
Roy Barcroft
September 7, 1902 (123 years old) in Crab Orchard, Nebraska, USA
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
Credits
- 1970 · Monte Walsh as Proprietor
- 1969 · The Reivers as Ed (The Judge)
- 1968 · Bandolero! as Bartender
- 1961 · Straightaway as
- 1961 · Frontier Circus as
- 1961 · When the Clock Strikes as Sheriff Mitchell
- 1960 · Ten Who Dared as Jim Baker
- 1960 · Freckles as John McLean
- 1957 · The New Adventures of Spin and Marty as Jim Logan
- 1957 · Domino Kid as
- 1956 · Further Adventures of Spin and Marty as Jim Logan
- 1956 · Gun Brothers as Sheriff Jorgen
- 1955 · The Adventures of Spin and Marty as Col. Logan
- 1953 · El Paso Stampede as Henchman Floyd Garrett
- 1953 · Savage Frontier as William Oakes
- 1953 · Old Overland Trail as John Anchor
- 1952 · Ride the Man Down as Russ Schultz
- 1952 · Desperadoes' Outpost as Jim Boylan
- 1952 · Old Oklahoma Plains as Arthur Jensen
- 1952 · Oklahoma Annie as Curt Walker
- 1952 · Leadville Gunslinger as Chet Yonker / Pete Yonker
- 1952 · Captive of Billy the Kid as Piute
- 1952 · Radar Men from the Moon as Retik
- 1951 · Street Bandits as Monk Walter
- 1951 · Utah Wagon Train as Hank Driscoll
- 1951 · Fort Dodge Stampede as Henchman Pike Hardin
- 1951 · Insurance Investigator as Duke Wallace
- 1950 · The Missourians as Nick Kovacs
- 1950 · Prisoners in Petticoats as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
- 1950 · Salt Lake Raiders as Brit Condor
- 1949 · Pioneer Marshal as Clip Pearson
- 1949 · San Antone Ambush as Henchman Roberts
- 1949 · The Phantom Creeps as Parker (uncredited)
- 1949 · Prince of the Plains as Henchman Regan
- 1949 · Ghost of Zorro as Hank Kilgore
- 1948 · Desperadoes of Dodge City as Homesteader
- 1948 · Old Los Angeles as Clyborne
- 1948 · The Bold Frontiersman as Smiling Jim
- 1948 · The Main Street Kid as Torrey
- 1947 · The Wild Frontier as Henchman
- 1947 · Rustlers of Devil's Canyon as Land Agent Clark
- 1947 · Spoilers of the North as Moose McGovern
- 1947 · Last Frontier Uprising as Henchman Boyd Blackwell
- 1947 · Son of Zorro as Henchman Boyd
- 1946 · Traffic in Crime as Insp. Tip Hogan
- 1945 · Song of Mexico as Visitor
- 1945 · Dakota as Poli's Driver
- 1945 · The Cherokee Flash as Jeff Carson
- 1945 · Colorado Pioneers as Bull Reagan
- 1945 · Girls of the Big House as Police Dispatcher (voice)
- 1945 · Marshal of Laredo as Denver Jack
- 1945 · Santa Fe Saddlemates as John Gant
- 1945 · Corpus Christi Bandits as Wade Larkin
- 1944 · Firebrands of Arizona as Deputy Ike
- 1944 · Lights of Old Santa Fe as Ken Ferguson
- 1944 · The Fighting Seabees as Seabee Barcroft (uncredited)
- 1943 · Canyon City as Jeff Parker
- 1943 · The Man from the Rio Grande as Henchman Ace Holden
- 1943 · Six Gun Gospel as Henchman Durkin
- 1943 · Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Prison Guard (uncredited)
- 1943 · Cheyenne Roundup as Slim Layton
- 1942 · The Old Chisholm Trail as Ed Phillips
- 1942 · Silver Queen as Dan Carson
- 1942 · West of the Law as Ludlow
- 1942 · Sunset Serenade as Bart Reynolds - Henchman
- 1942 · Romance on the Range as Henchman Pete
- 1942 · Nazi Agent as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
- 1941 · Wide Open Town as Henchman Red
- 1941 · Pals of the Pecos as Keno
- 1940 · Trailing Double Trouble as Jim Moreland
- 1940 · Hidden Gold as Hendricks
- 1940 · Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe as Ming's Soldier / Arborian Sentry (uncredited)
- 1940 · West of Carson City as Bill Tompkins
- 1940 · Yukon Flight as Henchman Lodin
- 1939 · The Man from Texas as Henchman Drifter
- 1939 · The Phantom Creeps as AMI Agent Parker
- 1938 · The Frontiersmen as Sutton
- 1938 · Heroes of the Hills as Robert Beaton
- 1938 · Blondes at Work as Attorney Meadows (uncredited)
- Future · Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine as
- 1969 · Gaily, Gaily as Dr. Gorson
- 1967 · The Not So Lonely Lighthouse Keeper as Narrator
- 1967 · Cimarron Strip as
- 1967 · The Way West as Mr. Masters
- 1966 · Texas Across the River as Morton
- 1966 · Destination Inner Space as Skipper
- 1966 · Gunpoint as Dr. Beardsley
- 1966 · Billy the Kid Versus Dracula as Sheriff Griffin
- 1966 · Run, Light Buck, Run as Narrator
- 1966 · D-Day on Mars as The Purple Monster
- 1965 · Laredo as
- 1964 · Profiles in Courage as Judge
- 1963 · The Great Adventure as Dr. Anthony Thompson
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Chief of Police
- 1962 · The Virginian as Bill Goforth
- 1962 · The Virginian as Mr. Tait
- 1962 · Six Black Horses as Mustanger
- 1961 · Ben Casey as Rudick
- 1960 · The Andy Griffith Show as Clint Biggers
- 1959 · Johnny Ringo as Pat Merlin
- 1959 · Escort West as Sgt. Doyle
- 1959 · Rawhide as Casey
- 1959 · Rawhide as Sanders
- 1959 · Rawhide as Cliff Stanton
- 1959 · Rawhide as Adams
- 1959 · Rawhide as Sheriff
- 1958 · Lawman as
- 1958 · The Rifleman as
- 1958 · The Texan as
- 1958 · Wanted: Dead or Alive as Frank Hagen
- 1957 · 26 Men as
- 1957 · Trackdown as
- 1957 · Maverick as The Cattleman
- 1957 · Maverick as Marshal
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Murphy
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as Jim Sherwood
- 1957 · Last Stagecoach West as Park Ketchum
- 1957 · The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm as J.P. Flemming
- 1957 · Gun Duel in Durango as Mr. Blaisdell (uncredited)
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Marshal Carl Neuman
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Pat Merlin
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Mike - Ranch Foreman
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Rady Smith
- 1956 · The Last Hunt as Maj. Smith
- 1955 · The Spoilers as The Marshal
- 1955 · Oklahoma! as Marshal
- 1955 · Cheyenne as
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Luke
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Farr
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Asa
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Jake
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Cotter
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Pop
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Roy
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Jonas
- 1955 · The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as
- 1955 · The Cobweb as Police Lieutenant Ferguson (Uncredited)
- 1955 · Man Without a Star as Sheriff Olson
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Sergeant Bailey
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Sheriff Bodie Hampton
- 1954 · Rogue Cop as Lt. Vince D. Bardeman
- 1954 · Lassie as
- 1954 · Two Guns and a Badge as Bill Sterling - Rancher
- 1954 · Man with the Steel Whip as Sheriff [Chs. 8, 10-12]
- 1954 · The Desperado as Martin Novak
- 1954 · Public Defender as
- 1953 · The Man Behind the Badge as
- 1953 · Shadows of Tombstone as Mike
- 1953 · City Detective as
- 1953 · Bandits of the West as Bud Galloway
- 1953 · Down Laredo Way as Cooper
- 1953 · City That Never Sleeps as
- 1953 · Iron Mountain Trail as Mate Orrin
- 1953 · Marshal of Cedar Rock as Henry Mason
- 1952 · Montana Belle as Jim Clark
- 1952 · South Pacific Trail as Link Felton
- 1952 · The WAC from Walla Walla as Mr. Prentiss
- 1952 · Cavalcade of America as Herbert Wheelock
- 1952 · Adventures of Superman as
- 1952 · Hopalong Cassidy as
- 1952 · Thundering Caravans as Ed Brill
- 1952 · Black Hills Ambush as Bart
- 1952 · Hoodlum Empire as Morris Draper
- 1952 · Wild Horse Ambush as Harkins
- 1952 · Border Saddlemates as Steve Baxter
- 1951 · Desert of Lost Men as Link
- 1951 · Pals of the Golden West as Ward Sloan
- 1951 · Honeychile as Walter Judson
- 1951 · Arizona Manhunt as Pete Willard
- 1951 · The Adventures of Kit Carson as
- 1951 · Rodeo King and the Senorita as Steve Lacey
- 1951 · The Dakota Kid as Henchman Turk Smith
- 1951 · In Old Amarillo as Clint Burnside
- 1951 · Wells Fargo Gunmaster as Brick Mason
- 1951 · Don Daredevil Rides Again as Douglas Stratton
- 1951 · Night Riders of Montana as Henchman Brink
- 1950 · Under Mexicali Stars as Hays Lawson
- 1950 · North of the Great Divide as Banning
- 1950 · Rustlers on Horseback as Leo Straykin
- 1950 · Surrender as Deputy Gerard
- 1950 · Vigilante Hideout as Muley Price
- 1950 · Desperadoes of the West as Hacker
- 1950 · The Savage Horde as Fergus
- 1950 · Rock Island Trail as Barnes
- 1950 · The Arizona Cowboy as Henchman Mike Slade
- 1950 · The Vanishing Westerner as Sand Sanderson
- 1950 · Code of the Silver Sage as Hulon Champion
- 1950 · Federal Agent at Large as Nels Berger
- 1950 · Gunmen of Abilene as Brink Fallon
- 1949 · Powder River Rustlers as Henchman Bull Macons
- 1949 · Ranger of Cherokee Strip as Mark Sanders
- 1949 · Down Dakota Way as Mack McKenzie
- 1949 · The James Brothers of Missouri as Ace Marlin
- 1949 · South of Rio as Lon Bryson
- 1949 · Outcasts of the Trail as Jim Judd
- 1949 · Law of the Golden West as Clete Larrabee
- 1949 · Frontier Investigator as Flint Fleming
- 1949 · Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc. as Spade Gordon
- 1949 · Sheriff of Wichita as Sam Stark
- 1948 · The Far Frontier as Henchman Bart
- 1948 · Renegades of Sonora as George Keeler
- 1948 · Sundown in Santa Fe as Tracy Gillette
- 1948 · Grand Canyon Trail as Henchman Dave Williams
- 1948 · Out of the Storm as Arty Sorenson
- 1948 · Sons of Adventure as Leslie Bennett
- 1948 · Daredevils of the Clouds as RCMP Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
- 1948 · Marshal of Amarillo as Ben Dolan
- 1948 · Train to Alcatraz as Guard Grady
- 1948 · Eyes of Texas as Vic
- 1948 · The Timber Trail as Big Bart
- 1948 · Secret Service Investigator as Al Turk
- 1948 · Lightnin' in the Forest as Police Lieut. Bain
- 1948 · Madonna of the Desert as Buck Keaton
- 1948 · Oklahoma Badlands as Henchman Sanders
- 1948 · G-Men Never Forget as Vic Murkland - Commissioner Angus Cameron
- 1947 · Bandits of Dark Canyon as Jeff Conley
- 1947 · The Fabulous Texan as Standifer
- 1947 · Along the Oregon Trail as Jake Stoner
- 1947 · Marshal of Cripple Creek as Henchman Sweeney
- 1947 · Jesse James Rides Again as Frank Lawton
- 1947 · Wyoming as Sheriff Niles
- 1947 · Blackmail as Spice Kellaway
- 1947 · Springtime in the Sierras as Matt Wilkes
- 1947 · Web of Danger as Monks, Worker
- 1947 · Oregon Trail Scouts as Bill Hunter
- 1947 · Vigilantes of Boomtown as McKean
- 1946 · Stagecoach to Denver as Big Bill Lambert
- 1946 · The Mysterious Mr. Valentine as Blackmailer (voice) (uncredited)
- 1946 · G.I. War Brides as (uncredited)
- 1946 · The Last Crooked Mile as Man on Street
- 1946 · Night Train to Memphis as Chad Morgan
- 1946 · My Pal Trigger as Henchman Hunter
- 1946 · Daughter of Don Q as Mel Donovan
- 1946 · Sun Valley Cyclone as Blackie Blake
- 1946 · Home on the Range as Henchman
- 1946 · Alias Billy the Kid as Matt Conroy
- 1946 · Crime of the Century as Various Voices (uncredited)
- 1946 · The Phantom Rider as The Marshal
- 1945 · Wagon Wheels Westward as Dave McKean
- 1945 · The Purple Monster Strikes as The Purple Monster
- 1945 · Sunset in El Dorado as Buster Welch
- 1945 · Along the Navajo Trail as Rusty Channing
- 1945 · Trail of Kit Carson as Doc Ryan
- 1945 · Bells of Rosarita as Henchman Maxwell
- 1945 · Lone Texas Ranger as Hands Weber
- 1945 · The Vampire's Ghost as Capt. Jim Barrett
- 1945 · Manhunt of Mystery Island as Capt. Mephisto
- 1945 · The Topeka Terror as Ben Jode
- 1944 · The Big Bonanza as Sheriff Dan Pendleton
- 1944 · Sheriff of Sundown as Jack Hatfield
- 1944 · Code of the Prairie as Professor Graham
- 1944 · Cheyenne Wildcat as Dandy Joe Meeker
- 1944 · Stagecoach to Monterey as J. Rodney Stevens
- 1944 · Haunted Harbor as Carter / Kane
- 1944 · The Girl Who Dared as David Scott
- 1944 · Call of the South Seas as Steve Landrau
- 1944 · The Laramie Trail as Dick Rapidan
- 1944 · Hidden Valley Outlaws as Gilbert J. Leland
- 1943 · Raiders of Sunset Pass as Henchman Lefty Lewis
- 1943 · Overland Mail Robbery as David Patterson
- 1943 · False Colors as Sheriff
- 1943 · Man from Music Mountain as Cattlemen Henchman (uncredited)
- 1943 · Wagon Tracks West as Henchman Laird
- 1943 · The Stranger From Pecos as Sheriff Ben
- 1943 · Bordertown Gun Fighters as Jack Gatling
- 1943 · Riders of the Rio Grande as Sarsaparilla
- 1943 · Calling Wild Bill Elliott as Captain Carson
- 1943 · Sagebrush Law as Mark Carter
- 1943 · Hoppy Serves a Writ as Colby
- 1943 · Idaho as Townsman Slugging Bud
- 1943 · Carson City Cyclone as Prosecutor Joe Newman
- 1942 · Ridin' Down the Canyon as Henchman
- 1942 · Dawn on the Great Divide as Chuck Loder
- 1942 · The Valley of Vanishing Men as Deputy Jed 'Luke' Lucas
- 1942 · Pirates of the Prairie as Lew Harmon
- 1942 · Stardust on the Sage as Henchman Murphy
- 1942 · Land of the Open Range as Gil Carse
- 1942 · Sunset on the Desert as Deputy Nelson
- 1942 · The Lone Rider in Cheyenne as Mort Saunders
- 1942 · Below the Border as Ed Scully
- 1941 · Riders of the Badlands as Captain Rogers
- 1941 · West of Cimarron as Captain Hawks
- 1941 · They Died with Their Boots On as Officer (uncredited)
- 1941 · The Masked Rider as Henchman Luke
- 1941 · Jesse James at Bay as Henchman Vern Stone
- 1941 · The Bandit Trail as Joel Nesbitt
- 1941 · King of the Texas Rangers as Ross
- 1941 · Outlaws of Cherokee Trail as Val Lamar
- 1941 · Riders of Death Valley as Henchman Dirk
- 1941 · Sheriff of Tombstone as Saloon Boss
- 1940 · The Green Hornet Strikes Again! as Cop at Newspaper Truck Vandalism
- 1940 · Santa Fe Trail as Engineer (uncredited)
- 1940 · East of the River as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1940 · Ragtime Cowboy Joe as Henchman Putt
- 1940 · Stage to Chino as Dude Elliott
- 1940 · Deadwood Dick as Marshal Jim Bridges' Imposter
- 1940 · Winners of the West as Logan
- 1940 · Bad Man from Red Butte as Henchman Hank
- 1940 · The Showdown as Bowman
- 1939 · Crashing Thru as Henchman Green
- 1939 · Another Thin Man as Slim (uncredited)
- 1939 · Riders of the Frontier as Outlaw Ed Carter
- 1939 · Renegade Trail as Stiff-Hat Bailey
- 1939 · The Oregon Trail as Colonel Custer
- 1939 · Daredevils of the Red Circle as Mine Superintendent
- 1939 · S.O.S Tidal Wave as
- 1939 · Silver on the Sage as Henchman Ewing
- 1939 · Mexicali Rose as Mac McElroy
- 1939 · Fast and Loose as Reilly, Casino Patron (uncredited)
- 1938 · The Stranger from Arizona as Henchman Thane
- 1938 · Flaming Frontiers as Ben Hollister - Henchman
- 1937 · Rosalie as Conspirator (uncredited)
- 1936 · The President's Mystery as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1936 · Flash Gordon as Throne Guard
- 1932 · A Woman Commands as Cossack