Gene Roth
Gene Roth
Burly American utility actor Gene Roth appeared in nearly 200 films, beginning around 1946. He was initially billed under his given name of Gene Stutenroth, shortening his surname in 1949. Most often cast as a hulking villain, Roth growled and glowered through many a Western and serial (he was the principal heavy in the 1951 chapter play Captain Video). He also showed up in several Columbia two-reel comedies, starting with the Shemp Howard/Tom Kennedy film Society Mugs (1946). A frequent foil of the Three Stooges, Columbia's top short-subject stars, Roth extended his association with the comedy trio into the 1962 feature The Three Stooges Meet Hercules. A ubiquitous TV actor, Roth was frequently cast as a judge or bailiff on the Perry Mason series, and essayed two roles in the 1961 Twilight Zone classic "Shadow Play." An active participant on the nostalgia-convention circuit of the 1970s, Gene Roth died in 1976 when he was struck down by a speeding automobile. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Gene Roth:
- Brute Force with Burt Lancaster , Hume Cronyn , Charles Bickford , Yvonne DeCarlo , Ann Blyth , Howard Duff , Jeff Corey , Jay C. Flippen , John Harmon , John Hoyt , Sam Levene , Charles McGraw , Ray Teal , Crane Whitley , Herbert Heywood , Al Hill , Kenneth MacDonald , Frank Marlowe , Howard M. Mitchell , Glenn Strange , Billy Wayne
- The Young Lions with Marlon Brando , Montgomery Clift , Dean Martin , Hope Lange , May Britt , Barbara Rush , Maximilian Schell , Lee VanCleef , Parley Baer , Herbert Rudley , L.Q. Jones , John Banner , Robert Burton , Ann Codee , George Meader , Alberto Morin , Otto Reichow , Henry Rowland , Michael Pataki
- Tormented with Richard Carlson
- How the West Was Won with James Stewart , Henry Fonda , Gregory Peck , Debbie Reynolds , Richard Widmark , George Peppard , Karl Malden , John Wayne , Carolyn Jones , Robert Preston , Eli Wallach , Carroll Baker , Lee J. Cobb , Walter Brennan , David Brian , Andy Devine , Raymond Massey , Agnes Moorehead , Thelma Ritter , Mickey Shaughnessy , Russ Tamblyn , Lee VanCleef , Ken Curtis , Jay C. Flippen , Saul Gorss , Boyd "Red" Morgan , Gil Perkins , Walter Reed , Chuck Roberson , Harry Dean Stanton , Karl Swenson , Spencer Tracy , Joseph Sawyer
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