Gene Roth

Actor Jan 8 (died age 73) Redfield, South Dakota, USA 1923–1967 (44 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Tom ('Nobody can cook like Milly') (uncredited)

Film

How the West Was Won

Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)

Film

Nightmare Alley

Masseur (uncredited)

Film

The Young Lions

Bavarian Café Manager (uncredited)

Film

Friendly Persuasion

Farmer (uncredited)

Film

I Want to Live!

Eric (uncredited)

Film

The Spider Woman

Henchman Taylor (uncredited)

Film

Nightfall

Bartender (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (140)

Movies (108)

Rosie!

1967

as Joseph

The Claw Monsters

1966

as Barkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)

Young Dillinger

1965

as Herman, Justice of the Peace

6.5

Sylvia

1965

as Professor Eglebert (uncredited)

6.2

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

1963

as The Minister (uncredited)

Twice-Told Tales

as Cabman

How the West Was Won

as Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)

7.0

Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock

1962

as Jude

3.8

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

1962

as Berlin Royal Academy Representative at Train Station

5.8

The Three Stooges Meet Hercules

1962

as Captain (uncredited)

Tower of London

as The Tailor

Famous Ghost Stories

as Mr. Nelson (segment 'Tormented')

6.0

The Cat Burglar

1961

as Pete

5.5

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

1961

as Governor of Animals (uncredited)

5.2

Cimarron

1960

as Connors (uncredited)

6.0

Tormented

1960

as Mr. Nelson

4.9

The Miracle of the Hills

1959

as Sheriff Crane

Attack of the Giant Leeches

1959

as Sheriff Kovis

4.1

The Blue Angel

1959

as Drunken Sea Captain (uncredited)

The Rebel Set

as Train Conductor

Alaska Passage

as Anderson

Pies and Guys

She Demons

as Igor

The Young Lions

as Bavarian Café Manager (uncredited)

I Want to Live!

as Eric (uncredited)

Earth vs. the Spider

as Sheriff Cagle

Quiz Whizz

Zombies of Mora Tau

as Sam, the chauffeur

5.4

The Quiet Gun

1957

as Frank Townsend (uncredited)

Utah Blaine

as Tom Cory

Outer Space Jitters

as The Grand Zilch

Rockabilly Baby

as Mr. Harry Johnson

Nightfall

as Bartender (uncredited)

6.9

Friendly Persuasion

1956

as Farmer (uncredited)

Wetbacks

as Truck Thug

Flight to Hong Kong

as Ship captain

Running Target

as Holesworth

Commotion on the Ocean

1956

as Bortch

4.2

Interrupted Melody

1955

as King Marke in 'Tristan und Isolde' (non-singing scene)

5.5

Casino Royale

1954

as Basil

5.0

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

1954

as Tom ('Nobody can cook like Milly') (uncredited)

Désirée

as Von Essen

Port of Hell

as Detonation Ship Captain

Count the Hours!

1953

as Prison Guard

5.2

Jack McCall, Desperado

The Lost Planet

as Reckov

Prince of Pirates

as Captain Brock

The Farmer Takes a Wife

1953

as Ethan McCarthy (uncredited)

Red Snow

as Russian Colonel

Montana Belle

as Marshal Ripple

The Maverick

as Fred Nixon

Gold Fever

1952

as Bill Johnson

5.0

Mutiny

1952

as Mr. Potter (uncredited)

Fargo

as Blacksmith

Westward the Women

as Bartender (uncredited)

Chicago Calling

as Guard

Mysterious Island

as Pirate Capt. Shard

5.6

Target Unknown

1951

as German Guard (uncredited)

Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere

1951

as Vultura

6.0

Pirates of the High Seas

1950

as Gov. Frederick Whitlock

Again Pioneers

as Monty Barnes

Slaphappy Sleuths

as Fuller Grime

The Baron of Arizona

as Father Guardian

Sheriff of Wichita

as Howard Thornton

Alaska Patrol

1949

as Ehrlich

The Sickle or the Cross

as Pakin

The Big Sombrero

as Ben McBride

The James Brothers of Missouri

1949

as Marshal Rand [Chs. 10-12]

Ghost of Zorro

as George Crane

Dunked in the Deep

as Mr. Bortch

The Gallant Legion

as Agitator in Bar

Four Faces West

as Poker Player

Oklahoma Badlands

as Oliver Budge

Smuggler's Cove

as Franz Drum

Adventures of Frank and Jesse James

1948

as The Marshal [Chs. 9-10]

6.0

The Valiant Hombre

1948

as Pete (Bartender)

The Black Widow

1947

as John M. Walker

4.9

Nightmare Alley

1947

as Masseur (uncredited)

7.2

The Sea of Grass

1947

as Homesteader (uncredited)

6.1

Mr. District Attorney

1947

as Doorman (uncredited)

6.0

Framed

1947

as (uncredited)

6.4

Jesse James Rides Again

1947

as Sheriff Duffie

Homesteaders of Paradise Valley

1947

as Bill Hume

4.2

The Gas House Kids in Hollywood

1947

as Policeman (uncreditited)

6.0

Marshal of Cripple Creek

1947

as Long John Case

Canyon Passage

1946

as Miner (uncredited)

Strange Journey

as Hansen

Larceny in Her Heart

as Asylum Orderly

Lost City of the Jungle

1946

as Police Captain Hammond

Beyond the Pecos

as John Heydrick

Crime, Inc.

as Big Ed Johnson (uncredited)

4.2

Here Come the Co-Eds

1945

as Second Policeman in Car 13 (uncredited)

5.7

Sudan

1945

as Executioner (uncredited)

A Game of Death

as Pleshke

Stairway to Light

as Hector Chevigny (uncredited)

7.0

The Shanghai Cobra

1945

as Morgan

5.8

Bad Men of the Border

1945

as Bill

5.0

Charlie Chan in the Secret Service

as Luis Philipe Vega

Rogues' Gallery

as Mr. Joyce

Seven Doors to Death

as Detective Morgan (uncredited)

5.0

Shake Hands with Murder

1944

as Mr. Howard

5.2

The Spider Woman

1943

as Henchman Taylor (uncredited)

7.0

Crazy House

1943

as Dead End Character

5.0

The Sultan's Daughter

as Ludwig

Melody Ranch

as Henchman Joe #1

Daughter of the Tong

as Henchman

Mercy Plane

as Mechanic

Merry-Go-Round

1923

as Guard

6.1

Television (32)

Mission: Impossible

1966

as General von Cramm

7.6

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

as Cycle Repairman

The Dakotas

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

as 1st Policeman

5.3

The Greatest Show on Earth

Ben Casey

Cain's Hundred

as Syndicate Board Member (uncredited)

87th Precinct

The Tall Man

Lock-Up

Tightrope

Sea Hunt

Bat Masterson

as Mayor Oliver Hinton

6.1

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

as Man

7.3

Tombstone Territory

1957

as Townsperson who takes the bets

Suspicion

as The Doorman

The Thin Man

Harbor Command

26 Men

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Wilkie - Storekeeper

The Man Called X

Cheyenne

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Highway Patrol

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

Climax!

as Basil

I Led Three Lives

General Electric Theater

as Doorman

Dragnet

Boston Blackie

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as March

The Lone Ranger

as Sergeant Bolan