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
- 1966 · Destination Inner Space as Skipper
- 1961 · When the Clock Strikes as Sheriff Mitchell
- 1960 · Freckles as John McLean
- 1957 · Domino Kid as
- 1956 · Further Adventures of Spin and Marty as Jim Logan
- 1955 · The Adventures of Spin and Marty as Col. Logan
- 1955 · Man Without a Star as Sheriff Olson
- 1954 · Two Guns and a Badge as Bill Sterling - Rancher
- 1954 · The Desperado as Martin Novak
- 1953 · El Paso Stampede as Henchman Floyd Garrett
- 1953 · Bandits of the West as Bud Galloway
- 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 · Leadville Gunslinger as Chet Yonker / Pete Yonker
- 1952 · Captive of Billy the Kid as Piute
- 1951 · Street Bandits as Monk Walter
- 1951 · Fort Dodge Stampede as Henchman Pike Hardin
- 1951 · In Old Amarillo as Clint Burnside
- 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 · Prisoners in Petticoats as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
- 1950 · Salt Lake Raiders as Brit Condor
- 1950 · Federal Agent at Large as Nels Berger
- 1949 · Pioneer Marshal as Clip Pearson
- 1949 · San Antone Ambush as Henchman Roberts
- 1949 · The Phantom Creeps as Parker (uncredited)
- 1949 · Ghost of Zorro as Hank Kilgore
- 1948 · Sundown in Santa Fe as Tracy Gillette
- 1948 · Desperadoes of Dodge City as Homesteader
- 1948 · Out of the Storm as Arty Sorenson
- 1948 · Old Los Angeles as Clyborne
- 1948 · The Bold Frontiersman as Smiling Jim
- 1947 · Along the Oregon Trail as Jake Stoner
- 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 · G.I. War Brides as (uncredited)
- 1946 · The Last Crooked Mile as Man on Street
- 1946 · Traffic in Crime as Insp. Tip Hogan
- 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 · Santa Fe Saddlemates as John Gant
- 1945 · The Vampire's Ghost as Capt. Jim Barrett
- 1944 · Lights of Old Santa Fe as Ken Ferguson
- 1944 · Cheyenne Wildcat as Dandy Joe Meeker
- 1944 · Call of the South Seas as Steve Landrau
- 1944 · The Fighting Seabees as Seabee Barcroft (uncredited)
- 1943 · Canyon City as Jeff Parker
- 1943 · False Colors as Sheriff
- 1943 · The Man from the Rio Grande as Henchman Ace Holden
- 1943 · Wagon Tracks West as Henchman Laird
- 1943 · Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Prison Guard (uncredited)
- 1943 · Calling Wild Bill Elliott as Captain Carson
- 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 · Pals of the Pecos as Keno
- 1940 · The Green Hornet Strikes Again! as Cop at Newspaper Truck Vandalism
- 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 · 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 · Straightaway as
- 1961 · Frontier Circus as
- 1961 · Ben Casey as Rudick
- 1960 · Ten Who Dared as Jim Baker
- 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 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 · The New Adventures of Spin and Marty as Jim Logan
- 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 Rady Smith
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Mike - Ranch Foreman
- 1956 · Gun Brothers as Sheriff Jorgen
- 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 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 · Man with the Steel Whip as Sheriff [Chs. 8, 10-12]
- 1954 · Public Defender as
- 1953 · The Man Behind the Badge as
- 1953 · Shadows of Tombstone as Mike
- 1953 · City Detective as
- 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 · 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 · Wild Horse Ambush as Harkins
- 1952 · Hoodlum Empire as Morris Draper
- 1952 · Border Saddlemates as Steve Baxter
- 1952 · Oklahoma Annie as Curt Walker
- 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 · Honeychile as Walter Judson
- 1951 · Utah Wagon Train as Hank Driscoll
- 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 · Wells Fargo Gunmaster as Brick Mason
- 1951 · Don Daredevil Rides Again as Douglas Stratton
- 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 · 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 · Prince of the Plains as Henchman Regan
- 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 · Grand Canyon Trail as Henchman Dave Williams
- 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
- 1948 · The Main Street Kid as Torrey
- 1947 · Bandits of Dark Canyon as Jeff Conley
- 1947 · The Fabulous Texan as Standifer
- 1947 · The Wild Frontier as Henchman
- 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 · 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 · Song of Mexico as Visitor
- 1945 · Girls of the Big House as Police Dispatcher (voice)
- 1945 · The Purple Monster Strikes as The Purple Monster
- 1945 · Marshal of Laredo as Denver Jack
- 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 · Corpus Christi Bandits as Wade Larkin
- 1945 · Manhunt of Mystery Island as Capt. Mephisto
- 1945 · The Topeka Terror as Ben Jode
- 1944 · The Big Bonanza as Sheriff Dan Pendleton
- 1944 · Firebrands of Arizona as Deputy Ike
- 1944 · Sheriff of Sundown as Jack Hatfield
- 1944 · Code of the Prairie as Professor Graham
- 1944 · Stagecoach to Monterey as J. Rodney Stevens
- 1944 · Haunted Harbor as Carter / Kane
- 1944 · The Girl Who Dared as David Scott
- 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 · Man from Music Mountain as Cattlemen Henchman (uncredited)
- 1943 · Six Gun Gospel as Henchman Durkin
- 1943 · The Stranger From Pecos as Sheriff Ben
- 1943 · Bordertown Gun Fighters as Jack Gatling
- 1943 · Riders of the Rio Grande as Sarsaparilla
- 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 · Wide Open Town as Henchman Red
- 1941 · Riders of Death Valley as Henchman Dirk
- 1941 · Sheriff of Tombstone as Saloon Boss
- 1940 · Santa Fe Trail as Engineer (uncredited)
- 1940 · East of the River as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1940 · Trailing Double Trouble as Jim Moreland
- 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 · Hidden Gold as Hendricks
- 1940 · Bad Man from Red Butte as Henchman Hank
- 1940 · The Showdown as Bowman
- 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 · 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 · The Man from Texas as Henchman Drifter
- 1939 · Silver on the Sage as Henchman Ewing
- 1939 · Mexicali Rose as Mac McElroy
- 1939 · Fast and Loose as Reilly, Casino Patron (uncredited)
- 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 · Flaming Frontiers as Ben Hollister - Henchman
- 1938 · Blondes at Work as Attorney Meadows (uncredited)
- 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