Roy Barcroft
Department: 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).
Known For
D-Day on Mars
1966
Rogue Cop
1954
Lightnin' in the Forest
1948
Hoodlum Empire
1952
Oklahoma!
1955
Out of the Storm
1948
Destination Inner Space
1966
The Savage Horde
1950
The Way West
1967
The Man from Texas
1939
Blackmail
1947
G.I. War Brides
1946
Haunted Harbor
1944
Stagecoach to Denver
1946
The Stranger from Arizona
1938
Monte Walsh
1970
The Vampire's Ghost
1945
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
1966
Son of Zorro
1947
When the Clock Strikes
1961
The Far Frontier
1948
Train to Alcatraz
1948
Marshal of Cripple Creek
1947
Below the Border
1942
Federal Agent at Large
1950
Ridin' Down the Canyon
1942
Trailing Double Trouble
1940
Insurance Investigator
1951
Sunset on the Desert
1942
Crashing Thru
1939
Stardust on the Sage
1942
Marshal of Amarillo
1948
Night Riders of Montana
1951
Wild Horse Ambush
1952
Springtime in the Sierras
1947
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
1949
Gun Brothers
1956
The Laramie Trail
1944
Fort Dodge Stampede
1951
Powder River Rustlers
1949
The Fabulous Texan
1947
Sundown in Santa Fe
1948
Border Saddlemates
1952
The Purple Monster Strikes
1945
Manhunt of Mystery Island
1945
Last Stagecoach West
1957
Desperadoes of the West
1950
The Last Hunt
1956
Freckles
1960
King of the Texas Rangers
1941
Winners of the West
1940
North of the Great Divide
1950
Oklahoma Annie
1952
Raiders of Sunset Pass
1943
Man from Music Mountain
1943
G-Men Never Forget
1948
Jesse James Rides Again
1947
The Phantom Rider
1946
Radar Men from the Moon
1952
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
1941
Flaming Frontiers
1938
Code of the Silver Sage
1950
Rustlers on Horseback
1950
The Valley of Vanishing Men
1942
Renegades of Sonora
1948
Black Hills Ambush
1952
Daredevils of the Clouds
1948
Under Mexicali Stars
1950
Utah Wagon Train
1951
South Pacific Trail
1952
Texas Across the River
1966
In Old Amarillo
1951
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
1947
Spoilers of the North
1947
The Wild Frontier
1947
Sheriff of Wichita
1949
Trail of Kit Carson
1945
The Bold Frontiersman
1948
Vigilantes of Boomtown
1947
Desperadoes of Dodge City
1948
Oregon Trail Scouts
1947
Stagecoach to Monterey
1944
The WAC from Walla Walla
1952
The Masked Rider
1941
Frontier Investigator
1949
Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939
The Phantom Creeps
1939
Bordertown Gun Fighters
1943
Crime of the Century
1946
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
1946
Vigilante Hideout
1950
Wells Fargo Gunmaster
1951
Desert of Lost Men
1951
Savage Frontier
1953
Bandits of the West
1953
Captive of Billy the Kid
1952
The James Brothers of Missouri
1949
The Oregon Trail
1939
Ride the Man Down
1952
Fast and Loose
1939
Land of the Open Range
1942
Silver on the Sage
1939
Another Thin Man
1939
Riders of the Frontier
1939
Nazi Agent
1942
Gunmen of Abilene
1950
Firebrands of Arizona
1944
Prince of the Plains
1949
Old Overland Trail
1953
Wide Open Town
1941
Yukon Flight
1940
Bandolero!
1968
Two Guns and a Badge
1954
The Girl Who Dared
1944
The Big Bonanza
1944
Riders of the Badlands
1941
Domino Kid
1957
Bells of Rosarita
1945
Along the Navajo Trail
1945
Home on the Range
1946
Gun Duel in Durango
1957
Night Train to Memphis
1946
Wagon Tracks West
1943
Santa Fe Saddlemates
1945
Pirates of the Prairie
1942
San Antone Ambush
1949
Mexicali Rose
1939
Grand Canyon Trail
1948
The Timber Trail
1948
Down Laredo Way
1953
Renegade Trail
1939
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940
Jesse James at Bay
1941
South of Rio
1949
Rosalie
1937
Dakota
1945
Madonna of the Desert
1948
The Desperado
1954
Pals of the Pecos
1941
Pioneer Marshal
1949
The Bandit Trail
1941
Riders of Death Valley
1941
The Topeka Terror
1945
Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine
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Bad Man from Red Butte
1940
Sagebrush Law
1943
The Frontiersmen
1938
Hidden Gold
1940
The Showdown
1940
Santa Fe Trail
1940
My Pal Trigger
1946
Deadwood Dick
1940
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
1940
West of Carson City
1940
Rodeo King and the Senorita
1951
Marshal of Cedar Rock
1953
El Paso Stampede
1953
False Colors
1943
Hoppy Serves a Writ
1943
East of the River
1940
The Old Chisholm Trail
1942
Shadows of Tombstone
1953
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940
City That Never Sleeps
1953
Eyes of Texas
1948
West of the Law
1942
Down Dakota Way
1949
Rock Island Trail
1950
The Main Street Kid
1948
Web of Danger
1947
The Last Crooked Mile
1946
Song of Mexico
1945
Traffic in Crime
1946
Girls of the Big House
1945
Call of the South Seas
1944
The Fighting Seabees
1944
The Arizona Cowboy
1950
Arizona Manhunt
1951
Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.
1949
The Dakota Kid
1951
Don Daredevil Rides Again
1951
Pals of the Golden West
1951
The Missourians
1950
Lone Texas Ranger
1945
Cheyenne Wildcat
1944
Marshal of Laredo
1945
Colorado Pioneers
1945
Wagon Wheels Westward
1945
Sun Valley Cyclone
1946
Salt Lake Raiders
1950
Surrender
1950
Desperadoes' Outpost
1952
Leadville Gunslinger
1952
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
1943
Canyon City
1943
Cheyenne Roundup
1943
Carson City Cyclone
1943
Old Oklahoma Plains
1952
Dawn on the Great Divide
1942
West of Cimarron
1941
Romance on the Range
1942
Thundering Caravans
1952
Sunset Serenade
1942
Six Black Horses
1962
The Man from the Rio Grande
1943
Overland Mail Robbery
1943
Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
1942
Riders of the Rio Grande
1943
The Stranger From Pecos
1943
Six Gun Gospel
1943
Code of the Prairie
1944
Bandits of Dark Canyon
1947
The Cherokee Flash
1945
Corpus Christi Bandits
1945
Sheriff of Sundown
1944
Lights of Old Santa Fe
1944
Sunset in El Dorado
1945
Alias Billy the Kid
1946
Along the Oregon Trail
1947
Daughter of Don Q
1946
Last Frontier Uprising
1947
Wyoming
1947
Old Los Angeles
1948
Ghost of Zorro
1949
Oklahoma Badlands
1948
Sons of Adventure
1948
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941
Silver Queen
1942
The Vanishing Westerner
1950
Law of the Golden West
1949
Outcasts of the Trail
1949
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
Idaho
1943
Man with the Steel Whip
1954
The Spoilers
1955
Man Without a Star
1955
Escort West
1959
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
Montana Belle
1952
Stage to Chino
1940
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
1957
A Woman Commands
1932
Blondes at Work
1938
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
Honeychile
1951
Gaily, Gaily
1969
The Reivers
1969
Ten Who Dared
1960
Heroes of the Hills
1938
The Cobweb
1955
Iron Mountain Trail
1953
The Phantom Creeps
1949
Street Bandits
1951
Secret Service Investigator
1948
Gunpoint
1966
Prisoners in Petticoats
1950
The Not So Lonely Lighthouse Keeper
1967
Run, Light Buck, Run
1966
The President's Mystery
1936
Flash Gordon
1936
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Cheyenne
1955
Trackdown
1957
The Great Adventure
1963
Gunsmoke
1955
Perry Mason
1957
Lassie
1954
Laredo
1965
Straightaway
1961
Rawhide
1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Cimarron Strip
1967
The Adventures of Spin and Marty
1955
The Millionaire
1955
The Virginian
1962
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Adventures of Superman
1952
Profiles in Courage
1964
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
The Rifleman
1958
Lawman
1958
The Texan
1958
Public Defender
1954
Cavalcade of America
1952
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
The New Adventures of Spin and Marty
1957
Johnny Ringo
1959
City Detective
1953
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
26 Men
1957
The Man Behind the Badge
1953
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
Maverick
1957
Maverick
1957
Rawhide
1959
Rawhide
1959
Rawhide
1959
Rawhide
1959
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
The Virginian
1962
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
The Lucy Show
1962
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Ben Casey
1961
Further Adventures of Spin and Marty
1956
The Lone Ranger
1949
Gunslinger
1961
Trackdown
1957
Lawman
1958