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Gene Roth(1903-1976)

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Gene Roth in Musta hämähäkki, I osa (1947)
Tall (6'2"), burly, and reliable character actor Gene Roth was born Eugene Oliver Edgar Stutenroth on January 8, 1903 in Redfield, South Dakota. He was the youngest of three sons born to German father Eugene Stutenroth and Swedish mother Anna Christina Olsen. Roth and his two brothers were raised by their mother after their father abandoned them when Gene was only two years old. Gene graduated from West High School in Minneapolis in 1920. He began his acting career doing uncredited bit roles in silent pictures in the early 1920's. Moreover, Roth worked as a movie theater manager and built and installed pipe organs before his acting career took off in the 1940's following his arrival in Hollywood, California in 1943.

Often cast as threatening heavies (he's perhaps best known for his portrayals of bad guys in many 1940's comedy shorts he did with The Three Stooges), scruffy working class types, and rough-around-the-edges law officers (he played initially skeptical small town sheriffs in the 1950's creature feature classics Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) and Earth vs the Spider (1958)), Gene worked profusely in both films and television alike in a career that spanned a little over two decades. After retiring from acting in the early 1970's, Roth worked part time as a liquor counterman at a drug store and was an active participant in the nostalgia convention circuit. He was married four times and was the father of three children. Gene's life came to a tragic untimely end at age 73 when he was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while crossing the street in Los Angeles, California on July 19, 1976.
BornJanuary 8, 1903
DiedJuly 19, 1976(73)
BornJanuary 8, 1903
DiedJuly 19, 1976(73)
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Gene Roth in The Hoodlum (1951)
Gene Roth and Lawrence Tierney in The Hoodlum (1951)
Benny Bartlett, William 'Billy' Benedict, David Gorcey, Eddie Gribbon, Huntz Hall, Martin Kosleck, Gene Roth, and Hans Schumm in Smugglers' Cove (1948)
Stella Stevens, Gene Roth, and Jerry Van Dyke in Puuhakas puhemies (1963)
Peter Lorre and Gene Roth in Climax! (1954)
Barbara Bain, Larry J. Blake, Gene Roth, and Ben Wright in Vaarallinen tehtävä (1966)
Roy Barcroft and Gene Roth in Zorro ratsastaa jälleen (1951)
Vincent Price, Wheaton Chambers, Pat Goldin, and Gene Roth in Uhkapeliä Arizonassa (1950)
Rebel Randall, June Clyde, Gregory Gaye, Casey MacGregor, George Meeker, Michael Raffetto, and Gene Roth in Seven Doors to Death (1944)
Lloyd Bridges, Arno Frey, Victoria Horne, and Gene Roth in Secret Agent X-9 (1945)
Robert Barron, Carol Forman, John Merton, Noel Neill, Kane Richmond, Gene Roth, Helene Stanley, and Pierre Watkin in Brick Bradford (1947)
Roy Barcroft, Pamela Blake, Clayton Moore, and Gene Roth in Zorro kummittelee (1949)

Known for:

June Kenney in Earth vs the Spider (1958)
Earth vs the Spider
4.6
  • Sheriff Cagle
  • 1958
Twice-Told Tales (1963)
Twice-Told Tales
6.6
  • Cabman
  • 1963
Rod Serling in Hämärän rajamailla (1959)
Hämärän rajamailla
9.1
TV Series
  • Judge
Pies and Guys (1958)
Pies and Guys
5.9
Short
  • Prof. Sedlitz
  • 1958

Credits

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Actor

  • Apinoiden planeetta (1974)
    Apinoiden planeetta
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Bit Part (uncredited)
    • 1974
  • Rosie! (1967)
    Rosie!
    6.7
    • Joseph
    • 1967
  • Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Peter Graves, Peter Lupus, and Greg Morris in Vaarallinen tehtävä (1966)
    Vaarallinen tehtävä
    7.9
    TV Series
    • General von Cramm
    • 1967
  • Alfred Hitchcock, Paul Newman, and Julie Andrews in Revitty esirippu (1966)
    Revitty esirippu
    6.6
    • Guard in Post Office (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Robert Vaughn, Leo G. Carroll, and David McCallum in Napoleon Solo (1964)
    Napoleon Solo
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Cycle Repairman
    • Bell Hop
    • Customs Man
    • 1964–1966
  • Nick Adams and Mary Ann Mobley in Young Dillinger (1965)
    Young Dillinger
    5.3
    • Herman, Justice of the Peace
    • 1965
  • Mies Nasaretista (1965)
    Mies Nasaretista
    6.5
    • (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • Sylvia (1965)
    Sylvia
    6.6
    • Professor Eglebert (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • Death Valley Days (1952)
    Death Valley Days
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Krausmeier
    • Townsmen
    • Sheriff Hokanson ...
    • 1955–1965
  • Tohtori Ben Casey (1961)
    Tohtori Ben Casey
    7.1
    TV Series
    • 1964
  • Marlon Brando, David Niven, and Shirley Jones in Kuin kukot orrella (1964)
    Kuin kukot orrella
    6.7
    • German (uncredited)
    • 1964
  • Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, and Sheb Wooley in Lännen tie (1959)
    Lännen tie
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Jury Foreman (uncredited)
    • 1964
  • Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson in Paras mies voittakoon (1964)
    Paras mies voittakoon
    7.6
    • Pennsylvania Delegate (uncredited)
    • 1964
  • Jack Palance, Tuesday Weld, and Russ Tamblyn in The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
    The Greatest Show on Earth
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Russell Phillips
    • 1964
  • Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
    Kraft Suspense Theatre
    7.7
    TV Series
    • 1st Policeman
    • 1964

Soundtrack

  • Roy Rogers and Trigger in The Roy Rogers Show (1951)
    The Roy Rogers Show
    7.1
    TV Series
    • performer: "Pop Goes the Weasel", "The Old Oaken Bucket", "A Hot Time in the Old Town" (uncredited)
    • 1955
  • Rod Cameron, Eddie Dew, Jennifer Holt, Jack Ingram, and Fuzzy Knight in Lännen laki (1945)
    Lännen laki
    5.3
    • performer: "Schubert's Serenade", "Moonlight Sonata"
    • 1945

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Eugene Roth
  • Height
    • 1.88 m
  • Born
    • January 8, 1903
    • Redfield, South Dakota, USA
  • Died
    • July 19, 1976
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(hit by a car)
  • Spouses
      Dorothy Biddle1934 - 1963 (divorced, 1 child)
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    • 1 Article

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    Almost died after contracting pernicious anemia in 1963. Fortunately Roth managed to pull through, but lost a lot of weight in the process and acquired a very gaunt look as a direct result of this.

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