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