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