Gene Roth

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: Acting

Born: Redfield, South Dakota, USA, 1903-01-08

Died: 1976-07-19

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1923	Merry-Go-Round	Guard	60
2	1939	Daughter of the Tong	Henchman	42
3	1939	Mercy Plane	Mechanic	0
4	1940	Melody Ranch	Henchman Joe #1	58
5	1943	Crazy House	Dead End Character	50
6	1943	The Sultan's Daughter	Ludwig	30
7	1943	The Spider Woman	Henchman Taylor (uncredited)	68
8	1944	Charlie Chan in the Secret Service	Luis Philipe Vega	59
9	1944	Shake Hands with Murder	Mr. Howard	53
10	1944	Seven Doors to Death	Detective Morgan (uncredited)	50
11	1944	Rogues' Gallery	Mr. Joyce	49
12	1945	Here Come the Co-Eds	Second Policeman in Car 13 (uncredited)	57
13	1945	Crime, Inc.	Big Ed Johnson (uncredited)	42
14	1945	Sudan	Executioner (uncredited)	63
15	1945	Beyond the Pecos	John Heydrick	50
16	1945	Bad Men of the Border	Bill	50
17	1945	The Shanghai Cobra	Morgan	58
18	1945	Stairway to Light	Hector Chevigny (uncredited)	70
19	1945	A Game of Death	Pleshke	62
20	1946	Lost City of the Jungle	Police Captain Hammond	59
21	1946	Larceny in Her Heart	Asylum Orderly	60
22	1946	Canyon Passage	Miner (uncredited)	66
23	1946	Strange Journey	Hansen	60
24	1947	Mr. District Attorney	Doorman (uncredited)	65
25	1947	Homesteaders of Paradise Valley	Bill Hume	37
26	1947	The Sea of Grass	Homesteader (uncredited)	63
27	1947	Framed	(uncredited)	64
28	1947	Jesse James Rides Again	Sheriff Duffie	0
29	1947	Marshal of Cripple Creek	Long John Case	0
30	1947	The Gas House Kids in Hollywood	Policeman (uncreditited)	60
31	1947	Nightmare Alley	Masseur (uncredited)	71
32	1947	The Black Widow	John M. Walker	49
33	1948	Oklahoma Badlands	Oliver Budge	30
34	1948	The Gallant Legion	Agitator in Bar	70
35	1948	Four Faces West	Poker Player	56
36	1948	Smuggler's Cove	Franz Drum	47
37	1948	Adventures of Frank and Jesse James	The Marshal [Chs. 9-10]	60
38	1948	The Valiant Hombre	Pete (Bartender)	0
39	1949	Sheriff of Wichita	Howard Thornton	0
40	1949	Alaska Patrol	Ehrlich	0
41	1949	Ghost of Zorro	George Crane	40
42	1949	The Big Sombrero	Ben McBride	50
43	1949	The Sickle or the Cross	Pakin	60
44	1949	The James Brothers of Missouri	Marshal Rand [Chs. 10-12]	60
45	1949	Dunked in the Deep	Mr. Bortch	54
46	1950	The Baron of Arizona	Father Guardian	67
47	1950	Again Pioneers	Monty Barnes	35
48	1950	Pirates of the High Seas	Gov. Frederick Whitlock	60
49	1950	Slaphappy Sleuths	Fuller Grime	68
50	1951	Target Unknown	German Guard (uncredited)	0
51	1951	Mysterious Island	Pirate Capt. Shard	53
52	1951	Westward the Women	Bartender (uncredited)	70
53	1951	Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere	Vultura	0
54	1951	Chicago Calling	Guard	70
55	1952	Mutiny	Mr. Potter (uncredited)	48
56	1952	Gold Fever	Bill Johnson	50
57	1952	Red Snow	Russian Colonel	30
58	1952	Fargo	Blacksmith	65
59	1952	Montana Belle	Marshal Ripple	59
60	1952	The Maverick	Fred Nixon	0
61	1953	Prince of Pirates	Captain Brock	75
62	1953	Count the Hours!	Prison Guard	55
63	1953	Jack McCall, Desperado		53
64	1953	The Lost Planet	Reckov	10
65	1953	The Farmer Takes a Wife	Ethan McCarthy (uncredited)	33
66	1954	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Tom ('Nobody can cook like Milly') (uncredited)	72
67	1954	Casino Royale	Basil	51
68	1954	Désirée	Von Essen	64
69	1954	Port of Hell	Detonation Ship Captain	0
70	1955	Interrupted Melody	King Marke in 'Tristan und Isolde' (non-singing scene)	55
71	1956	Wetbacks	Truck Thug	54
72	1956	Flight to Hong Kong	Ship captain	66
73	1956	Friendly Persuasion	Farmer (uncredited)	66
74	1956	Running Target	Holesworth	55
75	1956	Commotion on the Ocean	Bortch	43
76	1956	Nightfall	Bartender	69
77	1957	Utah Blaine	Tom Cory	66
78	1957	Zombies of Mora Tau	Sam, the chauffeur	55
79	1957	The Quiet Gun	Frank Townsend (uncredited)	64
80	1957	Rockabilly Baby	Mr. Harry Johnson	60
81	1957	Outer Space Jitters	The Grand Zilch	43
82	1958	She Demons	Igor	46
83	1958	Quiz Whizz		47
84	1958	The Young Lions	Bavarian Café Manager (uncredited)	68
85	1958	Pies and Guys		53
86	1958	Earth vs. the Spider	Sheriff Cagle	47
87	1958	I Want to Live!	Eric (uncredited)	69
88	1959	Alaska Passage	Anderson	49
89	1959	The Rebel Set	Train Conductor	28
90	1959	The Miracle of the Hills	Sheriff Crane	0
91	1959	The Blue Angel	Drunken Sea Captain (uncredited)	56
92	1959	Attack of the Giant Leeches	Sheriff Kovis	42
93	1960	Tormented	Mr. Nelson	50
94	1960	Cimarron	Connors (uncredited)	60
95	1961	Atlantis: The Lost Continent	Governor of Animals (uncredited)	52
96	1961	The Cat Burglar	Pete	55
97	1961	Famous Ghost Stories	Mr. Nelson (segment 'Tormented')	60
98	1962	The Three Stooges Meet Hercules	Captain (uncredited)	66
99	1962	The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm	Berlin Royal Academy Representative at Train Station	58
100	1962	Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock	Jude	38
101	1962	Tower of London	The Tailor	60
102	1962	How the West Was Won	Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)	70
103	1963	The Courtship of Eddie's Father	The Minister (uncredited)	60
104	1963	Twice-Told Tales	Cabman	62
105	1965	Sylvia	Professor Eglebert (uncredited)	62
106	1965	Young Dillinger	Herman, Justice of the Peace	65
107	1966	The Claw Monsters	Barkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)	0
108	1967	Rosie!	Joseph	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	The Lone Ranger	Sergeant Bolan	67
2	1951	The Adventures of Boston Blackie		40
3	1951	Dragnet		64
4	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	March	86
5	1953	I Led Three Lives		0
6	1953	General Electric Theater	Doorman	63
7	1954	Climax!	Basil	33
8	1955	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp		68
9	1955	Cheyenne		58
10	1955	Sergeant Preston of the Yukon		57
11	1955	Highway Patrol		58
12	1956	The Man Called X		0
13	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Wilkie - Storekeeper	55
14	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel	Man	74
15	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel	Bartender	74
16	1957	The Thin Man		76
17	1957	Suspicion	The Doorman	59
18	1957	Harbor Command		40
19	1957	26 Men		42
20	1957	Tombstone Territory	Townsperson who takes the bets	60
21	1958	Sea Hunt		66
22	1958	Bat Masterson	Mayor Oliver Hinton	61
23	1958	Bat Masterson	Miner	61
24	1958	Bat Masterson	Barkeep	61
25	1959	Tightrope		55
26	1959	Lock-Up		62
27	1960	The Tall Man		63
28	1961	Cain's Hundred	Syndicate Board Member (uncredited)	47
29	1961	87th Precinct		75
30	1961	Ben Casey		56
31	1963	The Dakotas		57
32	1963	The Greatest Show on Earth		50
33	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	1st Policeman	53
34	1964	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Cycle Repairman	72
35	1966	Mission: Impossible	General von Cramm	76

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