Roy Barcroft

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 298

Gender Male

Birthday September 7, 1902

Day of Death November 28, 1969 (67 years old)

Place of Birth Crab Orchard, Nebraska, USA

Also Known As

Howard Harold Ravenscroft

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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

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1970

as Proprietor

1969		The Reivers as Ed (The Judge)
1969		Gaily, Gaily as Dr. Gorson

1968

as Bartender

1967		The Not So Lonely Lighthouse Keeper as Narrator
1967		Cimarron Strip 2 episodes
1967		The Way West as Mr. Masters
1967		The Lucy Show 1 episode as Chief of Police
1967		The Virginian 1 episode as Mr. Tait

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		Gunsmoke 2 episodes as Jonas
1965		Laredo 2 episodes
1965		Rawhide 1 episode as Adams
1965		Profiles in Courage 1 episode as Judge

1964		Gunsmoke 7 episodes as Roy 1 episode as Pop
1964		Perry Mason 1 episode as Murphy

1963		Rawhide 1 episode as Sheriff 1 episode as Cliff Stanton 1 episode as Sanders
1963		The Great Adventure 1 episode as Dr. Anthony Thompson
1963		The Andy Griffith Show 1 episode as Clint Biggers
1963		The Virginian 1 episode as Bill Goforth
1963		Gunsmoke 1 episode as Cotter

1962		Ben Casey 1 episode as Rudick
1962		The Rifleman 1 episode
1962		Six Black Horses as Mustanger

1961		Straightaway 1 episode
1961		Rawhide 1 episode as Casey
1961		Frontier Circus 26 episodes
1961		When the Clock Strikes as Sheriff Mitchell
1961		Wanted: Dead or Alive 1 episode as Frank Hagen
1961		Gunsmoke 1 episode as Asa

1960		Gunsmoke 1 episode as Jake 1 episode as Farr
1960		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 1 episode as Mike - Ranch Foreman 1 episode as Rady Smith
1960		Ten Who Dared as Jim Baker
1960		Freckles as John McLean
1960		The Wonderful World of Disney 1 episode as Sheriff Bodie Hampton

1959		The Texan 1 episode
1959		Johnny Ringo 1 episode as Pat Merlin
1959		Lawman 1 episode
1959		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 1 episode as Pat Merlin
1959		Gunsmoke 2 episodes as Luke
1959		Escort West as Sgt. Doyle

1958		Maverick 1 episode as Marshal
1958		26 Men 5 episodes
1958		Lassie 3 episodes
1958		Cheyenne 1 episode

1957		Trackdown 2 episodes
1957		Maverick 1 episode as The Cattleman
1957		The New Adventures of Spin and Marty 30 episodes as Jim Logan
1957		Have Gun, Will Travel 10 episodes as Jim Sherwood
1957		Domino Kid
1957		The Millionaire 1 episode as Sergeant Bailey
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)
1957		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 1 episode as Marshal Carl Neuman

1956		Further Adventures of Spin and Marty 23 episodes as Jim Logan
1956		Gun Brothers as Sheriff Jorgen
1956		Cavalcade of America 1 episode as Herbert Wheelock
1956		The Last Hunt as Maj. Smith

1955		The Spoilers as The Marshal
1955		The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 3 episodes
1955		The Adventures of Spin and Marty 26 episodes as Col. Logan
1955		Oklahoma! as Marshal
1955		The Cobweb as Police Lieutenant Ferguson (Uncredited)
1955		The Man Behind the Badge 1 episode
1955		City Detective 1 episode
1955		Man Without a Star as Sheriff Olson
1955		Public Defender 1 episode

1954		Rogue Cop as Lt. Vince D. Bardeman
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		Hopalong Cassidy 1 episode
1954		Adventures of Superman 1 episode

1953		Shadows of Tombstone as Mike
1953		El Paso Stampede as Henchman Floyd Garrett
1953		The Adventures of Kit Carson 3 episodes
1953		Bandits of the West as Bud Galloway
1953		Down Laredo Way as Cooper
1953		City That Never Sleeps
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		Montana Belle as Jim Clark
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		Border Saddlemates as Steve Baxter
1952		Wild Horse Ambush as Harkins
1952		Hoodlum Empire as Morris Draper
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		Honeychile as Walter Judson
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		In Old Amarillo as Clint Burnside
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		North of the Great Divide as Banning
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		Rock Island Trail as Barnes
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		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		Desperadoes of Dodge City as Homesteader
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		Old Los Angeles as Clyborne
1948		The Bold Frontiersman as Smiling Jim
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		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		Rustlers of Devil's Canyon as Land Agent Clark
1947		Web of Danger as Monks, Worker
1947		Oregon Trail Scouts as Bill Hunter
1947		Spoilers of the North as Moose McGovern
1947		Vigilantes of Boomtown as McKean
1947		Last Frontier Uprising as Henchman Boyd Blackwell
1947		Son of Zorro as Henchman Boyd

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		Traffic in Crime as Insp. Tip Hogan
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		Wagon Wheels Westward as Dave McKean Posing as John Larkin
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		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		Santa Fe Saddlemates as John Gant
1945		Lone Texas Ranger as Hands Weber
1945		Corpus Christi Bandits as Wade Larkin
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		Firebrands of Arizona as Deputy Ike
1944		Sheriff of Sundown as Jack Hatfield
1944		Lights of Old Santa Fe as Ken Ferguson
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
1944		The Fighting Seabees as Seabee Barcroft (uncredited)

1943		Raiders of Sunset Pass as Henchman Lefty Lewis
1943		Canyon City as Jeff Parker
1943		Overland Mail Robbery as David Patterson
1943		False Colors as Sheriff
1943		Man from Music Mountain as Cattlemen Henchman (uncredited)
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		Bordertown Gun Fighters as Jack Gatling
1943		Riders of the Rio Grande as Sarsaparilla
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
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		The Old Chisholm Trail as Ed Phillips
1942		Pirates of the Prairie as Lew Harmon
1942		Silver Queen as Dan Carson
1942		West of the Law as Ludlow
1942		Sunset Serenade as Bart Reynolds - Henchman
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		Sunset on the Desert as Deputy Nelson
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		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
1941		Pals of the Pecos as Keno

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		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
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

as Conspirator (uncredited)

1936

as Townsman (uncredited)

1932

as Cossack

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