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.

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Filmography (141 Appearances)

Rosie!

1967

Mission: Impossible

1966

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

Famous Ghost Stories

1961

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

Lock-Up

1959

Tightrope

1959

The Blue Angel

1959

The Miracle of the Hills

1959

Attack of the Giant Leeches

1959

The Rebel Set

1959

Alaska Passage

1959

I Want to Live!

1958

Bat Masterson

1958

Earth vs. the Spider

1958

Pies and Guys

1958

The Young Lions

1958

Quiz Whizz

1958

Sea Hunt

1958

She Demons

1958

Outer Space Jitters

1957

Rockabilly Baby

1957

Tombstone Territory

1957

26 Men

1957

Harbor Command

1957

Suspicion

1957

The Thin Man

1957

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

The Quiet Gun

1957

Zombies of Mora Tau

1957

Utah Blaine

1957

Nightfall

1956

Commotion on the Ocean

1956

Running Target

1956

Friendly Persuasion

1956

Flight to Hong Kong

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

Wetbacks

1956

The 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

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

1954

The Farmer Takes a Wife

1953

The Lost Planet

1953

Jack McCall, Desperado

1953

Count the Hours!

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

Chicago Calling

1951

Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

Dragnet

1951

Westward the Women

1951

Mysterious Island

1951

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

The Sea of Grass

1947

Homesteaders of Paradise Valley

1947

Mr. District Attorney

1947

Strange Journey

1946

Canyon Passage

1946

Larceny in Her Heart

1946

Lost City of the Jungle

1946

Girl on the Spot

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

Seven Doors to Death

1944

Shake Hands with Murder

1944

Charlie Chan in the Secret Service

1944

The Sultan's Daughter

1943

The Spider Woman

1943

Crazy House

1943

Melody Ranch

1940

Mercy Plane

1939

Daughter of the Tong

1939

Merry-Go-Round

1923 Debut
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