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Gene Roth(1903-1976)

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Gene Roth in The Black Widow (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 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 The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
Peter Lorre and Gene Roth in Climax! (1954)
Barbara Bain, Larry J. Blake, and Gene Roth in Mission: Impossible (1966)
Roy Barcroft and Gene Roth in Don Daredevil Rides Again (1951)
Vincent Price, Wheaton Chambers, Pat Goldin, and Gene Roth in The Baron of Arizona (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 Ghost of Zorro (1949)

Known for

June Kenney in The Spider (1958)
The Spider
4.6
  • Sheriff Cagle
  • 1958
Twice-Told Tales (1963)
Twice-Told Tales
6.6
  • Cabman
  • 1963
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Twilight Zone
9.1
TV Series
  • Judge
Jane Russell in Montana Belle (1952)
Montana Belle
5.6
  • Marshal Ripple
  • 1952

Credits

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Actor

  • Planet of the Apes (1974)
    Planet of the Apes
    • (uncredited)
  • Rosie! (1967)
    Rosie!
  • Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Peter Graves, Peter Lupus, and Greg Morris in Mission: Impossible (1966)
    Mission: Impossible
  • Alfred Hitchcock, Paul Newman, and Julie Andrews in Torn Curtain (1966)
    Torn Curtain
    • (uncredited)
  • Robert Vaughn, Leo G. Carroll, and David McCallum in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  • Nick Adams and Mary Ann Mobley in Young Dillinger (1965)
    Young Dillinger
  • The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
    The Greatest Story Ever Told
    • (uncredited)
  • Sylvia (1965)
    Sylvia
    • (uncredited)
  • Karyn Kupcinet in Death Valley Days (1952)
    Death Valley Days
    • ...
  • Vince Edwards in Ben Casey (1961)
    Ben Casey
  • Marlon Brando, David Niven, and Shirley Jones in Bedtime Story (1964)
    Bedtime Story
    • (uncredited)
  • Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, and Sheb Wooley in Rawhide (1959)
    Rawhide
    • (uncredited)
  • Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson in The Best Man (1964)
    The Best Man
    • (uncredited)
  • Jack Palance, Tuesday Weld, and Russ Tamblyn in The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
    The Greatest Show on Earth
  • Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
    Kraft Suspense Theatre

Soundtrack

  • Roy Rogers and Trigger in The Roy Rogers Show (1951)
    The Roy Rogers Show
    • (uncredited)
  • Rod Cameron, Eddie Dew, Jennifer Holt, Jack Ingram, and Fuzzy Knight in Beyond the Pecos (1945)
    Beyond the Pecos

Personal details

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    • January 8, 1903
    • Redfield, South Dakota, USA
    • July 19, 1976
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(hit by a car)
    • 1934 - 1963 (divorced, 1 child)
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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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