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 fillum fillum 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 hitandrun driver in Los Angeles California on July 19 1976 Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Roth licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia