Gene Roth

Known for ActingBorn 1903-01-08Died 1976-07-19Redfield, 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.Read more

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Rosie!

The Miracle of the Hills

The Man Called X

Alaska Patrol

Jesse James Rides Again

Girl on the Spot

Mercy Plane

The Maverick

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Prince of Pirates

I Led Three Lives

Sheriff of Wichita

The Valiant Hombre

The Gas House Kids in Hollywood

Strange Journey

87th Precinct

Mission: Impossible

Chicago Calling

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Thin Man

Young Dillinger

Have Gun, Will Travel

Flight to Hong Kong

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Gallant Legion

The Claw Monsters

Nightmare Alley

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

How the West Was Won

Stairway to Light

Port of Hell

Westward the Women

Target Unknown

The Sickle or the Cross

I Want to Live!

Marshal of Cripple Creek

The Tall Man

Beyond the Pecos

The Spider Woman

Nightfall

Tombstone Territory

General Electric Theater

The Young Lions

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Slaphappy Sleuths

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

The Lone Ranger

Friendly Persuasion