Roy Barcroft

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).

Born

Sep 07, 1902

Crab Orchard, Nebraska, USA

Died

Nov 28, 1969

Known For

Acting

Movies

261 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.6

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Known For

Oklahoma!

1955

as Marshal

Another Thin Man

1939

as Slim (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

as Officer (uncredited)

Man Without a Star

1955

as Sheriff Olson

Bandolero!

1968

as Bartender

The Way West

1967 • as Mr. Masters

★ 6.1

Oklahoma!

1955 • as Marshal

★ 6.6

Another Thin Man

1939 • as Slim (uncredited)

★ 7.1

They Died with Their Boots On

1941 • as Officer (uncredited)

★ 6.6

Man Without a Star

1955 • as Sheriff Olson

★ 6.4

The Reivers

1969 • as Ed (The Judge)

★ 6.3

Bandolero!

1968 • as Bartender

★ 6.5

The Last Hunt

1956 • as Maj. Smith

★ 6.9

Monte Walsh

1970 • as Proprietor

★ 6.2

Flash Gordon

1936 • as Throne Guard

★ 6.4

The Fighting Seabees

1944 • as Seabee Barcroft (uncredited)

★ 6.2

Dakota

1945 • as Poli's Driver

★ 5.1

Santa Fe Trail

1940 • as Engineer (uncredited)

★ 5.8

Gunpoint

1966 • as Dr. Beardsley

★ 6.0

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

1940 • as Ming's Soldier / Arborian Sentry (uncredited)

★ 5.8

Jesse James Rides Again

1947 • as Frank Lawton

Montana Belle

1952 • as Jim Clark

★ 5.9

The Cobweb

1955 • as Police Lieutenant Ferguson (Uncredited)

★ 5.6

Gun Brothers

1956 • as Sheriff Jorgen

★ 4.3

Rosalie

1937 • as Conspirator (uncredited)

★ 5.5

City That Never Sleeps

1953

★ 5.9

Sunset on the Desert

1942 • as Deputy Nelson

★ 5.8

Domino Kid

1957

★ 5.7

Texas Across the River

1966 • as Morton

★ 5.6

The Spoilers

1955 • as The Marshal

★ 5.0

Gaily, Gaily

1969 • as Dr. Gorson

★ 3.7

Hoodlum Empire

1952 • as Morris Draper

★ 6.1

The Savage Horde

1950 • as Fergus

★ 5.8

Along the Navajo Trail

1945 • as Rusty Channing

★ 8.0

Nazi Agent

1942 • as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)

★ 6.7

Winners of the West

1940 • as Logan

The Old Chisholm Trail

1942 • as Ed Phillips

★ 7.0

Ride the Man Down

1952 • as Russ Schultz

★ 6.5

Girls of the Big House

1945 • as Police Dispatcher (voice)

★ 6.0

Escort West

1959 • as Sgt. Doyle

★ 5.6

Billy the Kid Versus Dracula

1966 • as Sheriff Griffin

★ 4.1

Rock Island Trail

1950 • as Barnes

★ 6.0

Silver Queen

1942 • as Dan Carson

★ 5.7

The Purple Monster Strikes

1945 • as The Purple Monster

★ 3.8

Rogue Cop

1954 • as Lt. Vince D. Bardeman

★ 5.3

Bad Man from Red Butte

1940 • as Henchman Hank

★ 5.4

Powder River Rustlers

1949 • as Henchman Bull Macons

Sunset in El Dorado

1945 • as Buster Welch

★ 5.1

Canyon City

1943 • as Jeff Parker

Destination Inner Space

1966 • as Skipper

★ 4.8

Stagecoach to Denver

1946 • as Big Bill Lambert

★ 5.8

Idaho

1943 • as Townsman Slugging Bud

★ 5.7

Ghost of Zorro

1949 • as Hank Kilgore

★ 4.7

Ridin' Down the Canyon

1942 • as Henchman

★ 7.0

Blondes at Work

1938 • as Attorney Meadows (uncredited)

★ 6.1

Daredevils of the Red Circle

1939 • as Mine Superintendent

★ 4.0

Sunset Serenade

1942 • as Bart Reynolds - Henchman

★ 5.4

The Frontiersmen

1938 • as Sutton

★ 4.3

Cheyenne Wildcat

1944 • as Dandy Joe Meeker

★ 4.0

Ragtime Cowboy Joe

1940 • as Henchman Putt

Iron Mountain Trail

1953 • as Mate Orrin

★ 6.0

Pirates of the Prairie

1942 • as Lew Harmon

★ 6.0

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Train to Alcatraz

1948 • as Guard Grady

★ 6.0

East of the River

1940 • as Policeman (uncredited)

★ 5.7

Grand Canyon Trail

1948 • as Henchman Dave Williams

★ 5.0

Blackmail

1947 • as Spice Kellaway

★ 3.9

Oklahoma Annie

1952 • as Curt Walker

★ 8.0

Radar Men from the Moon

1952 • as Retik

★ 4.5

S.O.S Tidal Wave

1939

★ 5.7

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

1943 • as Prison Guard (uncredited)

★ 5.5

Daughter of Don Q

1946 • as Mel Donovan

Gun Duel in Durango

1957 • as Mr. Blaisdell (uncredited)

★ 5.4

Riders of the Rio Grande

1943 • as Sarsaparilla

Surrender

1950 • as Deputy Gerard

★ 4.4

Bells of Rosarita

1945 • as Henchman Maxwell

★ 5.4

Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.

1949 • as Spade Gordon

The Showdown

1940 • as Bowman

★ 5.0

Stagecoach to Monterey

1944 • as J. Rodney Stevens

Cheyenne Roundup

1943 • as Slim Layton

★ 4.0

Wells Fargo Gunmaster

1951 • as Brick Mason

Wide Open Town

1941 • as Henchman Red

★ 3.0

Captive of Billy the Kid

1952 • as Piute

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

1940 • as Cop at Newspaper Truck Vandalism

★ 6.2

The Big Bonanza

1944 • as Sheriff Dan Pendleton

★ 5.5

Dawn on the Great Divide

1942 • as Chuck Loder

★ 4.8

Madonna of the Desert

1948 • as Buck Keaton

★ 6.0

Pioneer Marshal

1949 • as Clip Pearson

My Pal Trigger

1946 • as Henchman Hunter

★ 5.4

The Desperado

1954 • as Martin Novak

★ 6.6

Sundown in Santa Fe

1948 • as Tracy Gillette

Riders of Death Valley

1941 • as Henchman Dirk

★ 6.5

Santa Fe Saddlemates

1945 • as John Gant

★ 5.0

Silver on the Sage

1939 • as Henchman Ewing

★ 3.0

False Colors

1943 • as Sheriff

★ 3.8

Hidden Gold

1940 • as Hendricks

★ 5.3

Bandits of Dark Canyon

1947 • as Jeff Conley

The Vampire's Ghost

1945 • as Capt. Jim Barrett

★ 5.2

Out of the Storm

1948 • as Arty Sorenson

★ 6.5

The Valley of Vanishing Men

1942 • as Deputy Jed 'Luke' Lucas

G.I. War Brides

1946 • as (uncredited)

Border Saddlemates

1952 • as Steve Baxter

★ 4.0

Springtime in the Sierras

1947 • as Matt Wilkes

★ 4.2

Hidden Valley Outlaws

1944 • as Gilbert J. Leland

Marshal of Laredo

1945 • as Denver Jack

Old Oklahoma Plains

1952 • as Arthur Jensen

★ 5.0

Bordertown Gun Fighters

1943 • as Jack Gatling

Law of the Golden West

1949 • as Clete Larrabee

★ 6.0

Stage to Chino

1940 • as Dude Elliott

★ 5.4

King of the Texas Rangers

1941 • as Ross

★ 6.0

Sons of Adventure

1948 • as Leslie Bennett

The Oregon Trail

1939 • as Colonel Custer

★ 8.0

Insurance Investigator

1951 • as Duke Wallace

★ 5.0

Freckles

1960 • as John McLean

★ 4.6

Old Los Angeles

1948 • as Clyborne

★ 5.5

North of the Great Divide

1950 • as Banning

★ 8.0

The Fabulous Texan

1947 • as Standifer

★ 4.0

The Phantom Creeps

1949 • as Parker (uncredited)

★ 3.8

The Girl Who Dared

1944 • as David Scott

★ 5.7

Ranger of Cherokee Strip

1949 • as Mark Sanders

Land of the Open Range

1942 • as Gil Carse

Jesse James at Bay

1941 • as Henchman Vern Stone

★ 4.2

Six Black Horses

1962 • as Mustanger

★ 5.8

Don Daredevil Rides Again

1951 • as Douglas Stratton

★ 6.0

Calling Wild Bill Elliott

1943 • as Captain Carson

★ 6.0

El Paso Stampede

1953 • as Henchman Floyd Garrett

★ 5.0

The Phantom Rider

1946 • as The Marshal

★ 6.0

Crime of the Century

1946 • as Various Voices (uncredited)

★ 5.0

The President's Mystery

1936 • as Townsman (uncredited)

★ 5.3

Son of Zorro

1947 • as Henchman Boyd

★ 6.0

Rustlers of Devil's Canyon

1947 • as Land Agent Clark

The James Brothers of Missouri

1949 • as Ace Marlin

★ 6.0

Hoppy Serves a Writ

1943 • as Colby

★ 5.3

Oklahoma Badlands

1948 • as Henchman Sanders

★ 3.0

Deadwood Dick

1940 • as Marshal Jim Bridges' Imposter

★ 6.0

Arizona Manhunt

1951 • as Pete Willard

★ 6.0

Raiders of Sunset Pass

1943 • as Henchman Lefty Lewis

West of the Law

1942 • as Ludlow

★ 5.0

Corpus Christi Bandits

1945 • as Wade Larkin

The Last Crooked Mile

1946 • as Man on Street

★ 5.1

South Pacific Trail

1952 • as Link Felton

The Man from the Rio Grande

1943 • as Henchman Ace Holden

Code of the Silver Sage

1950 • as Hulon Champion

★ 6.0

In Old Amarillo

1951 • as Clint Burnside

★ 7.0

West of Carson City

1940 • as Bill Tompkins

★ 2.0

The Phantom Creeps

1939 • as AMI Agent Parker

★ 4.2

Outcasts of the Trail

1949 • as Jim Judd

Yukon Flight

1940 • as Henchman Lodin

★ 3.9

Ten Who Dared

1960 • as Jim Baker

★ 5.8

Pals of the Golden West

1951 • as Ward Sloan

★ 8.0

Leadville Gunslinger

1952 • as Chet Yonker / Pete Yonker

Last Frontier Uprising

1947 • as Henchman Boyd Blackwell

Sagebrush Law

1943 • as Mark Carter

★ 6.0

Below the Border

1942 • as Ed Scully

★ 4.9

Old Overland Trail

1953 • as John Anchor

★ 6.0

The Lone Rider in Cheyenne

1942 • as Mort Saunders

Shadows of Tombstone

1953 • as Mike

★ 6.0

Overland Mail Robbery

1943 • as David Patterson

The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm

1957 • as J.P. Flemming

★ 6.8

Carson City Cyclone

1943 • as Prosecutor Joe Newman

Wagon Tracks West

1943 • as Henchman Laird

Honeychile

1951 • as Walter Judson

★ 6.0

Night Train to Memphis

1946 • as Chad Morgan

Sun Valley Cyclone

1946 • as Blackie Blake

★ 5.0

Bandits of the West

1953 • as Bud Galloway

★ 5.7

West of Cimarron

1941 • as Captain Hawks

★ 4.0

Crashing Thru

1939 • as Henchman Green

★ 6.0

Gunmen of Abilene

1950 • as Brink Fallon

★ 6.0

Traffic in Crime

1946 • as Insp. Tip Hogan

★ 6.0

Manhunt of Mystery Island

1945 • as Capt. Mephisto

★ 4.3

Trailing Double Trouble

1940 • as Jim Moreland

★ 6.0

Sheriff of Tombstone

1941 • as Saloon Boss

★ 6.8

Spoilers of the North

1947 • as Moose McGovern

★ 5.0

Marshal of Cripple Creek

1947 • as Henchman Sweeney

Desperadoes of Dodge City

1948 • as Homesteader

Desperadoes of the West

1950 • as Hacker

★ 3.8

Sheriff of Wichita

1949 • as Sam Stark

Night Riders of Montana

1951 • as Henchman Brink

Wagon Wheels Westward

1945 • as Dave McKean

★ 6.0

The Timber Trail

1948 • as Big Bart

Two Guns and a Badge

1954 • as Bill Sterling - Rancher

San Antone Ambush

1949 • as Henchman Roberts

★ 4.0

A Woman Commands

1932 • as Cossack

★ 8.0

Utah Wagon Train

1951 • as Hank Driscoll

★ 5.0

The Laramie Trail

1944 • as Dick Rapidan

The Wild Frontier

1947 • as Henchman

Man with the Steel Whip

1954 • as Sheriff [Chs. 8, 10-12]

★ 6.0

Mexicali Rose

1939 • as Mac McElroy

★ 6.0

Along the Oregon Trail

1947 • as Jake Stoner

G-Men Never Forget

1948 • as Vic Murkland - Commissioner Angus Cameron

★ 7.0

Wild Horse Ambush

1952 • as Harkins

Last Stagecoach West

1957 • as Park Ketchum

★ 4.3

Alias Billy the Kid

1946 • as Matt Conroy

★ 5.0

Renegade Trail

1939 • as Stiff-Hat Bailey

★ 4.0

Lights of Old Santa Fe

1944 • as Ken Ferguson

★ 5.2

Haunted Harbor

1944 • as Carter / Kane

★ 6.7

Prince of the Plains

1949 • as Henchman Regan

Stardust on the Sage

1942 • as Henchman Murphy

★ 5.0

The Cherokee Flash

1945 • as Jeff Carson

★ 8.0

Oregon Trail Scouts

1947 • as Bill Hunter

Black Hills Ambush

1952 • as Bart

South of Rio

1949 • as Lon Bryson

The Mysterious Mr. Valentine

1946 • as Blackmailer (voice) (uncredited)

★ 4.1

Sheriff of Sundown

1944 • as Jack Hatfield

Pals of the Pecos

1941 • as Keno

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Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine

Eyes of Texas

1948 • as Vic

★ 6.0

Desert of Lost Men

1951 • as Link

Wyoming

1947 • as Sheriff Niles

★ 6.0

Fort Dodge Stampede

1951 • as Henchman Pike Hardin

★ 6.0

The WAC from Walla Walla

1952 • as Mr. Prentiss

The Stranger from Arizona

1938 • as Henchman Thane

★ 3.0

Frontier Investigator

1949 • as Flint Fleming

The Main Street Kid

1948 • as Torrey

Salt Lake Raiders

1950 • as Brit Condor

★ 6.0

The Bold Frontiersman

1948 • as Smiling Jim

Prisoners in Petticoats

1950 • as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.0

Flaming Frontiers

1938 • as Ben Hollister - Henchman

★ 4.8

Web of Danger

1947 • as Monks, Worker

★ 4.8

Heroes of the Hills

1938 • as Robert Beaton

★ 6.0

Code of the Prairie

1944 • as Professor Graham

The Vanishing Westerner

1950 • as Sand Sanderson

★ 2.0

Vigilante Hideout

1950 • as Muley Price

Call of the South Seas

1944 • as Steve Landrau

★ 5.0

The Stranger From Pecos

1943 • as Sheriff Ben

Riders of the Badlands

1941 • as Captain Rogers

★ 4.0

Song of Mexico

1945 • as Visitor

Lone Texas Ranger

1945 • as Hands Weber

★ 6.0

Under Mexicali Stars

1950 • as Hays Lawson

Fast and Loose

1939 • as Reilly, Casino Patron (uncredited)

★ 5.6

The Far Frontier

1948 • as Henchman Bart

★ 6.0

Renegades of Sonora

1948 • as George Keeler

Daredevils of the Clouds

1948 • as RCMP Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.0

Home on the Range

1946 • as Henchman

The Bandit Trail

1941 • as Joel Nesbitt

★ 7.0

Marshal of Cedar Rock

1953 • as Henry Mason

★ 5.5

Man from Music Mountain

1943 • as Cattlemen Henchman (uncredited)

★ 5.0

Trail of Kit Carson

1945 • as Doc Ryan

Colorado Pioneers

1945 • as Bull Reagan

Vigilantes of Boomtown

1947 • as McKean

★ 2.5

Romance on the Range

1942 • as Henchman Pete

★ 5.7

The Man from Texas

1939 • as Henchman Drifter

The Masked Rider

1941 • as Henchman Luke

★ 7.0

Down Dakota Way

1949 • as Mack McKenzie

★ 7.5

Marshal of Amarillo

1948 • as Ben Dolan

Six Gun Gospel

1943 • as Henchman Durkin

★ 4.5

D-Day on Mars

1966 • as The Purple Monster

★ 3.0

Federal Agent at Large

1950 • as Nels Berger

★ 4.8

Desperadoes' Outpost

1952 • as Jim Boylan

Savage Frontier

1953 • as William Oakes

Rodeo King and the Senorita

1951 • as Steve Lacey

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Street Bandits

1951 • as Monk Walter

When the Clock Strikes

1961 • as Sheriff Mitchell

★ 6.4

Firebrands of Arizona

1944 • as Deputy Ike

★ 6.0

The Topeka Terror

1945 • as Ben Jode

★ 4.0

Outlaws of Cherokee Trail

1941 • as Val Lamar

Riders of the Frontier

1939 • as Outlaw Ed Carter

The Dakota Kid

1951 • as Henchman Turk Smith

★ 5.0

Rustlers on Horseback

1950 • as Leo Straykin

★ 5.0

Lightnin' in the Forest

1948 • as Police Lieut. Bain

★ 3.0

The Missourians

1950 • as Nick Kovacs

★ 6.0

Thundering Caravans

1952 • as Ed Brill

The Arizona Cowboy

1950 • as Henchman Mike Slade

Secret Service Investigator

1948 • as Al Turk

★ 6.0

Down Laredo Way

1953 • as Cooper

The Not So Lonely Lighthouse Keeper

1967 • as Narrator

Run, Light Buck, Run

1966 • as Narrator