Roy Barcroft
Born: 1902-09-07 in Crab Orchard, Nebraska, USA
Died: 1969-11-28
Known For: 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).
Filmography
1970
- Monte Walsh as Proprietor
1969
- The Reivers as Ed (The Judge)
- Gaily, Gaily as Dr. Gorson
1968
- Bandolero! as Bartender
1967
- Cimarron Strip
- The Way West as Mr. Masters
- The Not So Lonely Lighthouse Keeper as Narrator
1966
- Texas Across the River as Morton
- Gunpoint as Dr. Beardsley
- Destination Inner Space as Skipper
- Billy the Kid Versus Dracula as Sheriff Griffin
- D-Day on Mars as The Purple Monster
- Run, Light Buck, Run as Narrator
1965
1964
- Profiles in Courage as Judge
1963
- The Great Adventure as Dr. Anthony Thompson
1962
- The Virginian as Bill Goforth
- The Lucy Show as Chief of Police
- Six Black Horses as Mustanger
1961
- Ben Casey as Rudick
- Gunslinger as Taggert
- Straightaway
- When the Clock Strikes as Sheriff Mitchell
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as Clint Biggers
- Ten Who Dared as Jim Baker
- Freckles as John McLean
1959
- Rawhide as Casey
- Johnny Ringo as Pat Merlin
- Escort West as Sgt. Doyle
1958
- The Rifleman
- Lawman
- Wanted: Dead or Alive as Frank Hagen
- The Texan
1957
- Perry Mason as Murphy
- Maverick as The Cattleman
- Have Gun, Will Travel as Jim Sherwood
- Trackdown
- 26 Men
- The New Adventures of Spin and Marty as Jim Logan
- Last Stagecoach West as Park Ketchum
- Gun Duel in Durango as Mr. Blaisdell (uncredited)
- The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm as J.P. Flemming
- Domino Kid
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Marshal Carl Neuman
- Further Adventures of Spin and Marty as Jim Logan
- The Last Hunt as Maj. Smith
- Gun Brothers as Sheriff Jorgen
1955
- Cheyenne
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- Gunsmoke as Luke
- The Millionaire as Sergeant Bailey
- The Adventures of Spin and Marty as Col. Logan
- Oklahoma! as Marshal
- Man Without a Star as Sheriff Olson
- The Cobweb as Police Lieutenant Ferguson (Uncredited)
- The Spoilers as The Marshal
1954
- Lassie
- Public Defender
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Sheriff Bodie Hampton
- Rogue Cop as Lt. Vince D. Bardeman
- Two Guns and a Badge as Bill Sterling - Rancher
- The Desperado as Martin Novak
- Man with the Steel Whip as Sheriff [Chs. 8, 10-12]
1953
- City Detective
- The Man Behind the Badge
- Iron Mountain Trail as Mate Orrin
- Old Overland Trail as John Anchor
- Down Laredo Way as Cooper
- El Paso Stampede as Henchman Floyd Garrett
- Marshal of Cedar Rock as Henry Mason
- Bandits of the West as Bud Galloway
- City That Never Sleeps
- Savage Frontier as William Oakes
- Shadows of Tombstone as Mike
1952
- Adventures of Superman
- Cavalcade of America as Herbert Wheelock
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Montana Belle as Jim Clark
- Radar Men from the Moon as Retik
- Thundering Caravans as Ed Brill
- Border Saddlemates as Steve Baxter
- Hoodlum Empire as Morris Draper
- Black Hills Ambush as Bart
- Ride the Man Down as Russ Schultz
- Old Oklahoma Plains as Arthur Jensen
- Oklahoma Annie as Curt Walker
- Desperadoes' Outpost as Jim Boylan
- South Pacific Trail as Link Felton
- Captive of Billy the Kid as Piute
- The WAC from Walla Walla as Mr. Prentiss
- Leadville Gunslinger as Chet Yonker / Pete Yonker
- Wild Horse Ambush as Harkins
1951
- The Adventures of Kit Carson
- Don Daredevil Rides Again as Douglas Stratton
- Pals of the Golden West as Ward Sloan
- Night Riders of Montana as Henchman Brink
- Desert of Lost Men as Link
- Rodeo King and the Senorita as Steve Lacey
- Utah Wagon Train as Hank Driscoll
- Insurance Investigator as Duke Wallace
- Wells Fargo Gunmaster as Brick Mason
- The Dakota Kid as Henchman Turk Smith
- Street Bandits as Monk Walter
- Honeychile as Walter Judson
- Arizona Manhunt as Pete Willard
- In Old Amarillo as Clint Burnside
- Fort Dodge Stampede as Henchman Pike Hardin
1950
- Rock Island Trail as Barnes
- The Savage Horde as Fergus
- North of the Great Divide as Banning
- Desperadoes of the West as Hacker
- Gunmen of Abilene as Brink Fallon
- The Arizona Cowboy as Henchman Mike Slade
- Under Mexicali Stars as Hays Lawson
- Surrender as Deputy Gerard
- The Vanishing Westerner as Sand Sanderson
- Vigilante Hideout as Muley Price
- Prisoners in Petticoats as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
- Federal Agent at Large as Nels Berger
- Salt Lake Raiders as Brit Condor
- Rustlers on Horseback as Leo Straykin
- The Missourians as Nick Kovacs
- Code of the Silver Sage as Hulon Champion
1949
- The Lone Ranger as Marshal Roy Dillon
- Ghost of Zorro as Hank Kilgore
- The Phantom Creeps as Parker (uncredited)
- Pioneer Marshal as Clip Pearson
- Prince of the Plains as Henchman Regan
- Law of the Golden West as Clete Larrabee
- Ranger of Cherokee Strip as Mark Sanders
- Down Dakota Way as Mack McKenzie
- Sheriff of Wichita as Sam Stark
- San Antone Ambush as Henchman Roberts
- Outcasts of the Trail as Jim Judd
- Frontier Investigator as Flint Fleming
- Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc. as Spade Gordon
- Powder River Rustlers as Henchman Bull Macons
- South of Rio as Lon Bryson
- The James Brothers of Missouri as Ace Marlin
1948
- Eyes of Texas as Vic
- Old Los Angeles as Clyborne
- Daredevils of the Clouds as RCMP Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
- Desperadoes of Dodge City as Homesteader
- Secret Service Investigator as Al Turk
- The Timber Trail as Big Bart
- Out of the Storm as Arty Sorenson
- The Main Street Kid as Torrey
- Train to Alcatraz as Guard Grady
- Oklahoma Badlands as Henchman Sanders
- The Far Frontier as Henchman Bart
- The Bold Frontiersman as Smiling Jim
- Grand Canyon Trail as Henchman Dave Williams
- Lightnin' in the Forest as Police Lieut. Bain
- Sons of Adventure as Leslie Bennett
- Madonna of the Desert as Buck Keaton
- Marshal of Amarillo as Ben Dolan
- G-Men Never Forget as Vic Murkland - Commissioner Angus Cameron
- Renegades of Sonora as George Keeler
- Sundown in Santa Fe as Tracy Gillette
1947
- Spoilers of the North as Moose McGovern
- Last Frontier Uprising as Henchman Boyd Blackwell
- Son of Zorro as Henchman Boyd
- Jesse James Rides Again as Frank Lawton
- Marshal of Cripple Creek as Henchman Sweeney
- Rustlers of Devil's Canyon as Land Agent Clark
- Blackmail as Spice Kellaway
- Vigilantes of Boomtown as McKean
- The Fabulous Texan as Standifer
- Wyoming as Sheriff Niles
- Along the Oregon Trail as Jake Stoner
- Oregon Trail Scouts as Bill Hunter
- Web of Danger as Monks, Worker
- The Wild Frontier as Henchman
- Springtime in the Sierras as Matt Wilkes
- Bandits of Dark Canyon as Jeff Conley
1946
- The Last Crooked Mile as Man on Street
- My Pal Trigger as Henchman Hunter
- Traffic in Crime as Insp. Tip Hogan
- The Mysterious Mr. Valentine as Blackmailer (voice) (uncredited)
- The Phantom Rider as The Marshal
- G.I. War Brides as (uncredited)
- Home on the Range as Henchman
- Alias Billy the Kid as Matt Conroy
- Stagecoach to Denver as Big Bill Lambert
- Daughter of Don Q as Mel Donovan
- Crime of the Century as Various Voices (uncredited)
- Sun Valley Cyclone as Blackie Blake
- Night Train to Memphis as Chad Morgan
1945
- Dakota as Poli's Driver
- The Cherokee Flash as Jeff Carson
- Along the Navajo Trail as Rusty Channing
- Manhunt of Mystery Island as Capt. Mephisto
- Girls of the Big House as Police Dispatcher (voice)
- The Purple Monster Strikes as The Purple Monster
- Bells of Rosarita as Henchman Maxwell
- Sunset in El Dorado as Buster Welch
- Lone Texas Ranger as Hands Weber
- The Vampire's Ghost as Capt. Jim Barrett
- Santa Fe Saddlemates as John Gant
- Colorado Pioneers as Bull Reagan
- Song of Mexico as Visitor
- The Topeka Terror as Ben Jode
- Wagon Wheels Westward as Dave McKean
- Corpus Christi Bandits as Wade Larkin
- Trail of Kit Carson as Doc Ryan
- Marshal of Laredo as Denver Jack
1944
- The Fighting Seabees as Seabee Barcroft (uncredited)
- Lights of Old Santa Fe as Ken Ferguson
- The Big Bonanza as Sheriff Dan Pendleton
- The Girl Who Dared as David Scott
- Call of the South Seas as Steve Landrau
- Hidden Valley Outlaws as Gilbert J. Leland
- Sheriff of Sundown as Jack Hatfield
- Code of the Prairie as Professor Graham
- Haunted Harbor as Carter / Kane
- The Laramie Trail as Dick Rapidan
- Firebrands of Arizona as Deputy Ike
- Cheyenne Wildcat as Dandy Joe Meeker
- Stagecoach to Monterey as J. Rodney Stevens
1943
- Idaho as Townsman Slugging Bud
- Hoppy Serves a Writ as Colby
- Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Prison Guard (uncredited)
- Cheyenne Roundup as Slim Layton
- Bordertown Gun Fighters as Jack Gatling
- False Colors as Sheriff
- Canyon City as Jeff Parker
- Wagon Tracks West as Henchman Laird
- Calling Wild Bill Elliott as Captain Carson
- Man from Music Mountain as Cattlemen Henchman (uncredited)
- Riders of the Rio Grande as Sarsaparilla
- Overland Mail Robbery as David Patterson
- Raiders of Sunset Pass as Henchman Lefty Lewis
- Carson City Cyclone as Prosecutor Joe Newman
- Six Gun Gospel as Henchman Durkin
- The Stranger From Pecos as Sheriff Ben
- Sagebrush Law as Mark Carter
- The Man from the Rio Grande as Henchman Ace Holden
1942
- Nazi Agent as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
- Sunset Serenade as Bart Reynolds - Henchman
- Dawn on the Great Divide as Chuck Loder
- Sunset on the Desert as Deputy Nelson
- Silver Queen as Dan Carson
- Ridin' Down the Canyon as Henchman
- Romance on the Range as Henchman Pete
- The Valley of Vanishing Men as Deputy Jed 'Luke' Lucas
- The Lone Rider in Cheyenne as Mort Saunders
- Land of the Open Range as Gil Carse
- Pirates of the Prairie as Lew Harmon
- Stardust on the Sage as Henchman Murphy
- Below the Border as Ed Scully
- The Old Chisholm Trail as Ed Phillips
- West of the Law as Ludlow
1941
- They Died with Their Boots On as Officer (uncredited)
- The Masked Rider as Henchman Luke
- Riders of Death Valley as Henchman Dirk
- Sheriff of Tombstone as Saloon Boss
- King of the Texas Rangers as Ross
- Pals of the Pecos as Keno
- Jesse James at Bay as Henchman Vern Stone
- Wide Open Town as Henchman Red
- Outlaws of Cherokee Trail as Val Lamar
- The Bandit Trail as Joel Nesbitt
- Riders of the Badlands as Captain Rogers
- West of Cimarron as Captain Hawks
1940
- Santa Fe Trail as Engineer (uncredited)
- A Volta do Besouro Verde as Cop at Newspaper Truck Vandalism
- Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe as Ming's Soldier / Arborian Sentry (uncredited)
- East of the River as Policeman (uncredited)
- Trailing Double Trouble as Jim Moreland
- Deadwood Dick as Marshal Jim Bridges' Imposter
- Stage to Chino as Dude Elliott
- Hidden Gold as Hendricks
- Bad Man from Red Butte as Henchman Hank
- West of Carson City as Bill Tompkins
- Ragtime Cowboy Joe as Henchman Putt
- Yukon Flight as Henchman Lodin
- The Showdown as Bowman
- Winners of the West as Logan
1939
- Another Thin Man as Slim (uncredited)
- The Phantom Creeps as AMI Agent Parker
- Fast and Loose as Reilly, Casino Patron (uncredited)
- S.O.S Tidal Wave
- Daredevils of the Red Circle as Mine Superintendent
- The Oregon Trail as Colonel Custer
- Silver on the Sage as Henchman Ewing
- Crashing Thru as Henchman Green
- Renegade Trail as Stiff-Hat Bailey
- Mexicali Rose as Mac McElroy
- The Man from Texas as Henchman Drifter
- Riders of the Frontier as Outlaw Ed Carter
1938
- The Frontiersmen as Sutton
- Heroes of the Hills as Robert Beaton
- Blondes at Work as Attorney Meadows (uncredited)
- Flaming Frontiers as Ben Hollister - Henchman
- The Stranger from Arizona as Henchman Thane
1937
- Rosalie as Conspirator (uncredited)
1936
- Flash Gordon as Throne Guard
- The President's Mystery as Townsman (uncredited)
1932
- A Woman Commands as Cossack