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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Roth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Casino Royale (1954)

American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss LeChiffre while monitoring his actions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William H. Brown Jr.
CAST:  Barry Nelson  •  Peter Lorre  •  Linda Christian  •  Michael Pate

American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss LeChiffre while monitoring his actions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William H. Brown Jr.
CAST:  Barry Nelson  •  Peter Lorre  •  Linda Christian  •  Michael Pate

Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961)

A Greek Fisherman brings an Atlantean Princess back to her homeland which is the mythical city of Atlantis. He is enslaved for his trouble. The King is being manipulated by an evil sorcerer who is bent on using a natural resource of Atlantis to take over the world. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Pal
CAST:  Sal Ponti  •  Joyce Taylor  •  John Dall  •  William Smith

A Greek Fisherman brings an Atlantean Princess back to her homeland which is the mythical city of Atlantis. He is enslaved for his trouble. The King is being manipulated by an evil sorcerer who is bent on using a natural resource of Atlantis to take over the world. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Pal
CAST:  Sal Ponti  •  Joyce Taylor  •  John Dall  •  William Smith

Cimarron (1960)

The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Mann
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Maria Schell  •  Anne Baxter  •  Arthur O'Connell

The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Mann
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Maria Schell  •  Anne Baxter  •  Arthur O'Connell

Framed (1947)

Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Wallace
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Janis Carter  •  Barry Sullivan  •  Edgar Buchanan

Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Wallace
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Janis Carter  •  Barry Sullivan  •  Edgar Buchanan

How the West Was Won (1962)

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The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Marshall  •  Henry Hathaway  •  John Ford
CAST:  Carroll Baker  •  Lee J. Cobb  •  Henry Fonda  •  Carolyn Jones

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Marshall  •  Henry Hathaway  •  John Ford
CAST:  Carroll Baker  •  Lee J. Cobb  •  Henry Fonda  •  Carolyn Jones

I Want to Live! (1958)

Barbara Graham is a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars. She has been sentenced for some petty crimes. Two men she knows murder an older woman. When they get caught they start to think that Barbara has helped the police arresting them. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wise
CAST:  Susan Hayward  •  Simon Oakland  •  Virginia Vincent  •  Theodore Bikel

Barbara Graham is a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars. She has been sentenced for some petty crimes. Two men she knows murder an older woman. When they get caught they start to think that Barbara has helped the police arresting them. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wise
CAST:  Susan Hayward  •  Simon Oakland  •  Virginia Vincent  •  Theodore Bikel

Nightfall (1956)

An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tourneur
CAST:  Aldo Ray  •  Brian Keith  •  Anne Bancroft  •  Jocelyn Brando

An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tourneur
CAST:  Aldo Ray  •  Brian Keith  •  Anne Bancroft  •  Jocelyn Brando

Nightmare Alley (1947)

Stanton Carlisle joins a seedy carnival, working with "Mademoiselle Zeena" and her alcoholic husband, Pete.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmund Goulding
CAST:  Tyrone Power  •  Joan Blondell  •  Coleen Gray  •  Helen Walker

Stanton Carlisle joins a seedy carnival, working with "Mademoiselle Zeena" and her alcoholic husband, Pete.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmund Goulding
CAST:  Tyrone Power  •  Joan Blondell  •  Coleen Gray  •  Helen Walker

The Spider Woman (1943)

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider. Based on "The Sign of Four" and the short stories "The Dying Detective", "The Final Problem", "The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy William Neill
CAST:  Basil Rathbone  •  Nigel Bruce  •  Gale Sondergaard  •  Vernon Downing

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider. Based on "The Sign of Four" and the short stories "The Dying Detective", "The Final Problem", "The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy William Neill
CAST:  Basil Rathbone  •  Nigel Bruce  •  Gale Sondergaard  •  Vernon Downing

The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962)

The Three Stooges manage to crash through the time barrier with their slap-happy antics in this classic feature-length comedy. Larry, Moe, and Curly-Joe are friends of a young scientist, Schuyler Davis, who has created a time machine. Together with Schuyler's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herb Wallerstein  •  Edward Bernds
CAST:  Moe Howard  •  Larry Fine  •  Joe DeRita  •  Vicki Trickett

The Three Stooges manage to crash through the time barrier with their slap-happy antics in this classic feature-length comedy. Larry, Moe, and Curly-Joe are friends of a young scientist, Schuyler Davis, who has created a time machine. Together with Schuyler's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herb Wallerstein  •  Edward Bernds
CAST:  Moe Howard  •  Larry Fine  •  Joe DeRita  •  Vicki Trickett

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)

The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write something entertaining amongst the sea of dry, non-fiction books they write and he sets about collecting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Pal  •  Henry Levin
CAST:  Laurence Harvey  •  Karlheinz Böhm  •  Claire Bloom  •  Walter Slezak

The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write something entertaining amongst the sea of dry, non-fiction books they write and he sets about collecting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Pal  •  Henry Levin
CAST:  Laurence Harvey  •  Karlheinz Böhm  •  Claire Bloom  •  Walter Slezak

Melody Ranch (1940)

His Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Celebration.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Ann Miller  •  Jimmy Durante  •  Barton MacLane

His Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Celebration.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Ann Miller  •  Jimmy Durante  •  Barton MacLane

Interrupted Melody (1955)

Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence. She’s a foremost Wagnerian, equal to the vocal and physical demands of the composer’s oeuvre. And she’s a beacon of triumph to anyone who fights back ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Curtis Bernhardt
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Eleanor Parker  •  Roger Moore  •  Cecil Kellaway

Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence. She’s a foremost Wagnerian, equal to the vocal and physical demands of the composer’s oeuvre. And she’s a beacon of triumph to anyone who fights back ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Curtis Bernhardt
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Eleanor Parker  •  Roger Moore  •  Cecil Kellaway

Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)

A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police don't believe them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard L. Kowalski
CAST:  Ken Clark  •  Yvette Vickers  •  Michael Emmet  •  Jan Shepard

A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police don't believe them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard L. Kowalski
CAST:  Ken Clark  •  Yvette Vickers  •  Michael Emmet  •  Jan Shepard

Crime, Inc. (1945)

A crime reporter writes book to expose names and methods of the criminal leaders. He is held on a charge after refusing to explain how he got his information, but is released and helps to expose the syndicate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Leo Carrillo  •  Tom Neal  •  Martha Tilton  •  Lionel Atwill

A crime reporter writes book to expose names and methods of the criminal leaders. He is held on a charge after refusing to explain how he got his information, but is released and helps to expose the syndicate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Leo Carrillo  •  Tom Neal  •  Martha Tilton  •  Lionel Atwill

Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere (1951)

Space hero Captain Video battles the evil Vultura on the planet Atoma.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet  •  Wallace Grissell
CAST:  Judd Holdren  •  George Eldredge  •  Gene Roth  •  Larry Stewart

Space hero Captain Video battles the evil Vultura on the planet Atoma.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet  •  Wallace Grissell
CAST:  Judd Holdren  •  George Eldredge  •  Gene Roth  •  Larry Stewart

The Lost Planet (1953)

Dr. Ernst Grood , having already dominated the planet Ergro, now intends to take over the control of the Earth. Unfortunately for him, reporters oppose his sinister designs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Judd Holdren  •  Vivian Mason  •  Michael Fox  •  Forrest Taylor

Dr. Ernst Grood , having already dominated the planet Ergro, now intends to take over the control of the Earth. Unfortunately for him, reporters oppose his sinister designs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Judd Holdren  •  Vivian Mason  •  Michael Fox  •  Forrest Taylor

The Miracle of the Hills (1959)

A minister arrives at a run-down mining town to take over the church there. He finds he has his work cut out for him, especially when an earthquake causes a flood in the mineshaft and traps some of the local children.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Landres
CAST:  Rex Reason  •  Nan Leslie  •  Betty Lou Gerson  •  Charles Arnt

A minister arrives at a run-down mining town to take over the church there. He finds he has his work cut out for him, especially when an earthquake causes a flood in the mineshaft and traps some of the local children.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Landres
CAST:  Rex Reason  •  Nan Leslie  •  Betty Lou Gerson  •  Charles Arnt

Target Unknown (1951)

World War II drama about members of an American bomber squadron who are captured and held prisoners by the German army.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  Mark Stevens  •  Alex Nicol  •  Gig Young  •  Don Taylor

World War II drama about members of an American bomber squadron who are captured and held prisoners by the German army.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  Mark Stevens  •  Alex Nicol  •  Gig Young  •  Don Taylor

A Game of Death (1945)

A shipwrecked Don Rainsford washes up on a homicidal big-game hunter's Caribbean island where the madman hunts human prey for his personal island habitat.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wise
CAST:  John Loder  •  Audrey Long  •  Edgar Barrier  •  Russell Wade

A shipwrecked Don Rainsford washes up on a homicidal big-game hunter's Caribbean island where the madman hunts human prey for his personal island habitat.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wise
CAST:  John Loder  •  Audrey Long  •  Edgar Barrier  •  Russell Wade
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