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