Roy Barcroft
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1902-09-07
Day of Death
1969-11-28 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Crab Orchard, Nebraska, USA
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
Acting
(1970)
Monte Walsh
as Proprietor
(1969)
The Reivers
as Ed (The Judge)
(1969)
Gaily, Gaily
as Dr. Gorson
(1968)
Bandolero!
as Bartender
(1967)
The Way West
as Mr. Masters
(1967)
The Not So Lonely Lighthouse Keeper
as Narrator
(1966)
D-Day on Mars
as The Purple Monster
(1966)
Gunpoint
as Dr. Beardsley
(1966)
Texas Across the River
as Morton
(1966)
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
as Sheriff Griffin
(1966)
Destination Inner Space
as Skipper
(1966)
Run, Light Buck, Run
as Narrator
(1962)
Six Black Horses
as Mustanger
(1961)
When the Clock Strikes
as Sheriff Mitchell
(1960)
Freckles
as John McLean
(1960)
Ten Who Dared
as Jim Baker
(1959)
Escort West
as Sgt. Doyle
(1957)
Gun Duel in Durango
as Mr. Blaisdell (uncredited)
(1957)
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
as J.P. Flemming
(1957)
Last Stagecoach West
as Park Ketchum
(1957)
(1956)
Gun Brothers
as Sheriff Jorgen
(1956)
The Last Hunt
as Maj. Smith
(1955)
Oklahoma!
as Marshal
(1955)
The Cobweb
as Police Lieutenant Ferguson (Uncredited)
(1955)
Man Without a Star
as Sheriff Olson
(1955)
The Spoilers
as The Marshal
(1954)
Rogue Cop
as Lt. Vince D. Bardeman
(1954)
The Desperado
as Martin Novak
(1954)
Two Guns and a Badge
as Bill Sterling - Rancher
(1954)
Man with the Steel Whip
as Sheriff [Chs. 8, 10-12]
(1953)
Marshal of Cedar Rock
as Henry Mason
(1953)
(1953)
Shadows of Tombstone
as Mike
(1953)
Old Overland Trail
as John Anchor
(1953)
El Paso Stampede
as Henchman Floyd Garrett
(1953)
Savage Frontier
as William Oakes
(1953)
Iron Mountain Trail
as Mate Orrin
(1953)
Bandits of the West
as Bud Galloway
(1953)
Down Laredo Way
as Cooper
(1952)
Montana Belle
as Jim Clark
(1952)
South Pacific Trail
as Link Felton
(1952)
Wild Horse Ambush
as Harkins
(1952)
Hoodlum Empire
as Morris Draper
(1952)
Leadville Gunslinger
as Chet Yonker / Pete Yonker
(1952)
Old Oklahoma Plains
as Arthur Jensen
(1952)
Oklahoma Annie
as Curt Walker
(1952)
Ride the Man Down
as Russ Schultz
(1952)
Desperadoes' Outpost
as Jim Boylan
(1952)
Radar Men from the Moon
as Retik
(1952)
Captive of Billy the Kid
as Piute
(1952)
Black Hills Ambush
as Bart
(1952)
Border Saddlemates
as Steve Baxter
(1952)
The WAC from Walla Walla
as Mr. Prentiss
(1952)
Thundering Caravans
as Ed Brill
(1951)
In Old Amarillo
as Clint Burnside
(1951)
Honeychile
as Walter Judson
(1951)
Arizona Manhunt
as Pete Willard
(1951)
The Dakota Kid
as Henchman Turk Smith
(1951)
Desert of Lost Men
as Link
(1951)
Insurance Investigator
as Duke Wallace
(1951)
Utah Wagon Train
as Hank Driscoll
(1951)
Wells Fargo Gunmaster
as Brick Mason
(1951)
Fort Dodge Stampede
as Henchman Pike Hardin
(1951)
Street Bandits
as Monk Walter
(1951)
Night Riders of Montana
as Henchman Brink
(1951)
Rodeo King and the Senorita
as Steve Lacey
(1951)
Pals of the Golden West
as Ward Sloan
(1951)
Don Daredevil Rides Again
as Douglas Stratton
(1950)
Rock Island Trail
as Barnes
(1950)
The Vanishing Westerner
as Sand Sanderson
(1950)
Surrender
as Deputy Gerard
(1950)
North of the Great Divide
as Banning
(1950)
The Savage Horde
as Fergus
(1950)
Prisoners in Petticoats
as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
(1950)
Salt Lake Raiders
as Brit Condor
(1950)
The Missourians
as Nick Kovacs
(1950)
Desperadoes of the West
as Hacker
(1950)
Gunmen of Abilene
as Brink Fallon
(1950)
The Arizona Cowboy
as Henchman Mike Slade
(1950)
Federal Agent at Large
as Nels Berger
(1950)
Under Mexicali Stars
as Hays Lawson
(1950)
Code of the Silver Sage
as Hulon Champion
(1950)
Rustlers on Horseback
as Leo Straykin
(1950)
Vigilante Hideout
as Muley Price
(1949)
The James Brothers of Missouri
as Ace Marlin
(1949)
Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.
as Spade Gordon
(1949)
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
as Mark Sanders
(1949)
Powder River Rustlers
as Henchman Bull Macons
(1949)
The Phantom Creeps
as Parker (uncredited)
(1949)
Ghost of Zorro
as Hank Kilgore
(1949)
Pioneer Marshal
as Clip Pearson
(1949)
San Antone Ambush
as Henchman Roberts
(1949)
Prince of the Plains
as Henchman Regan
(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)
Down Dakota Way
as Mack McKenzie
(1949)
Sheriff of Wichita
as Sam Stark
(1949)
Frontier Investigator
as Flint Fleming
(1948)
Train to Alcatraz
as Guard Grady
(1948)
Marshal of Amarillo
as Ben Dolan
(1948)
Oklahoma Badlands
as Henchman Sanders
(1948)
The Far Frontier
as Henchman Bart
(1948)
Lightnin' in the Forest
as Police Lieut. Bain
(1948)
Madonna of the Desert
as Buck Keaton
(1948)
Secret Service Investigator
as Al Turk
(1948)
The Bold Frontiersman
as Smiling Jim
(1948)
Grand Canyon Trail
as Henchman Dave Williams
(1948)
Desperadoes of Dodge City
as Homesteader
(1948)
The Main Street Kid
as Torrey
(1948)
Out of the Storm
as Arty Sorenson
(1948)
G-Men Never Forget
as Vic Murkland - Commissioner Angus Cameron
(1948)
Sons of Adventure
as Leslie Bennett
(1948)
Old Los Angeles
as Clyborne
(1948)
Sundown in Santa Fe
as Tracy Gillette
(1948)
Eyes of Texas
as Vic
(1948)
Daredevils of the Clouds
as RCMP Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
(1948)
Renegades of Sonora
as George Keeler
(1948)
The Timber Trail
as Big Bart
(1947)
Bandits of Dark Canyon
as Jeff Conley
(1947)
Jesse James Rides Again
as Frank Lawton
(1947)
The Fabulous Texan
as Standifer
(1947)
Springtime in the Sierras
as Matt Wilkes
(1947)
Wyoming
as Sheriff Niles
(1947)
Blackmail
as Spice Kellaway
(1947)
Vigilantes of Boomtown
as McKean
(1947)
Along the Oregon Trail
as Jake Stoner
(1947)
Son of Zorro
as Henchman Boyd
(1947)
Web of Danger
as Monks, Worker
(1947)
The Wild Frontier
as Henchman
(1947)
Spoilers of the North
as Moose McGovern
(1947)
Last Frontier Uprising
as Henchman Boyd Blackwell
(1947)
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
as Land Agent Clark
(1947)
Marshal of Cripple Creek
as Henchman Sweeney
(1947)
Oregon Trail Scouts
as Bill Hunter
(1946)
Sun Valley Cyclone
as Blackie Blake
(1946)
Crime of the Century
as Various Voices (uncredited)
(1946)
The Phantom Rider
as The Marshal
(1946)
Night Train to Memphis
as Chad Morgan
(1946)
Stagecoach to Denver
as Big Bill Lambert
(1946)
Alias Billy the Kid
as Matt Conroy
(1946)
The Last Crooked Mile
as Man on Street
(1946)
Traffic in Crime
as Insp. Tip Hogan
(1946)
Home on the Range
as Henchman
(1946)
Daughter of Don Q
as Mel Donovan
(1946)
G.I. War Brides
as (uncredited)
(1946)
My Pal Trigger
as Henchman Hunter
(1946)
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
as Blackmailer (voice) (uncredited)
(1945)
Marshal of Laredo
as Denver Jack
(1945)
Sunset in El Dorado
as Buster Welch
(1945)
Bells of Rosarita
as Henchman Maxwell
(1945)
The Purple Monster Strikes
as The Purple Monster
(1945)
Girls of the Big House
as Police Dispatcher (voice)
(1945)
Colorado Pioneers
as Bull Reagan
(1945)
Corpus Christi Bandits
as Wade Larkin
(1945)
Dakota
as Poli's Driver
(1945)
Song of Mexico
as Visitor
(1945)
Santa Fe Saddlemates
as John Gant
(1945)
The Vampire's Ghost
as Capt. Jim Barrett
(1945)
The Topeka Terror
as Ben Jode
(1945)
The Cherokee Flash
as Jeff Carson
(1945)
Manhunt of Mystery Island
as Capt. Mephisto
(1945)
Along the Navajo Trail
as Rusty Channing
(1945)
Wagon Wheels Westward
as Dave McKean
(1945)
Trail of Kit Carson
as Doc Ryan
(1945)
Lone Texas Ranger
as Hands Weber
(1944)
Stagecoach to Monterey
as J. Rodney Stevens
(1944)
Haunted Harbor
as Carter / Kane
(1944)
Code of the Prairie
as Professor Graham
(1944)
The Laramie Trail
as Dick Rapidan
(1944)
Sheriff of Sundown
as Jack Hatfield
(1944)
Cheyenne Wildcat
as Dandy Joe Meeker
(1944)
The Fighting Seabees
as Seabee Barcroft (uncredited)
(1944)
Firebrands of Arizona
as Deputy Ike
(1944)
Hidden Valley Outlaws
as Gilbert J. Leland
(1944)
Lights of Old Santa Fe
as Ken Ferguson
(1944)
Call of the South Seas
as Steve Landrau
(1944)
The Big Bonanza
as Sheriff Dan Pendleton
(1944)
The Girl Who Dared
as David Scott
(1943)
Carson City Cyclone
as Prosecutor Joe Newman
(1943)
Overland Mail Robbery
as David Patterson
(1943)
Sagebrush Law
as Mark Carter
(1943)
Bordertown Gun Fighters
as Jack Gatling
(1943)
Man from Music Mountain
as Cattlemen Henchman (uncredited)
(1943)
Hoppy Serves a Writ
as Colby
(1943)
False Colors
as Sheriff
(1943)
Riders of the Rio Grande
as Sarsaparilla
(1943)
The Stranger From Pecos
as Sheriff Ben
(1943)
Idaho
as Townsman Slugging Bud
(1943)
Canyon City
as Jeff Parker
(1943)
The Man from the Rio Grande
as Henchman Ace Holden
(1943)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
(1943)
Six Gun Gospel
as Henchman Durkin
(1943)
Cheyenne Roundup
as Slim Layton
(1943)
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
as Captain Carson
(1943)
Wagon Tracks West
as Henchman Laird
(1943)
Raiders of Sunset Pass
as Henchman Lefty Lewis
(1942)
Stardust on the Sage
as Henchman Murphy
(1942)
Pirates of the Prairie
as Lew Harmon
(1942)
Dawn on the Great Divide
as Chuck Loder
(1942)
The Valley of Vanishing Men
as Deputy Jed 'Luke' Lucas
(1942)
Sunset on the Desert
as Deputy Nelson
(1942)
Below the Border
as Ed Scully
(1942)
Ridin' Down the Canyon
as Henchman
(1942)
Nazi Agent
as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
(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)
The Old Chisholm Trail
as Ed Phillips
(1942)
Land of the Open Range
as Gil Carse
(1942)
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
as Mort Saunders
(1941)
Riders of the Badlands
as Captain Rogers
(1941)
King of the Texas Rangers
as Ross
(1941)
Sheriff of Tombstone
as Saloon Boss
(1941)
Jesse James at Bay
as Henchman Vern Stone
(1941)
Riders of Death Valley
as Henchman Dirk
(1941)
West of Cimarron
as Captain Hawks
(1941)
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
as Val Lamar
(1941)
The Bandit Trail
as Joel Nesbitt
(1941)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Officer (uncredited)
(1941)
The Masked Rider
as Henchman Luke
(1941)
Wide Open Town
as Henchman Red
(1941)
Pals of the Pecos
as Keno
(1940)
Santa Fe Trail
as Engineer (uncredited)
(1940)
Bad Man from Red Butte
as Henchman Hank
(1940)
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
as Henchman Putt
(1940)
Stage to Chino
as Dude Elliott
(1940)
East of the River
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1940)
The Showdown
as Bowman
(1940)
Winners of the West
as Logan
(1940)
Yukon Flight
as Henchman Lodin
(1940)
Hidden Gold
as Hendricks
(1940)
West of Carson City
as Bill Tompkins
(1940)
Trailing Double Trouble
as Jim Moreland
(1940)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Cop at Newspaper Truck Vandalism
(1940)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
as Ming's Soldier / Arborian Sentry (uncredited)
(1940)
Deadwood Dick
as Marshal Jim Bridges' Imposter
(1939)
Fast and Loose
as Reilly, Casino Patron (uncredited)
(1939)
(1939)
The Oregon Trail
as Colonel Custer
(1939)
Crashing Thru
as Henchman Green
(1939)
Silver on the Sage
as Henchman Ewing
(1939)
Mexicali Rose
as Mac McElroy
(1939)
Daredevils of the Red Circle
as Mine Superintendent
(1939)
Another Thin Man
as Slim (uncredited)
(1939)
Renegade Trail
as Stiff-Hat Bailey
(1939)
The Man from Texas
as Henchman Drifter
(1939)
The Phantom Creeps
as AMI Agent Parker
(1939)
Riders of the Frontier
as Outlaw Ed Carter
(1938)
Flaming Frontiers
as Ben Hollister - Henchman
(1938)
Heroes of the Hills
as Robert Beaton
(1938)
Blondes at Work
as Attorney Meadows (uncredited)
(1938)
The Frontiersmen
as Sutton
(1938)
The Stranger from Arizona
as Henchman Thane
(1937)
Rosalie
as Conspirator (uncredited)
(1936)
Flash Gordon
as Throne Guard
(1936)
The President's Mystery
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1932)
A Woman Commands
as Cossack