
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
- 1969 · The Reivers as Ed (The Judge)
- 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 · 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
- 1961 · Ben Casey as Rudick
- 1960 · The Andy Griffith Show as Clint Biggers
- 1959 · Johnny Ringo as Pat Merlin
- 1959 · Rawhide as Casey
- 1959 · Rawhide as Sanders
- 1959 · Rawhide as Cliff Stanton
- 1959 · Rawhide as Sheriff
- 1959 · Rawhide as Adams
- 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 · 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 Rady Smith
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Mike - Ranch Foreman
- 1955 · Cheyenne as
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Luke
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Farr
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Jake
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Asa
- 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 · 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 · Public Defender as
- 1953 · City Detective as
- 1952 · Montana Belle as Jim Clark
- 1952 · Cavalcade of America as Herbert Wheelock
- 1952 · Adventures of Superman as
- 1952 · Hopalong Cassidy as
- 1951 · Honeychile as Walter Judson
- 1951 · The Adventures of Kit Carson as
- 1951 · In Old Amarillo as Clint Burnside
- 1950 · North of the Great Divide as Banning
- 1950 · Rock Island Trail as Barnes
- 1948 · The Far Frontier as Henchman Bart
- 1948 · Desperadoes of Dodge City as Homesteader
- 1948 · Marshal of Amarillo as Ben Dolan
- 1948 · Train to Alcatraz as Guard Grady
- 1948 · Madonna of the Desert as Buck Keaton
- 1948 · Oklahoma Badlands as Henchman Sanders
- 1948 · The Main Street Kid as Torrey
- 1947 · Bandits of Dark Canyon as Jeff Conley
- 1947 · Rustlers of Devil's Canyon as Land Agent Clark
- 1947 · Oregon Trail Scouts as Bill Hunter
- 1947 · Vigilantes of Boomtown as McKean
- 1946 · The Mysterious Mr. Valentine as Blackmailer (voice) (uncredited)
- 1946 · Sun Valley Cyclone as Blackie Blake
- 1945 · Girls of the Big House as Police Dispatcher (voice)
- 1945 · Sunset in El Dorado as Buster Welch
- 1945 · Bells of Rosarita as Henchman Maxwell
- 1945 · Lone Texas Ranger as Hands Weber
- 1945 · The Topeka Terror as Ben Jode
- 1944 · Code of the Prairie as Professor Graham
- 1944 · Stagecoach to Monterey as J. Rodney Stevens
- 1944 · Haunted Harbor as Carter / Kane
- 1944 · The Laramie Trail as Dick Rapidan
- 1944 · Hidden Valley Outlaws as Gilbert J. Leland
- 1944 · The Fighting Seabees as Seabee Barcroft (uncredited)
- 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 · Bordertown Gun Fighters as Jack Gatling
- 1943 · Riders of the Rio Grande as Sarsaparilla
- 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 · West of the Law as Ludlow
- 1942 · Sunset Serenade as Bart Reynolds - Henchman
- 1942 · Sunset on the Desert as Deputy Nelson
- 1941 · Riders of the Badlands as Captain Rogers
- 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 · Sheriff of Tombstone as Saloon Boss
- 1940 · Santa Fe Trail as Engineer (uncredited)
- 1940 · East of the River as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1940 · Stage to Chino as Dude Elliott
- 1940 · Winners of the West as Logan
- 1940 · Bad Man from Red Butte as Henchman Hank
- 1940 · Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe as Ming's Soldier / Arborian Sentry (uncredited)
- 1940 · Yukon Flight as Henchman Lodin
- 1939 · Another Thin Man as Slim (uncredited)
- 1939 · Renegade Trail as Stiff-Hat Bailey
- 1939 · The Oregon Trail as Colonel Custer
- 1939 · Silver on the Sage as Henchman Ewing
- 1939 · Fast and Loose as Reilly, Casino Patron (uncredited)
- 1938 · Flaming Frontiers as Ben Hollister - Henchman
- 1936 · Flash Gordon as Throne Guard
- Future · Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine as
- 1970 · Monte Walsh as Proprietor
- 1969 · Gaily, Gaily as Dr. Gorson
- 1968 · Bandolero! as Bartender
- 1967 · The Not So Lonely Lighthouse Keeper as Narrator
- 1966 · Billy the Kid Versus Dracula as Sheriff Griffin
- 1966 · Run, Light Buck, Run as Narrator
- 1962 · Six Black Horses as Mustanger
- 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
- 1959 · Escort West as Sgt. Doyle
- 1957 · The New Adventures of Spin and Marty as Jim Logan
- 1957 · Domino Kid as
- 1957 · Last Stagecoach West as Park Ketchum
- 1957 · The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm as J.P. Flemming
- 1956 · Further Adventures of Spin and Marty as Jim Logan
- 1956 · Gun Brothers as Sheriff Jorgen
- 1956 · The Last Hunt as Maj. Smith
- 1955 · The Spoilers as The Marshal
- 1955 · The Adventures of Spin and Marty as Col. Logan
- 1955 · Oklahoma! as Marshal
- 1955 · Man Without a Star as Sheriff Olson
- 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
- 1953 · The Man Behind the Badge as
- 1953 · Shadows of Tombstone as Mike
- 1953 · El Paso Stampede as Henchman Floyd Garrett
- 1953 · Bandits of the West as Bud Galloway
- 1953 · Down Laredo Way as Cooper
- 1953 · City That Never Sleeps as
- 1953 · Savage Frontier as William Oakes
- 1953 · Iron Mountain Trail as Mate Orrin
- 1953 · Old Overland Trail as John Anchor
- 1953 · Marshal of Cedar Rock as Henry Mason
- 1952 · Ride the Man Down as Russ Schultz
- 1952 · South Pacific Trail as Link Felton
- 1952 · The WAC from Walla Walla as Mr. Prentiss
- 1952 · Desperadoes' Outpost as Jim Boylan
- 1952 · Old Oklahoma Plains as Arthur Jensen
- 1952 · Thundering Caravans as Ed Brill
- 1952 · Black Hills Ambush as Bart
- 1952 · Wild Horse Ambush as Harkins
- 1952 · Hoodlum Empire as Morris Draper
- 1952 · Border Saddlemates as Steve Baxter
- 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 · Desert of Lost Men as Link
- 1951 · Pals of the Golden West as Ward Sloan
- 1951 · Street Bandits as Monk Walter
- 1951 · Utah Wagon Train as Hank Driscoll
- 1951 · Arizona Manhunt as Pete Willard
- 1951 · Fort Dodge Stampede as Henchman Pike Hardin
- 1951 · Rodeo King and the Senorita as Steve Lacey
- 1951 · The Dakota Kid as Henchman Turk Smith
- 1951 · Wells Fargo Gunmaster as Brick Mason
- 1951 · Don Daredevil Rides Again as Douglas Stratton
- 1951 · Insurance Investigator as Duke Wallace
- 1951 · Night Riders of Montana as Henchman Brink
- 1950 · The Missourians as Nick Kovacs
- 1950 · Under Mexicali Stars as Hays Lawson
- 1950 · Rustlers on Horseback as Leo Straykin
- 1950 · Prisoners in Petticoats as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
- 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 · Salt Lake Raiders as Brit Condor
- 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 · Pioneer Marshal as Clip Pearson
- 1949 · Ranger of Cherokee Strip as Mark Sanders
- 1949 · San Antone Ambush as Henchman Roberts
- 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 · The Phantom Creeps as Parker (uncredited)
- 1949 · Law of the Golden West as Clete Larrabee
- 1949 · Frontier Investigator as Flint Fleming
- 1949 · Prince of the Plains as Henchman Regan
- 1949 · Ghost of Zorro as Hank Kilgore
- 1949 · Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc. as Spade Gordon
- 1949 · Sheriff of Wichita as Sam Stark
- 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 · Eyes of Texas as Vic
- 1948 · The Timber Trail as Big Bart
- 1948 · Secret Service Investigator as Al Turk
- 1948 · Old Los Angeles as Clyborne
- 1948 · The Bold Frontiersman as Smiling Jim
- 1948 · Lightnin' in the Forest as Police Lieut. Bain
- 1948 · G-Men Never Forget as Vic Murkland - Commissioner Angus Cameron
- 1947 · The Fabulous Texan as Standifer
- 1947 · The Wild Frontier as Henchman
- 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 · Spoilers of the North as Moose McGovern
- 1947 · Last Frontier Uprising as Henchman Boyd Blackwell
- 1947 · Son of Zorro as Henchman Boyd
- 1946 · Stagecoach to Denver as Big Bill Lambert
- 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 · Traffic in Crime as Insp. Tip Hogan
- 1946 · Daughter of Don Q as Mel Donovan
- 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 · Song of Mexico as Visitor
- 1945 · Wagon Wheels Westward as Dave McKean
- 1945 · Dakota as Poli's Driver
- 1945 · The Cherokee Flash as Jeff Carson
- 1945 · Colorado Pioneers as Bull Reagan
- 1945 · Marshal of Laredo as Denver Jack
- 1945 · The Purple Monster Strikes as The Purple Monster
- 1945 · Along the Navajo Trail as Rusty Channing
- 1945 · Trail of Kit Carson as Doc Ryan
- 1945 · Santa Fe Saddlemates as John Gant
- 1945 · Corpus Christi Bandits as Wade Larkin
- 1945 · The Vampire's Ghost as Capt. Jim Barrett
- 1945 · Manhunt of Mystery Island as Capt. Mephisto
- 1944 · The Big Bonanza as Sheriff Dan Pendleton
- 1944 · Firebrands of Arizona as Deputy Ike
- 1944 · Sheriff of Sundown as Jack Hatfield
- 1944 · Lights of Old Santa Fe as Ken Ferguson
- 1944 · Cheyenne Wildcat as Dandy Joe Meeker
- 1944 · The Girl Who Dared as David Scott
- 1944 · Call of the South Seas as Steve Landrau
- 1943 · Canyon City as Jeff Parker
- 1943 · The Man from the Rio Grande as Henchman Ace Holden
- 1943 · Wagon Tracks West as Henchman Laird
- 1943 · Six Gun Gospel as Henchman Durkin
- 1943 · The Stranger From Pecos as Sheriff Ben
- 1943 · Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Prison Guard (uncredited)
- 1943 · Calling Wild Bill Elliott as Captain Carson
- 1943 · Cheyenne Roundup as Slim Layton
- 1943 · Sagebrush Law as Mark Carter
- 1943 · Hoppy Serves a Writ as Colby
- 1942 · The Valley of Vanishing Men as Deputy Jed 'Luke' Lucas
- 1942 · The Old Chisholm Trail as Ed Phillips
- 1942 · Pirates of the Prairie as Lew Harmon
- 1942 · Silver Queen as Dan Carson
- 1942 · Stardust on the Sage as Henchman Murphy
- 1942 · Romance on the Range as Henchman Pete
- 1942 · Land of the Open Range as Gil Carse
- 1942 · The Lone Rider in Cheyenne as Mort Saunders
- 1942 · Nazi Agent as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
- 1942 · Below the Border as Ed Scully
- 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 · Outlaws of Cherokee Trail as Val Lamar
- 1941 · Wide Open Town as Henchman Red
- 1941 · Riders of Death Valley as Henchman Dirk
- 1941 · Pals of the Pecos as Keno
- 1940 · The Green Hornet Strikes Again! as Cop at Newspaper Truck Vandalism
- 1940 · Trailing Double Trouble as Jim Moreland
- 1940 · Ragtime Cowboy Joe as Henchman Putt
- 1940 · Deadwood Dick as Marshal Jim Bridges' Imposter
- 1940 · Hidden Gold as Hendricks
- 1940 · The Showdown as Bowman
- 1940 · West of Carson City as Bill Tompkins
- 1939 · Crashing Thru as Henchman Green
- 1939 · Riders of the Frontier as Outlaw Ed Carter
- 1939 · Daredevils of the Red Circle as Mine Superintendent
- 1939 · S.O.S Tidal Wave as
- 1939 · The Man from Texas as Henchman Drifter
- 1939 · Mexicali Rose as Mac McElroy
- 1939 · The Phantom Creeps as AMI Agent Parker
- 1938 · The Frontiersmen as Sutton
- 1938 · The Stranger from Arizona as Henchman Thane
- 1938 · Heroes of the Hills as Robert Beaton
- 1938 · Blondes at Work as Attorney Meadows (uncredited)
- 1937 · Rosalie as Conspirator (uncredited)
- 1936 · The President's Mystery as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1932 · A Woman Commands as Cossack