Roy Barcroft

Actor Sep 7 (died age 67) Crab Orchard, Nebraska, USA 1932–1970 (38 year career)

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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).

Known For

Film

Another Thin Man

Slim (uncredited)

Film

Oklahoma!

Marshal

Film

They Died with Their Boots On

Officer (uncredited)

Film

Bandolero!

Bartender

Film

Man Without a Star

Sheriff Olson

Film

The Way West

Mr. Masters

Film

The Last Hunt

Maj. Smith

Film

Monte Walsh

Proprietor

Filmography

Acting (300)

Movies (261)

Monte Walsh

as Proprietor

The Reivers

as Ed (The Judge)

Gaily, Gaily

as Dr. Gorson

Bandolero!

as Bartender

The Way West

as Mr. Masters

The Not So Lonely Lighthouse Keeper

1967

as Narrator

D-Day on Mars

1966

as The Purple Monster

3.0

Billy the Kid Versus Dracula

1966

as Sheriff Griffin

4.1

Run, Light Buck, Run

1966

as Narrator

Gunpoint

1966

as Dr. Beardsley

6.0

Destination Inner Space

1966

as Skipper

4.9

Texas Across the River

as Morton

Six Black Horses

as Mustanger

When the Clock Strikes

as Sheriff Mitchell

Freckles

as John McLean

Ten Who Dared

as Jim Baker

Escort West

as Sgt. Doyle

Last Stagecoach West

as Park Ketchum

Domino Kid

The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm

1957

as J.P. Flemming

6.8

Gun Duel in Durango

1957

as Mr. Blaisdell (uncredited)

Gun Brothers

as Sheriff Jorgen

The Last Hunt

as Maj. Smith

Oklahoma!

as Marshal

The Cobweb

as Police Lieutenant Ferguson (Uncredited)

Man Without a Star

as Sheriff Olson

The Spoilers

as The Marshal

Rogue Cop

as Lt. Vince D. Bardeman

5.3

Two Guns and a Badge

1954

as Bill Sterling - Rancher

The Desperado

1954

as Martin Novak

6.6

Man with the Steel Whip

1954

as Sheriff [Chs. 8, 10-12]

6.0

Marshal of Cedar Rock

as Henry Mason

Bandits of the West

as Bud Galloway

City That Never Sleeps

1953

5.9

El Paso Stampede

1953

as Henchman Floyd Garrett

5.0

Down Laredo Way

1953

as Cooper

Iron Mountain Trail

as Mate Orrin

Old Overland Trail

as John Anchor

Shadows of Tombstone

as Mike

Savage Frontier

as William Oakes

South Pacific Trail

1952

as Link Felton

Radar Men from the Moon

as Retik

Ride the Man Down

as Russ Schultz

Oklahoma Annie

as Curt Walker

Hoodlum Empire

as Morris Draper

Border Saddlemates

as Steve Baxter

Montana Belle

as Jim Clark

Black Hills Ambush

as Bart

Thundering Caravans

1952

as Ed Brill

Old Oklahoma Plains

1952

as Arthur Jensen

5.0

Wild Horse Ambush

1952

as Harkins

Leadville Gunslinger

1952

as Chet Yonker / Pete Yonker

The WAC from Walla Walla

1952

as Mr. Prentiss

Desperadoes' Outpost

1952

as Jim Boylan

Captive of Billy the Kid

1952

as Piute

Don Daredevil Rides Again

1951

as Douglas Stratton

6.0

Pals of the Golden West

1951

as Ward Sloan

Night Riders of Montana

1951

as Henchman Brink

Wells Fargo Gunmaster

1951

as Brick Mason

Desert of Lost Men

1951

as Link

In Old Amarillo

as Clint Burnside

Honeychile

as Walter Judson

Arizona Manhunt

as Pete Willard

The Dakota Kid

as Henchman Turk Smith

Utah Wagon Train

as Hank Driscoll

Street Bandits

as Monk Walter

Insurance Investigator

1951

as Duke Wallace

5.0

Fort Dodge Stampede

1951

as Henchman Pike Hardin

6.0

Rodeo King and the Senorita

1951

as Steve Lacey

North of the Great Divide

1950

as Banning

Salt Lake Raiders

1950

as Brit Condor

6.0

The Vanishing Westerner

1950

as Sand Sanderson

2.0

The Arizona Cowboy

1950

as Henchman Mike Slade

Desperadoes of the West

as Hacker

Rock Island Trail

as Barnes

The Missourians

as Nick Kovacs

Gunmen of Abilene

as Brink Fallon

The Savage Horde

as Fergus

Prisoners in Petticoats

1950

as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

6.0

Under Mexicali Stars

1950

as Hays Lawson

Surrender

1950

as Deputy Gerard

4.4

Vigilante Hideout

1950

as Muley Price

Code of the Silver Sage

1950

as Hulon Champion

6.0

Rustlers on Horseback

1950

as Leo Straykin

5.0

Federal Agent at Large

1950

as Nels Berger

4.8

Powder River Rustlers

1949

as Henchman Bull Macons

Outcasts of the Trail

1949

as Jim Judd

San Antone Ambush

1949

as Henchman Roberts

4.0

Prince of the Plains

1949

as Henchman Regan

The Phantom Creeps

1949

as Parker (uncredited)

3.8

Pioneer Marshal

1949

as Clip Pearson

Down Dakota Way

1949

as Mack McKenzie

7.0

Sheriff of Wichita

1949

as Sam Stark

South of Rio

1949

as Lon Bryson

Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.

1949

as Spade Gordon

The James Brothers of Missouri

1949

as Ace Marlin

6.0

Law of the Golden West

1949

as Clete Larrabee

6.0

Ranger of Cherokee Strip

1949

as Mark Sanders

Frontier Investigator

1949

as Flint Fleming

Ghost of Zorro

1949

as Hank Kilgore

4.0

Secret Service Investigator

1948

as Al Turk

6.0

Sons of Adventure

1948

as Leslie Bennett

Desperadoes of Dodge City

1948

as Homesteader

The Far Frontier

as Henchman Bart

Oklahoma Badlands

as Henchman Sanders

Old Los Angeles

as Clyborne

Train to Alcatraz

as Guard Grady

G-Men Never Forget

as Vic Murkland - Commissioner Angus Cameron

7.0

Daredevils of the Clouds

1948

as RCMP Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)

6.0

Marshal of Amarillo

1948

as Ben Dolan

Madonna of the Desert

1948

as Buck Keaton

6.0

Sundown in Santa Fe

1948

as Tracy Gillette

Lightnin' in the Forest

1948

as Police Lieut. Bain

3.0

Eyes of Texas

1948

as Vic

6.0

The Bold Frontiersman

1948

as Smiling Jim

The Timber Trail

1948

as Big Bart

Grand Canyon Trail

1948

as Henchman Dave Williams

5.0

Renegades of Sonora

1948

as George Keeler

The Main Street Kid

1948

as Torrey

Out of the Storm

as Arty Sorenson

The Fabulous Texan

as Standifer

Along the Oregon Trail

1947

as Jake Stoner

The Wild Frontier

1947

as Henchman

Springtime in the Sierras

as Matt Wilkes

Son of Zorro

as Henchman Boyd

Spoilers of the North

as Moose McGovern

Wyoming

as Sheriff Niles

Blackmail

as Spice Kellaway

Last Frontier Uprising

1947

as Henchman Boyd Blackwell

Jesse James Rides Again

1947

as Frank Lawton

Marshal of Cripple Creek

1947

as Henchman Sweeney

Oregon Trail Scouts

1947

as Bill Hunter

Web of Danger

1947

as Monks, Worker

4.8

Bandits of Dark Canyon

1947

as Jeff Conley

Rustlers of Devil's Canyon

1947

as Land Agent Clark

Vigilantes of Boomtown

1947

as McKean

2.5

Daughter of Don Q

1946

as Mel Donovan

Stagecoach to Denver

1946

as Big Bill Lambert

5.8

The Last Crooked Mile

1946

as Man on Street

5.1

Home on the Range

1946

as Henchman

Traffic in Crime

1946

as Insp. Tip Hogan

6.0

G.I. War Brides

1946

as (uncredited)

Crime of the Century

1946

as Various Voices (uncredited)

The Phantom Rider

as The Marshal

Sun Valley Cyclone

as Blackie Blake

My Pal Trigger

as Henchman Hunter

The Mysterious Mr. Valentine

1946

as Blackmailer (voice) (uncredited)

4.1

Alias Billy the Kid

1946

as Matt Conroy

5.0

Night Train to Memphis

1946

as Chad Morgan

Along the Navajo Trail

1945

as Rusty Channing

Colorado Pioneers

1945

as Bull Reagan

The Cherokee Flash

as Jeff Carson

Sunset in El Dorado

as Buster Welch

The Purple Monster Strikes

1945

as The Purple Monster

The Topeka Terror

as Ben Jode

Trail of Kit Carson

as Doc Ryan

Girls of the Big House

1945

as Police Dispatcher (voice)

Dakota

as Poli's Driver

The Vampire's Ghost

as Capt. Jim Barrett

Corpus Christi Bandits

1945

as Wade Larkin

Wagon Wheels Westward

1945

as Dave McKean

6.0

Song of Mexico

1945

as Visitor

Santa Fe Saddlemates

as John Gant

Bells of Rosarita

as Henchman Maxwell

Marshal of Laredo

as Denver Jack

Manhunt of Mystery Island

as Capt. Mephisto

Lone Texas Ranger

as Hands Weber

Call of the South Seas

1944

as Steve Landrau

5.0

Lights of Old Santa Fe

1944

as Ken Ferguson

5.2

Sheriff of Sundown

1944

as Jack Hatfield

Hidden Valley Outlaws

1944

as Gilbert J. Leland

Firebrands of Arizona

as Deputy Ike

Cheyenne Wildcat

as Dandy Joe Meeker

The Fighting Seabees

as Seabee Barcroft (uncredited)

The Girl Who Dared

as David Scott

The Big Bonanza

as Sheriff Dan Pendleton

5.5

Stagecoach to Monterey

1944

as J. Rodney Stevens

Code of the Prairie

1944

as Professor Graham

Haunted Harbor

1944

as Carter / Kane

6.7

The Laramie Trail

1944

as Dick Rapidan

Carson City Cyclone

1943

as Prosecutor Joe Newman

Overland Mail Robbery

1943

as David Patterson

The Stranger From Pecos

1943

as Sheriff Ben

Hoppy Serves a Writ

1943

as Colby

5.3

Idaho

1943

as Townsman Slugging Bud

5.7

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

1943

as Prison Guard (uncredited)

5.5

Man from Music Mountain

1943

as Cattlemen Henchman (uncredited)

5.0

Wagon Tracks West

1943

as Henchman Laird

Canyon City

1943

as Jeff Parker

False Colors

1943

as Sheriff

3.8

Calling Wild Bill Elliott

as Captain Carson

Sagebrush Law

as Mark Carter

Cheyenne Roundup

as Slim Layton

Riders of the Rio Grande

1943

as Sarsaparilla

Raiders of Sunset Pass

1943

as Henchman Lefty Lewis

Bordertown Gun Fighters

1943

as Jack Gatling

The Man from the Rio Grande

1943

as Henchman Ace Holden

Six Gun Gospel

1943

as Henchman Durkin

4.5

Dawn on the Great Divide

as Chuck Loder

Below the Border

as Ed Scully

The Old Chisholm Trail

1942

as Ed Phillips

7.0

Pirates of the Prairie

1942

as Lew Harmon

6.0

The Lone Rider in Cheyenne

1942

as Mort Saunders

Silver Queen

1942

as Dan Carson

5.7

Nazi Agent

1942

as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)

Sunset on the Desert

as Deputy Nelson

Romance on the Range

as Henchman Pete

West of the Law

as Ludlow

The Valley of Vanishing Men

1942

as Deputy Jed 'Luke' Lucas

Ridin' Down the Canyon

1942

as Henchman

7.0

Land of the Open Range

1942

as Gil Carse

Sunset Serenade

1942

as Bart Reynolds - Henchman

5.5

Stardust on the Sage

1942

as Henchman Murphy

5.0

Outlaws of Cherokee Trail

1941

as Val Lamar

Jesse James at Bay

1941

as Henchman Vern Stone

4.2

Pals of the Pecos

1941

as Keno

The Bandit Trail

1941

as Joel Nesbitt

6.5

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

as Officer (uncredited)

Wide Open Town

as Henchman Red

Sheriff of Tombstone

as Saloon Boss

The Masked Rider

as Henchman Luke

Riders of the Badlands

1941

as Captain Rogers

4.0

King of the Texas Rangers

as Ross

West of Cimarron

as Captain Hawks

Riders of Death Valley

1941

as Henchman Dirk

6.5

Santa Fe Trail

1940

as Engineer (uncredited)

5.7

Trailing Double Trouble

as Jim Moreland

Hidden Gold

as Hendricks

East of the River

as Policeman (uncredited)

5.7

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

1940

as Ming's Soldier / Arborian Sentry (uncredited)

The Showdown

as Bowman

Yukon Flight

as Henchman Lodin

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

1940

as Cop at Newspaper Truck Vandalism

6.2

Winners of the West

1940

as Logan

Deadwood Dick

1940

as Marshal Jim Bridges' Imposter

6.0

Ragtime Cowboy Joe

1940

as Henchman Putt

Stage to Chino

as Dude Elliott

West of Carson City

as Bill Tompkins

Bad Man from Red Butte

as Henchman Hank

The Oregon Trail

as Colonel Custer

Silver on the Sage

as Henchman Ewing

Riders of the Frontier

1939

as Outlaw Ed Carter

Mexicali Rose

as Mac McElroy

Another Thin Man

as Slim (uncredited)

Daredevils of the Red Circle

1939

as Mine Superintendent

The Phantom Creeps

as AMI Agent Parker

Crashing Thru

as Henchman Green

Fast and Loose

as Reilly, Casino Patron (uncredited)

Renegade Trail

as Stiff-Hat Bailey

S.O.S Tidal Wave

The Man from Texas

as Henchman Drifter

The Stranger from Arizona

as Henchman Thane

The Frontiersmen

as Sutton

Flaming Frontiers

as Ben Hollister - Henchman

4.8

Blondes at Work

1938

as Attorney Meadows (uncredited)

Heroes of the Hills

as Robert Beaton

Rosalie

as Conspirator (uncredited)

5.5

Flash Gordon

1936

as Throne Guard

6.4

The President's Mystery

1936

as Townsman (uncredited)

5.3

A Woman Commands

1932

as Cossack

8.0

Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine

Television (39)

Cimarron Strip

Laredo

Profiles in Courage

as Judge

The Great Adventure

as Dr. Anthony Thompson

The Virginian

as Bill Goforth

The Lucy Show

as Chief of Police

Ben Casey

as Rudick

Straightaway

Gunslinger

as Taggert

The Andy Griffith Show

as Clint Biggers

Rawhide

as Casey

Johnny Ringo

as Pat Merlin

The Rifleman

Lawman

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Frank Hagen

The Texan

Perry Mason

as Murphy

Maverick

as The Cattleman

Have Gun, Will Travel

as Jim Sherwood

Trackdown

The New Adventures of Spin and Marty

as Jim Logan

26 Men

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Marshal Carl Neuman

6.0

Further Adventures of Spin and Marty

as Jim Logan

Cheyenne

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Millionaire

as Sergeant Bailey

Gunsmoke

as Luke

The Adventures of Spin and Marty

as Col. Logan

Lassie

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Sheriff Bodie Hampton

7.8

Public Defender

1954

5.7

The Man Behind the Badge

City Detective

Adventures of Superman

Cavalcade of America

as Herbert Wheelock

Hopalong Cassidy

The Adventures of Kit Carson

1951

5.3

The Lone Ranger

1949

as Marshal Roy Dillon

6.8