---
name: "Stephen J. Roth"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-j-roth"
fi1m_id: "stephen-j-roth"
imdb_id: "nm0745030"
tmdb_id: 40437
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "20 June 1941"
died: "12 December 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T23:23:08.448321+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Stephen J. Roth

## Identity

Stephen J. Roth

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-j-roth
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-j-roth
- **IMDb ID:** nm0745030
- **TMDB ID:** 40437
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0745030/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40437

Producer. Born 20 June 1941 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Died 12 December 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 20 June 1941, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- **Died:** 12 December 2008
- **Active:** 1988–1993
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 66 (1), 1990s 62 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0745030/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40437

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Last Action Hero*](https://film.one/film/last-action-hero.md) (62)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Stephen J. Roth was a Canadian film and television producer. A lawyer by training, he co-founded RSL Productions in the 1970s with Robert Lantos and Victor Loewy, which became a key player in the Canadian film industry.

Roth produced or executive-produced numerous films, including *In Praise of Older Women* (1978), *Paradise* (1982), *Secret Admirer* (1985), *Scrooged* (1988), *Dead Bang* (1989), *Mobsters* (1991), *Gladiator* (1992) and *Last Action Hero* (1993). He also worked as supervising producer on the television series *Night Heat* (1985–1988).

Roth died on 12 December 2008, aged 67.

*Sources: imdb.com, screendaily.com, filmreference.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Last Action Hero* (1993), Fi1m 62, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/last-action-hero.md)
- *Scrooged* (1988), Fi1m 66, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/scrooged.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Last Action Hero* (1993), Producer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/last-action-hero.md)
- *Gladiator* (1992), Producer
- *Clearcut* (1991), Producer, Executive Producer
- *Mobsters* (1991), Producer
- *Dead Bang* (1989), Producer
- *Scrooged* (1988), Executive Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/scrooged.md)
- *Miracles* (1986), Producer
- *8 Million Ways to Die* (1986), Producer
- *Separate Vacations* (1986), Producer
- *Perfect Timing* (1986), Producer
- *One Night Only* (1986), Producer
- *Night Magic* (1985), Producer
- *Joshua Then and Now* (1985), Producer
- *Secret Admirer* (1985), Producer
- *Heavenly Bodies* (1984), Producer
- *Bedroom Eyes* (1984), Producer
- *Overdrawn at the Memory Bank* (1984), Executive Producer
- *Candy the Stripper* (1983), Producer
- *Joy* (1983), Associate Producer
- *Paradise* (1982), Producer
- *Agency* (1980), Executive Producer
- *In Praise of Older Women* (1978), Executive Producer

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