944

1947

Marshal of Cripple Creek

as Long John Case

1945

A Game of Death

as Pleshke

1949

Dunked in the Deep

as Mr. Bortch

1950

Slaphappy Sleuths

as Fuller Grime

1949

The Big Sombrero

as Ben McBride

1965

Young Dillinger

as Herman, Justice of the Peace

1947

The Black Widow

as John M. Walker

1957

Outer Space Jitters

as The Grand Zilch

1956

Flight to Hong Kong

as Ship captain

1946

Lost City of the Jungle

as Police Captain Hammond

1967

Rosie!

as Joseph

1953

1966

The Claw Monsters

as Barkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)

1951

Target Unknown

as German Guard (uncredited)

1956

Running Target

as Holesworth

1946

Larceny in Her Heart

as Asylum Orderly

1947

Jesse James Rides Again

as Sheriff Duffie

1953

Count the Hours!

as Prison Guard

1959

Alaska Passage

as Anderson

1958

She Demons

as Igor

1944

Rogues' Gallery

as Mr. Joyce

1954

Désirée

as Von Essen

1962

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

as Berlin Royal Academy Representative at Train Station

1959

The Rebel Set

as Train Conductor

1963

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

as The Minister (uncredited)

1957

Utah Blaine

as Tom Cory

1956

Wetbacks

as Truck Thug

1952

Mutiny

as Mr. Potter (uncredited)

1948

Adventures of Frank and Jesse James

as The Marshal [Chs. 9-10]

1959

The Blue Angel

as Drunken Sea Captain (uncredited)

1939

1951

1949

Alaska Patrol

as Ehrlich

1954

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

as Tom ('Nobody can cook like Milly') (uncredited)

1948

Four Faces West

as Poker Player

1944

Seven Doors to Death

as Detective Morgan (uncredited)

1958

The Young Lions

as Bavarian Café Manager (uncredited)

1963

1947

The Sea of Grass

as Homesteader (uncredited)

1962

Tower of London

as The Tailor

1945

Beyond the Pecos

as John Heydrick

1956

Friendly Persuasion

as Farmer (uncredited)

1940

Melody Ranch

as Henchman Joe #1

1939

Mercy Plane

as Mechanic

1948

The Gallant Legion

as Agitator in Bar

1952

Fargo

as Blacksmith

1957

Rockabilly Baby

as Mr. Harry Johnson

1952

Gold Fever

as Bill Johnson

1952

The Maverick

as Fred Nixon

1949

Ghost of Zorro

as George Crane

1949

The James Brothers of Missouri

as Marshal Rand [Chs. 10-12]

1948

Oklahoma Badlands

as Oliver Budge

1948

The Valiant Hombre

as Pete (Bartender)

1949

Sheriff of Wichita

as Howard Thornton

1952

Red Snow

as Russian Colonel

1959

The Miracle of the Hills

as Sheriff Crane

1923

1946

1961

1948

Smuggler's Cove

as Franz Drum

1950

Again Pioneers

as Monty Barnes

1954

Port of Hell

as Detonation Ship Captain

1952

Montana Belle

as Marshal Ripple

1965

Sylvia

as Professor Eglebert (uncredited)

1951

Mysterious Island

as Pirate Capt. Shard

1945

Stairway to Light

as Hector Chevigny (uncredited)

1943

Crazy House

as Dead End Character

1943

The Spider Woman

as Henchman Taylor (uncredited)

1945

Here Come the Co-Eds

as Second Policeman in Car 13 (uncredited)

1953

The Farmer Takes a Wife

as Ethan McCarthy (uncredited)

1955

Interrupted Melody

as King Marke in 'Tristan und Isolde' (non-singing scene)

1956

Nightfall

as Bartender

1947

Nightmare Alley

as Masseur (uncredited)

1961

Famous Ghost Stories

as Mr. Nelson (segment 'Tormented')

1957

The Quiet Gun

as Frank Townsend (uncredited)

1946

Canyon Passage

as Miner (uncredited)

1947

Mr. District Attorney

as Doorman (uncredited)

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