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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 7, 1902
Place of Birth:
Crab Orchard, Nebraska, USA
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Roy Barcroft
Biography
Roy Barcroft (born Howard Harold Ravenscroft; September 7, 1902 – November 28, 1969) was an American character actor famous for playing villains in B-Westerns and other genres. From 1937 to 1957, he appeared in more than 300 films for Republic Pictures. Some of his prominent roles were the marshal in Oklahoma! (1955) and Colonel Jim Logan in The Adventures of Spin & Marty (1955 - 1957).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Monte Walsh | Proprietor |
| 1969 | Gaily, Gaily | Dr. Gorson |
| 1969 | The Reivers | Ed (The Judge) |
| 1968 | Bandolero! | Bartender |
| 1967 | The Way West | Mr. Masters |
| 1967 | The Not So Lonely Lighthouse Keeper | Narrator |
| 1966 | D-Day on Mars | The Purple Monster |
| 1966 | Destination Inner Space | Skipper |
| 1966 | Billy the Kid Versus Dracula | Sheriff Griffin |
| 1966 | Texas Across the River | Morton |
| 1966 | Gunpoint | Dr. Beardsley |
| 1966 | Run, Light Buck, Run | Narrator |
| 1962 | Six Black Horses | Mustanger |
| 1961 | When the Clock Strikes | Sheriff Mitchell |
| 1960 | Freckles | John McLean |
| 1960 | Ten Who Dared | Jim Baker |
| 1959 | Escort West | Sgt. Doyle |
| 1957 | Last Stagecoach West | Park Ketchum |
| 1957 | Domino Kid | |
| 1957 | Gun Duel in Durango | Mr. Blaisdell (uncredited) |
| 1957 | The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm | J.P. Flemming |
| 1956 | Gun Brothers | Sheriff Jorgen |
| 1956 | The Last Hunt | Maj. Smith |
| 1955 | Oklahoma! | Marshal |
| 1955 | The Spoilers | The Marshal |
| 1955 | Man Without a Star | Sheriff Olson |
| 1955 | The Cobweb | Police Lieutenant Ferguson (Uncredited) |
| 1954 | Rogue Cop | Lt. Vince D. Bardeman |
| 1954 | Two Guns and a Badge | Bill Sterling - Rancher |
| 1954 | The Desperado | Martin Novak |
| 1954 | Man with the Steel Whip | Sheriff [Chs. 8, 10-12] |
| 1953 | Savage Frontier | William Oakes |
| 1953 | Bandits of the West | Bud Galloway |
| 1953 | Old Overland Trail | John Anchor |
| 1953 | Down Laredo Way | Cooper |
| 1953 | Marshal of Cedar Rock | Henry Mason |
| 1953 | El Paso Stampede | Henchman Floyd Garrett |
| 1953 | Shadows of Tombstone | Mike |
| 1953 | City That Never Sleeps | |
| 1953 | Iron Mountain Trail | Mate Orrin |
| 1952 | Hoodlum Empire | Morris Draper |
| 1952 | Wild Horse Ambush | Harkins |
| 1952 | Border Saddlemates | Steve Baxter |
| 1952 | Oklahoma Annie | Curt Walker |
| 1952 | Radar Men from the Moon | Retik |
| 1952 | Black Hills Ambush | Bart |
| 1952 | South Pacific Trail | Link Felton |
| 1952 | The WAC from Walla Walla | Mr. Prentiss |
| 1952 | Captive of Billy the Kid | Piute |
| 1952 | Ride the Man Down | Russ Schultz |
| 1952 | Desperadoes' Outpost | Jim Boylan |
| 1952 | Leadville Gunslinger | Chet Yonker / Pete Yonker |
| 1952 | Old Oklahoma Plains | Arthur Jensen |
| 1952 | Thundering Caravans | Ed Brill |
| 1952 | Montana Belle | Jim Clark |
| 1951 | Insurance Investigator | Duke Wallace |
| 1951 | Night Riders of Montana | Henchman Brink |
| 1951 | Fort Dodge Stampede | Henchman Pike Hardin |
| 1951 | Utah Wagon Train | Hank Driscoll |
| 1951 | In Old Amarillo | Clint Burnside |
| 1951 | Wells Fargo Gunmaster | Brick Mason |
| 1951 | Desert of Lost Men | Link |
| 1951 | Rodeo King and the Senorita | Steve Lacey |
| 1951 | Arizona Manhunt | Pete Willard |
| 1951 | The Dakota Kid | Henchman Turk Smith |
| 1951 | Don Daredevil Rides Again | Douglas Stratton |
| 1951 | Pals of the Golden West | Ward Sloan |
| 1951 | Honeychile | Walter Judson |
| 1951 | Street Bandits | Monk Walter |
| 1950 | The Savage Horde | Fergus |
| 1950 | Federal Agent at Large | Nels Berger |
| 1950 | Desperadoes of the West | Hacker |
| 1950 | North of the Great Divide | Banning |
| 1950 | Code of the Silver Sage | Hulon Champion |
| 1950 | Rustlers on Horseback | Leo Straykin |
| 1950 | Under Mexicali Stars | Hays Lawson |
| 1950 | Vigilante Hideout | Muley Price |
| 1950 | Gunmen of Abilene | Brink Fallon |
| 1950 | Rock Island Trail | Barnes |
| 1950 | The Arizona Cowboy | Henchman Mike Slade |
| 1950 | The Missourians | Nick Kovacs |
| 1950 | Salt Lake Raiders | Brit Condor |
| 1950 | Surrender | Deputy Gerard |
| 1950 | The Vanishing Westerner | Sand Sanderson |
| 1950 | Prisoners in Petticoats | Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Ranger of Cherokee Strip | Mark Sanders |
| 1949 | Powder River Rustlers | Henchman Bull Macons |
| 1949 | Sheriff of Wichita | Sam Stark |
| 1949 | Frontier Investigator | Flint Fleming |
| 1949 | The James Brothers of Missouri | Ace Marlin |
| 1949 | Prince of the Plains | Henchman Regan |
| 1949 | San Antone Ambush | Henchman Roberts |
| 1949 | South of Rio | Lon Bryson |
| 1949 | Pioneer Marshal | Clip Pearson |
| 1949 | Down Dakota Way | Mack McKenzie |
| 1949 | Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc. | Spade Gordon |
| 1949 | Ghost of Zorro | Hank Kilgore |
| 1949 | Law of the Golden West | Clete Larrabee |
| 1949 | Outcasts of the Trail | Jim Judd |
| 1949 | The Phantom Creeps | Parker (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Lightnin' in the Forest | Police Lieut. Bain |
| 1948 | Out of the Storm | Arty Sorenson |
| 1948 | The Far Frontier | Henchman Bart |
| 1948 | Train to Alcatraz | Guard Grady |
| 1948 | Marshal of Amarillo | Ben Dolan |
| 1948 | Sundown in Santa Fe | Tracy Gillette |
| 1948 | G-Men Never Forget | Vic Murkland - Commissioner Angus Cameron |
| 1948 | Renegades of Sonora | George Keeler |
| 1948 | Daredevils of the Clouds | RCMP Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Bold Frontiersman | Smiling Jim |
| 1948 | Desperadoes of Dodge City | Homesteader |
| 1948 | Grand Canyon Trail | Henchman Dave Williams |
| 1948 | The Timber Trail | Big Bart |
| 1948 | Madonna of the Desert | Buck Keaton |
| 1948 | Eyes of Texas | Vic |
| 1948 | The Main Street Kid | Torrey |
| 1948 | Old Los Angeles | Clyborne |
| 1948 | Oklahoma Badlands | Henchman Sanders |
| 1948 | Sons of Adventure | Leslie Bennett |
| 1948 | Secret Service Investigator | Al Turk |
| 1947 | Blackmail | Spice Kellaway |
| 1947 | Son of Zorro | Henchman Boyd |
| 1947 | Marshal of Cripple Creek | Henchman Sweeney |
| 1947 | Springtime in the Sierras | Matt Wilkes |
| 1947 | The Fabulous Texan | Standifer |
| 1947 | Jesse James Rides Again | Frank Lawton |
| 1947 | Rustlers of Devil's Canyon | Land Agent Clark |
| 1947 | Spoilers of the North | Moose McGovern |
| 1947 | The Wild Frontier | Henchman |
| 1947 | Vigilantes of Boomtown | McKean |
| 1947 | Oregon Trail Scouts | Bill Hunter |
| 1947 | Web of Danger | Monks, Worker |
| 1947 | Bandits of Dark Canyon | Jeff Conley |
| 1947 | Along the Oregon Trail | Jake Stoner |
| 1947 | Last Frontier Uprising | Henchman Boyd Blackwell |
| 1947 | Wyoming | Sheriff Niles |
| 1946 | G.I. War Brides | (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Stagecoach to Denver | Big Bill Lambert |
| 1946 | The Phantom Rider | The Marshal |
| 1946 | Crime of the Century | Various Voices (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Mysterious Mr. Valentine | Blackmailer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Home on the Range | Henchman |
| 1946 | Night Train to Memphis | Chad Morgan |
| 1946 | My Pal Trigger | Henchman Hunter |
| 1946 | The Last Crooked Mile | Man on Street |
| 1946 | Traffic in Crime | Insp. Tip Hogan |
| 1946 | Sun Valley Cyclone | Blackie Blake |
| 1946 | Alias Billy the Kid | Matt Conroy |
| 1946 | Daughter of Don Q | Mel Donovan |
| 1945 | The Vampire's Ghost | Capt. Jim Barrett |
| 1945 | The Purple Monster Strikes | The Purple Monster |
| 1945 | Manhunt of Mystery Island | Capt. Mephisto |
| 1945 | Trail of Kit Carson | Doc Ryan |
| 1945 | Bells of Rosarita | Henchman Maxwell |
| 1945 | Along the Navajo Trail | Rusty Channing |
| 1945 | Santa Fe Saddlemates | John Gant |
| 1945 | Dakota | Poli's Driver |
| 1945 | The Topeka Terror | Ben Jode |
| 1945 | Song of Mexico | Visitor |
| 1945 | Girls of the Big House | Police Dispatcher (voice) |
| 1945 | Lone Texas Ranger | Hands Weber |
| 1945 | Marshal of Laredo | Denver Jack |
| 1945 | Colorado Pioneers | Bull Reagan |
| 1945 | Wagon Wheels Westward | Dave McKean Posing as John Larkin |
| 1945 | The Cherokee Flash | Jeff Carson |
| 1945 | Corpus Christi Bandits | Wade Larkin |
| 1945 | Sunset in El Dorado | Buster Welch |
| 1944 | Haunted Harbor | Carter / Kane |
| 1944 | The Laramie Trail | Dick Rapidan |
| 1944 | Stagecoach to Monterey | J. Rodney Stevens |
| 1944 | Firebrands of Arizona | Deputy Ike |
| 1944 | The Girl Who Dared | David Scott |
| 1944 | The Big Bonanza | Sheriff Dan Pendleton |
| 1944 | Call of the South Seas | Steve Landrau |
| 1944 | The Fighting Seabees | Seabee Barcroft (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Cheyenne Wildcat | Dandy Joe Meeker |
| 1944 | Hidden Valley Outlaws | Gilbert J. Leland |
| 1944 | Code of the Prairie | Professor Graham |
| 1944 | Sheriff of Sundown | Jack Hatfield |
| 1944 | Lights of Old Santa Fe | Ken Ferguson |
| 1943 | Raiders of Sunset Pass | Henchman Lefty Lewis |
| 1943 | Man from Music Mountain | Cattlemen Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Bordertown Gun Fighters | Jack Gatling |
| 1943 | Wagon Tracks West | Henchman Laird |
| 1943 | Sagebrush Law | Mark Carter |
| 1943 | False Colors | Sheriff |
| 1943 | Hoppy Serves a Writ | Colby |
| 1943 | Calling Wild Bill Elliott | Captain Carson |
| 1943 | Canyon City | Jeff Parker |
| 1943 | Carson City Cyclone | Prosecutor Joe Newman |
| 1943 | Cheyenne Roundup | Slim Layton |
| 1943 | The Man from the Rio Grande | Henchman Ace Holden |
| 1943 | Overland Mail Robbery | David Patterson |
| 1943 | Riders of the Rio Grande | Sarsaparilla |
| 1943 | Six Gun Gospel | Henchman Durkin |
| 1943 | The Stranger From Pecos | Sheriff Ben |
| 1943 | Idaho | Townsman Slugging Bud |
| 1943 | Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Prison Guard (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Below the Border | Ed Scully |
| 1942 | Ridin' Down the Canyon | Henchman |
| 1942 | Sunset on the Desert | Deputy Nelson |
| 1942 | Stardust on the Sage | Henchman Murphy |
| 1942 | The Valley of Vanishing Men | Deputy Jed 'Luke' Lucas |
| 1942 | Land of the Open Range | Gil Carse |
| 1942 | Nazi Agent | Chief Petty Officer (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Pirates of the Prairie | Lew Harmon |
| 1942 | The Old Chisholm Trail | Ed Phillips |
| 1942 | West of the Law | Ludlow |
| 1942 | Dawn on the Great Divide | Chuck Loder |
| 1942 | Romance on the Range | Henchman Pete |
| 1942 | Sunset Serenade | Bart Reynolds - Henchman |
| 1942 | The Lone Rider in Cheyenne | Mort Saunders |
| 1942 | Silver Queen | Dan Carson |
| 1941 | King of the Texas Rangers | Ross |
| 1941 | Outlaws of Cherokee Trail | Val Lamar |
| 1941 | The Masked Rider | Henchman Luke |
| 1941 | Wide Open Town | Henchman Red |
| 1941 | Riders of the Badlands | Captain Rogers |
| 1941 | Jesse James at Bay | Henchman Vern Stone |
| 1941 | Pals of the Pecos | Keno |
| 1941 | The Bandit Trail | Joel Nesbitt |
| 1941 | Riders of Death Valley | Henchman Dirk |
| 1941 | West of Cimarron | Captain Hawks |
| 1941 | Sheriff of Tombstone | Saloon Boss |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Officer (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Trailing Double Trouble | Jim Moreland |
| 1940 | Winners of the West | Logan |
| 1940 | Yukon Flight | Henchman Lodin |
| 1940 | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Cop at Newspaper Truck Vandalism |
| 1940 | Bad Man from Red Butte | Henchman Hank |
| 1940 | The Showdown | Bowman |
| 1940 | Hidden Gold | Hendricks |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail | Engineer (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Deadwood Dick | Marshal Jim Bridges' Imposter |
| 1940 | West of Carson City | Bill Tompkins |
| 1940 | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Henchman Putt |
| 1940 | East of the River | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe | Ming's Soldier / Arborian Sentry (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Stage to Chino | Dude Elliott |
| 1939 | The Man from Texas | Henchman Drifter |
| 1939 | Crashing Thru | Henchman Green |
| 1939 | Daredevils of the Red Circle | Mine Superintendent |
| 1939 | The Phantom Creeps | AMI Agent Parker |
| 1939 | The Oregon Trail | Colonel Custer |
| 1939 | Fast and Loose | Reilly, Casino Patron (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Silver on the Sage | Henchman Ewing |
| 1939 | Another Thin Man | Slim (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Riders of the Frontier | Outlaw Ed Carter |
| 1939 | Mexicali Rose | Mac McElroy |
| 1939 | Renegade Trail | Stiff-Hat Bailey |
| 1939 | S.O.S Tidal Wave | |
| 1938 | The Stranger from Arizona | Henchman Thane |
| 1938 | Flaming Frontiers | Ben Hollister - Henchman |
| 1938 | The Frontiersmen | Sutton |
| 1938 | Blondes at Work | Attorney Meadows (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Heroes of the Hills | Robert Beaton |
| 1937 | Rosalie | Conspirator (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The President's Mystery | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1932 | A Woman Commands | Cossack |
| Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine |