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
- Gaily, Gaily as Dr. Gorson
- The Reivers as Ed (The Judge)
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
- Billy the Kid Versus Dracula as Sheriff Griffin
- Destination Inner Space as Skipper
- 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
- Straightaway
- Gunslinger as Taggert
- 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
- Gun Duel in Durango as Mr. Blaisdell (uncredited)
- Domino Kid
- Last Stagecoach West as Park Ketchum
- The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm as J.P. Flemming
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
- Oklahoma! as Marshal
- The Adventures of Spin and Marty as Col. Logan
- 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
- Old Overland Trail as John Anchor
- Iron Mountain Trail as Mate Orrin
- City That Never Sleeps
- Bandits of the West as Bud Galloway
- Savage Frontier as William Oakes
- Shadows of Tombstone as Mike
- Marshal of Cedar Rock as Henry Mason
- Down Laredo Way as Cooper
- El Paso Stampede as Henchman Floyd Garrett
1952
- Adventures of Superman
- Cavalcade of America as Herbert Wheelock
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Montana Belle as Jim Clark
- Ride the Man Down as Russ Schultz
- Captive of Billy the Kid as Piute
- Radar Men from the Moon as Retik
- Oklahoma Annie as Curt Walker
- Hoodlum Empire as Morris Draper
- South Pacific Trail as Link Felton
- Border Saddlemates as Steve Baxter
- Black Hills Ambush as Bart
- Leadville Gunslinger as Chet Yonker / Pete Yonker
- Wild Horse Ambush as Harkins
- Thundering Caravans as Ed Brill
- Desperadoes' Outpost as Jim Boylan
- Old Oklahoma Plains as Arthur Jensen
- The WAC from Walla Walla as Mr. Prentiss
1951
- The Adventures of Kit Carson
- Insurance Investigator as Duke Wallace
- Night Riders of Montana as Henchman Brink
- Don Daredevil Rides Again as Douglas Stratton
- Desert of Lost Men as Link
- The Dakota Kid as Henchman Turk Smith
- Street Bandits as Monk Walter
- Rodeo King and the Senorita as Steve Lacey
- Utah Wagon Train as Hank Driscoll
- Pals of the Golden West as Ward Sloan
- In Old Amarillo as Clint Burnside
- Wells Fargo Gunmaster as Brick Mason
- Arizona Manhunt as Pete Willard
- Fort Dodge Stampede as Henchman Pike Hardin
- Honeychile as Walter Judson
1950
- Rock Island Trail as Barnes
- The Vanishing Westerner as Sand Sanderson
- Surrender as Deputy Gerard
- Prisoners in Petticoats as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
- Desperadoes of the West as Hacker
- Salt Lake Raiders as Brit Condor
- The Arizona Cowboy as Henchman Mike Slade
- The Missourians as Nick Kovacs
- Code of the Silver Sage as Hulon Champion
- The Savage Horde as Fergus
- Rustlers on Horseback as Leo Straykin
- Under Mexicali Stars as Hays Lawson
- Vigilante Hideout as Muley Price
- North of the Great Divide as Banning
- Federal Agent at Large as Nels Berger
- Gunmen of Abilene as Brink Fallon
1949
- The Lone Ranger as Marshal Roy Dillon
- The James Brothers of Missouri as Ace Marlin
- The Phantom Creeps as Parker (uncredited)
- Law of the Golden West as Clete Larrabee
- Prince of the Plains as Henchman Regan
- Ghost of Zorro as Hank Kilgore
- San Antone Ambush as Henchman Roberts
- Ranger of Cherokee Strip as Mark Sanders
- Powder River Rustlers as Henchman Bull Macons
- Sheriff of Wichita as Sam Stark
- Frontier Investigator as Flint Fleming
- Down Dakota Way as Mack McKenzie
- South of Rio as Lon Bryson
- Pioneer Marshal as Clip Pearson
- Outcasts of the Trail as Jim Judd
- Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc. as Spade Gordon
1948
- Eyes of Texas as Vic
- Out of the Storm as Arty Sorenson
- The Bold Frontiersman as Smiling Jim
- The Far Frontier as Henchman Bart
- Marshal of Amarillo as Ben Dolan
- Daredevils of the Clouds as RCMP Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
- Secret Service Investigator as Al Turk
- Renegades of Sonora as George Keeler
- Old Los Angeles as Clyborne
- Desperadoes of Dodge City as Homesteader
- Madonna of the Desert as Buck Keaton
- Train to Alcatraz as Guard Grady
- The Timber Trail as Big Bart
- Oklahoma Badlands as Henchman Sanders
- Grand Canyon Trail as Henchman Dave Williams
- Sundown in Santa Fe as Tracy Gillette
- The Main Street Kid as Torrey
- Lightnin' in the Forest as Police Lieut. Bain
- Sons of Adventure as Leslie Bennett
- G-Men Never Forget as Vic Murkland - Commissioner Angus Cameron
1947
- Blackmail as Spice Kellaway
- Son of Zorro as Henchman Boyd
- Vigilantes of Boomtown as McKean
- Wyoming as Sheriff Niles
- Bandits of Dark Canyon as Jeff Conley
- Web of Danger as Monks, Worker
- The Fabulous Texan as Standifer
- Jesse James Rides Again as Frank Lawton
- Along the Oregon Trail as Jake Stoner
- Springtime in the Sierras as Matt Wilkes
- Last Frontier Uprising as Henchman Boyd Blackwell
- Oregon Trail Scouts as Bill Hunter
- The Wild Frontier as Henchman
- Marshal of Cripple Creek as Henchman Sweeney
- Rustlers of Devil's Canyon as Land Agent Clark
- Spoilers of the North as Moose McGovern
1946
- Night Train to Memphis as Chad Morgan
- The Last Crooked Mile as Man on Street
- Traffic in Crime as Insp. Tip Hogan
- Stagecoach to Denver as Big Bill Lambert
- G.I. War Brides as (uncredited)
- My Pal Trigger as Henchman Hunter
- The Mysterious Mr. Valentine as Blackmailer (voice) (uncredited)
- Crime of the Century as Various Voices (uncredited)
- Alias Billy the Kid as Matt Conroy
- The Phantom Rider as The Marshal
- Daughter of Don Q as Mel Donovan
- Sun Valley Cyclone as Blackie Blake
- Home on the Range as Henchman
1945
- Dakota as Poli's Driver
- Bells of Rosarita as Henchman Maxwell
- Trail of Kit Carson as Doc Ryan
- Colorado Pioneers as Bull Reagan
- The Cherokee Flash as Jeff Carson
- The Purple Monster Strikes as The Purple Monster
- Marshal of Laredo as Denver Jack
- Girls of the Big House as Police Dispatcher (voice)
- Manhunt of Mystery Island as Capt. Mephisto
- Wagon Wheels Westward as Dave McKean
- Sunset in El Dorado as Buster Welch
- Santa Fe Saddlemates as John Gant
- The Vampire's Ghost as Capt. Jim Barrett
- Corpus Christi Bandits as Wade Larkin
- Song of Mexico as Visitor
- Lone Texas Ranger as Hands Weber
- The Topeka Terror as Ben Jode
- Along the Navajo Trail as Rusty Channing
1944
- The Fighting Seabees as Seabee Barcroft (uncredited)
- Lights of Old Santa Fe as Ken Ferguson
- Cheyenne Wildcat as Dandy Joe Meeker
- Hidden Valley Outlaws as Gilbert J. Leland
- The Girl Who Dared as David Scott
- The Big Bonanza as Sheriff Dan Pendleton
- Sheriff of Sundown as Jack Hatfield
- Code of the Prairie as Professor Graham
- Haunted Harbor as Carter / Kane
- Firebrands of Arizona as Deputy Ike
- Call of the South Seas as Steve Landrau
- The Laramie Trail as Dick Rapidan
- Stagecoach to Monterey as J. Rodney Stevens
1943
- Idaho as Townsman Slugging Bud
- Hoppy Serves a Writ as Colby
- Overland Mail Robbery as David Patterson
- Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Prison Guard (uncredited)
- False Colors as Sheriff
- Canyon City as Jeff Parker
- Riders of the Rio Grande as Sarsaparilla
- Bordertown Gun Fighters as Jack Gatling
- Sagebrush Law as Mark Carter
- The Stranger From Pecos as Sheriff Ben
- Cheyenne Roundup as Slim Layton
- Six Gun Gospel as Henchman Durkin
- Wagon Tracks West as Henchman Laird
- Man from Music Mountain as Cattlemen Henchman (uncredited)
- The Man from the Rio Grande as Henchman Ace Holden
- Calling Wild Bill Elliott as Captain Carson
- Carson City Cyclone as Prosecutor Joe Newman
- Raiders of Sunset Pass as Henchman Lefty Lewis
1942
- Silver Queen as Dan Carson
- Nazi Agent as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
- Dawn on the Great Divide as Chuck Loder
- Sunset Serenade as Bart Reynolds - Henchman
- Romance on the Range as Henchman Pete
- West of the Law as Ludlow
- The Old Chisholm Trail as Ed Phillips
- Below the Border as Ed Scully
- The Valley of Vanishing Men as Deputy Jed 'Luke' Lucas
- Sunset on the Desert as Deputy Nelson
- Land of the Open Range as Gil Carse
- Pirates of the Prairie as Lew Harmon
- Stardust on the Sage as Henchman Murphy
- Ridin' Down the Canyon as Henchman
- The Lone Rider in Cheyenne as Mort Saunders
1941
- They Died with Their Boots On as Officer (uncredited)
- Jesse James at Bay as Henchman Vern Stone
- King of the Texas Rangers as Ross
- Outlaws of Cherokee Trail as Val Lamar
- Wide Open Town as Henchman Red
- West of Cimarron as Captain Hawks
- Sheriff of Tombstone as Saloon Boss
- Riders of Death Valley as Henchman Dirk
- Riders of the Badlands as Captain Rogers
- The Masked Rider as Henchman Luke
- Pals of the Pecos as Keno
- The Bandit Trail as Joel Nesbitt
1940
- Santa Fe Trail as Engineer (uncredited)
- Yukon Flight as Henchman Lodin
- Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe as Ming's Soldier / Arborian Sentry (uncredited)
- Hidden Gold as Hendricks
- East of the River as Policeman (uncredited)
- Deadwood Dick as Marshal Jim Bridges' Imposter
- The Green Hornet Strikes Again! as Cop at Newspaper Truck Vandalism
- The Showdown as Bowman
- West of Carson City as Bill Tompkins
- Winners of the West as Logan
- Bad Man from Red Butte as Henchman Hank
- Ragtime Cowboy Joe as Henchman Putt
- Trailing Double Trouble as Jim Moreland
- Stage to Chino as Dude Elliott
1939
- Another Thin Man as Slim (uncredited)
- Renegade Trail as Stiff-Hat Bailey
- S.O.S Tidal Wave
- Daredevils of the Red Circle as Mine Superintendent
- The Phantom Creeps as AMI Agent Parker
- Fast and Loose as Reilly, Casino Patron (uncredited)
- The Oregon Trail as Colonel Custer
- Silver on the Sage as Henchman Ewing
- Riders of the Frontier as Outlaw Ed Carter
- Mexicali Rose as Mac McElroy
- Crashing Thru as Henchman Green
- The Man from Texas as Henchman Drifter
1938
- Flaming Frontiers as Ben Hollister - Henchman
- The Frontiersmen as Sutton
- Blondes at Work as Attorney Meadows (uncredited)
- Heroes of the Hills as Robert Beaton
- 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