Gene Roth
Eugene Oliver Edgar Stutenroth , also Gene Roth or Eugene Stutenroth (born January 8, 1903 in Redfield , South Dakota , † July 19, 1976 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor .
Life
Gene Roth was born on January 8, 1903, Eugene Oliver Edgar Stutenroth, the youngest of three sons in Redfield. His parents were the German Eugene Stutenroth and the Swede Anna Christina Olsen. Roth and his two brothers were raised by their mother. The father had left her when Eugene was two years old. Roth attended West High School in Minneapolis , which he graduated in 1920. His first roles as an actor were in silent films in the early 1920s. During this time Roth worked as a cinema manager or built and installed organs. In 1943, he went to Hollywood , California to pursue his acting career. He often played menacing bad guys, like in the slapstick comedy The Three Stooges, or working-class guys, die-hard law enforcement officers. He worked in both cinema and television productions for more than two decades. After leaving the film industry in the early 1970s, Roth worked as a drugstore employee.
Roth was married four times and the father of three children. Roth's life tragically ended in a traffic accident on July 19, 1976 at the age of 73 when he was crossing a street in Los Angeles. The person who caused the accident committed hit-and-run.
Filmography (selection)
- 1943: The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
- 1944: The Hitler Gang
- 1945: Stairway to Light (short film)
- 1945: Voice from Beyond (Strange Illusion)
- 1946: The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
- 1949: Dunked in the Deep
- 1949: Zorro in the Wild West (Ghost of Zorro)
- 1951: Apache battle on the black mountains (Oh! Susanna)
- 1951: Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere
- 1952: Fargo
- 1954: Prince Eisenherz (Prince Valiant)
- 1954: Casino Royale
- 1958: Revenge of the Black Spider (Earth vs. the Spider)
- 1960: The Tower of Screaming Women (Tormented)
- 1960: Cimarron
- 1962: How the West Was Won (How the West Was Won)
- 1963: The Poison of Evil (Twice-Told Tales)
- 1965: The Greatest Story Ever Told (The Greatest Story Ever Told)
Web links
- Gene Roth in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography and photos on b-westerns.com, accessed September 20, 2012.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Info on threestooges.net, accessed on September 20, 2012.
- ↑ Biography on imdb.com, accessed September 20, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roth, Gene |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stutenroth, Eugene Oliver Edgar; Stutenroth, Eugene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Redfield , South Dakota , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 19, 1976 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , USA |