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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Filmography
all 131
Movies 99
TV Shows 32
Horrible Horror (1986)
Rosie! (1967)
The Claw Monsters (1966)
Young Dillinger (1965)
Sylvia (1965)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
Twice-Told Tales (1963)
The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
The Dakotas (1963)
How the West Was Won (1962)
Tower of London (1962)
Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock (1962)
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962)
Ben Casey (1961)
87th Precinct (1961)
Cain's Hundred (1961)
The Cat Burglar (1961)
Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961)
Cimarron (1960)
Tormented (1960)
The Tall Man (1960)
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
Lock Up (1959)
Tightrope (1959)
The Blue Angel (1959)
The Miracle of the Hills (1959)
The Rebel Set (1959)
Alaska Passage (1959)
I Want to Live! (1958)
Bat Masterson (1958)
The Spider (1958)
Pies and Guys (1958)
Quiz Whizz (1958)
Sea Hunt (1958)
She Demons (1958)
Outer Space Jitters (1957)
26 Men (1957)
Rockabilly Baby (1957)
Tombstone Territory (1957)
Harbor Command (1957)
Suspicion (1957)
The Thin Man (1957)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
Utah Blaine (1957)
Nightfall (1956)
Commotion On The Ocean (1956)
Running Target (1956)
Flight to Hong Kong (1956)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
Wetbacks (1956)
Telephone Time (1956)
Man Called X (1956)
Highway Patrol (1955)
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1955)
Cheyenne (1955)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
Interrupted Melody (1955)
Port of Hell (1954)
Désirée (1954)
Casino Royale (1954)
Climax! (1954)
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)
The Lost Planet (1953)
Count the Hours! (1953)
Jack McCall, Desperado (1953)
Prince of Pirates (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
I Led Three Lives (1953)
The Maverick (1952)
Montana Belle (1952)
Fargo (1952)
Red Snow (1952)
Gold Fever (1952)
Mutiny (1952)
Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere (1951)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Dragnet (1951)
Westward the Women (1951)
Mysterious Island (1951)
The Adventures of Boston Blackie (1951)
Target Unknown (1951)
Slaphappy Sleuths (1950)
Pirates of the High Seas (1950)
Again Pioneers (1950)
The Baron of Arizona (1950)
Dunked in the Deep (1949)
The Lone Ranger (1949)
The James Brothers of Missouri (1949)
The Sickle or the Cross (1949)
The Big Sombrero (1949)
Ghost of Zorro (1949)
Alaska Patrol (1949)
Sheriff of Wichita (1949)
The Valiant Hombre (1948)
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James (1948)
Smuggler's Cove (1948)
Four Faces West (1948)
The Gallant Legion (1948)
Oklahoma Badlands (1948)
The Black Widow (1947)
Nightmare Alley (1947)
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood (1947)
Marshal of Cripple Creek (1947)
Jesse James Rides Again (1947)
Framed (1947)
Homesteaders of Paradise Valley (1947)
Strange Journey (1946)
Larceny in Her Heart (1946)
Lost City of the Jungle (1946)
A Game of Death (1945)
Stairway to Light (1945)
The Shanghai Cobra (1945)
Bad Men of the Border (1945)
Beyond the Pecos (1945)
Sudan (1945)
Crime, Inc. (1945)
Here Come the Co-eds (1945)
Rogues' Gallery (1944)
Shake Hands with Murder (1944)
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
The Spider Woman (1943)
The Sultan's Daughter (1943)
Crazy House (1943)
Melody Ranch (1940)
Mercy Plane (1939)
Daughter of the Tong (1939)
Merry-Go-Round (1923)
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GenderMale
Birthday1903-01-08
Deathday1976-07-19 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceSouth Dakota, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsEugene O. Roth, Eugene Roth, Eyugene Roth, Eugene Stutenroth, Gene Stutenroth, Eugene Oliver Edgar Stutenroth
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