Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1903-01-08
Day of Death
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 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.
Filmography (109)
Rosie!
1967
The Claw Monsters
1966
Young Dillinger
1965
Sylvia
1965
Twice-Told Tales
1963
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
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
The Cat Burglar
1961
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961
