Portrait of Roy Barcroft

Roy Barcroft

Acting

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).

Born: September 7, 1902

Place of Birth: Crab Orchard, Nebraska, USA

Filmography

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

1966
Gunpoint

as Dr. Beardsley

1966
1966
1966
D-Day on Mars

as The Purple Monster

1965
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
Ben Casey

as Rudick

1961
When the Clock Strikes

as Sheriff Mitchell

1960
Ten Who Dared

as Jim Baker

1960
Freckles

as John McLean

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 Adams

1959
Rawhide

as Sheriff

1958
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Frank Hagen

1957
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
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 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
Gunsmoke

as Luke

1955
Gunsmoke

as Farr

1955
Gunsmoke

as Asa

1955
Gunsmoke

as Jake

1955
Gunsmoke

as Cotter

1955
Gunsmoke

as Pop

1955
Gunsmoke

as Roy

1955
Gunsmoke

as Jonas

1955
The Cobweb

as Police Lieutenant Ferguson (Uncredited)

1955
Man Without a Star

as Sheriff Olson

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
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
El Paso Stampede

as Henchman Floyd Garrett

1953
Bandits of the West

as Bud Galloway

1953
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
1952
1952
Cavalcade of America

as Herbert Wheelock

1952
Old Oklahoma Plains

as Arthur Jensen

1952
1952
Hoodlum Empire

as Morris Draper

1952
Border Saddlemates

as Steve Baxter

1952
1952
Oklahoma Annie

as Curt Walker

1952
Leadville Gunslinger

as Chet Yonker / Pete Yonker

1951
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
1951
The Dakota Kid

as Henchman Turk Smith

1951
In Old Amarillo

as Clint Burnside

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
1950
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
1950
Gunmen of Abilene

as Brink Fallon

1949
Powder River Rustlers

as Henchman Bull Macons

1949
Pioneer Marshal

as Clip Pearson

1949
1949
San Antone Ambush

as Henchman Roberts

1949
Down Dakota Way

as Mack McKenzie

1949
South of Rio

as Lon Bryson

1949
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
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
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
1948
1948
The Timber Trail

as Big Bart

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
1947
1947
The Fabulous Texan

as Standifer

1947
1947
1947
Marshal of Cripple Creek

as Henchman Sweeney

1947
1947
Wyoming

as Sheriff Niles

1947
Blackmail

as Spice Kellaway

1947
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
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
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
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
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
1945
Bells of Rosarita

as Henchman Maxwell

1945
1945
Lone Texas Ranger

as Hands Weber

1945
1945
The Vampire's Ghost

as Capt. Jim Barrett

1945
Manhunt of Mystery Island

as Capt. Mephisto

1945
1944
The Big Bonanza

as Sheriff Dan Pendleton

1944
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
1943
1943
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
Idaho

as Townsman Slugging Bud

1943
Carson City Cyclone

as Prosecutor Joe Newman

1942
1942
1942
The Valley of Vanishing Men

as Deputy Jed 'Luke' Lucas

1942
1942
1942
Silver Queen

as Dan Carson

1942
1942
Sunset Serenade

as Bart Reynolds - Henchman

1942
Stardust on the Sage

as Henchman Murphy

1942
Romance on the Range

as Henchman Pete

1942
1942
Sunset on the Desert

as Deputy Nelson

1942
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
Wide Open Town

as Henchman Red

1941
Riders of Death Valley

as Henchman Dirk

1941
Sheriff of Tombstone

as Saloon Boss

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
1940
Ragtime Cowboy Joe

as Henchman Putt

1940
Stage to Chino

as Dude Elliott

1940
Deadwood Dick

as Marshal Jim Bridges' Imposter

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
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
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