Roy Barcroft
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 7 September 1902 · Crab Orchard, Nebraska, USA
- Died
- 28 November 1969
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
Acting 261
- 2026Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine
- 1970Monte Walsh as Proprietor
- 1969The Reivers as Ed (The Judge)
- 1969Gaily, Gaily as Dr. Gorson
- 1968Bandolero! as Bartender
- 1967The Not So Lonely Lighthouse Keeper as Narrator
- 1967The Way West as Mr. Masters
- 1966Texas Across the River as Morton
- 1966Destination Inner Space as Skipper
- 1966Gunpoint as Dr. Beardsley
- 1966Billy the Kid Versus Dracula as Sheriff Griffin
- 1966Run, Light Buck, Run as Narrator
- 1966D-Day on Mars as The Purple Monster
- 1962Six Black Horses as Mustanger
- 1961When the Clock Strikes as Sheriff Mitchell
- 1960Ten Who Dared as Jim Baker
- 1960Freckles as John McLean
- 1959Escort West as Sgt. Doyle
- 1957Domino Kid
- 1957Last Stagecoach West as Park Ketchum
- 1957The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm as J.P. Flemming
- 1957Gun Duel in Durango as Mr. Blaisdell (uncredited)
- 1956Gun Brothers as Sheriff Jorgen
- 1956The Last Hunt as Maj. Smith
- 1955The Spoilers as The Marshal
- 1955Oklahoma! as Marshal
- 1955The Cobweb as Police Lieutenant Ferguson (Uncredited)
- 1955Man Without a Star as Sheriff Olson
- 1954Rogue Cop as Lt. Vince D. Bardeman
- 1954Two Guns and a Badge as Bill Sterling - Rancher
- 1954Man with the Steel Whip as Sheriff [Chs. 8, 10-12]
- 1954The Desperado as Martin Novak
- 1953Shadows of Tombstone as Mike
- 1953El Paso Stampede as Henchman Floyd Garrett
- 1953Bandits of the West as Bud Galloway
- 1953Down Laredo Way as Cooper
- 1953City That Never Sleeps
- 1953Savage Frontier as William Oakes
- 1953Iron Mountain Trail as Mate Orrin
- 1953Old Overland Trail as John Anchor
- 1953Marshal of Cedar Rock as Henry Mason
- 1952Ride the Man Down as Russ Schultz
- 1952Montana Belle as Jim Clark
- 1952South Pacific Trail as Link Felton
- 1952The WAC from Walla Walla as Mr. Prentiss
- 1952Desperadoes' Outpost as Jim Boylan
- 1952Old Oklahoma Plains as Arthur Jensen
- 1952Thundering Caravans as Ed Brill
- 1952Black Hills Ambush as Bart
- 1952Border Saddlemates as Steve Baxter
- 1952Wild Horse Ambush as Harkins
- 1952Hoodlum Empire as Morris Draper
- 1952Oklahoma Annie as Curt Walker
- 1952Leadville Gunslinger as Chet Yonker / Pete Yonker
- 1952Captive of Billy the Kid as Piute
- 1952Radar Men from the Moon as Retik
- 1951Desert of Lost Men as Link
- 1951Pals of the Golden West as Ward Sloan
- 1951Street Bandits as Monk Walter
- 1951Honeychile as Walter Judson
- 1951Utah Wagon Train as Hank Driscoll
- 1951Arizona Manhunt as Pete Willard
- 1951Fort Dodge Stampede as Henchman Pike Hardin
- 1951Rodeo King and the Senorita as Steve Lacey
- 1951The Dakota Kid as Henchman Turk Smith
- 1951Wells Fargo Gunmaster as Brick Mason
- 1951In Old Amarillo as Clint Burnside
- 1951Don Daredevil Rides Again as Douglas Stratton
- 1951Insurance Investigator as Duke Wallace
- 1951Night Riders of Montana as Henchman Brink
- 1950The Missourians as Nick Kovacs
- 1950Under Mexicali Stars as Hays Lawson
- 1950North of the Great Divide as Banning
- 1950Rustlers on Horseback as Leo Straykin
- 1950Prisoners in Petticoats as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
- 1950Surrender as Deputy Gerard
- 1950Vigilante Hideout as Muley Price
- 1950Desperadoes of the West as Hacker
- 1950The Savage Horde as Fergus
- 1950Rock Island Trail as Barnes
- 1950Salt Lake Raiders as Brit Condor
- 1950The Arizona Cowboy as Henchman Mike Slade
- 1950The Vanishing Westerner as Sand Sanderson
- 1950Code of the Silver Sage as Hulon Champion
- 1950Federal Agent at Large as Nels Berger
- 1950Gunmen of Abilene as Brink Fallon
- 1949Powder River Rustlers as Henchman Bull Macons
- 1949Pioneer Marshal as Clip Pearson
- 1949Ranger of Cherokee Strip as Mark Sanders
- 1949San Antone Ambush as Henchman Roberts
- 1949Down Dakota Way as Mack McKenzie
- 1949The James Brothers of Missouri as Ace Marlin
- 1949South of Rio as Lon Bryson
- 1949Outcasts of the Trail as Jim Judd
- 1949The Phantom Creeps as Parker (uncredited)
- 1949Law of the Golden West as Clete Larrabee
- 1949Frontier Investigator as Flint Fleming
- 1949Prince of the Plains as Henchman Regan
- 1949Ghost of Zorro as Hank Kilgore
- 1949Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc. as Spade Gordon
- 1949Sheriff of Wichita as Sam Stark
- 1948The Far Frontier as Henchman Bart
- 1948Renegades of Sonora as George Keeler
- 1948Sundown in Santa Fe as Tracy Gillette
- 1948Grand Canyon Trail as Henchman Dave Williams
- 1948Desperadoes of Dodge City as Homesteader
- 1948Out of the Storm as Arty Sorenson
- 1948Sons of Adventure as Leslie Bennett
- 1948Daredevils of the Clouds as RCMP Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
- 1948Marshal of Amarillo as Ben Dolan
- 1948Train to Alcatraz as Guard Grady
- 1948Eyes of Texas as Vic
- 1948The Timber Trail as Big Bart
- 1948Secret Service Investigator as Al Turk
- 1948Old Los Angeles as Clyborne
- 1948The Bold Frontiersman as Smiling Jim
- 1948Lightnin' in the Forest as Police Lieut. Bain
- 1948Madonna of the Desert as Buck Keaton
- 1948Oklahoma Badlands as Henchman Sanders
- 1948G-Men Never Forget as Vic Murkland - Commissioner Angus Cameron
- 1948The Main Street Kid as Torrey
- 1947Bandits of Dark Canyon as Jeff Conley
- 1947The Fabulous Texan as Standifer
- 1947The Wild Frontier as Henchman
- 1947Along the Oregon Trail as Jake Stoner
- 1947Marshal of Cripple Creek as Henchman Sweeney
- 1947Jesse James Rides Again as Frank Lawton
- 1947Wyoming as Sheriff Niles
- 1947Blackmail as Spice Kellaway
- 1947Springtime in the Sierras as Matt Wilkes
- 1947Rustlers of Devil's Canyon as Land Agent Clark
- 1947Web of Danger as Monks, Worker
- 1947Oregon Trail Scouts as Bill Hunter
- 1947Spoilers of the North as Moose McGovern
- 1947Vigilantes of Boomtown as McKean
- 1947Last Frontier Uprising as Henchman Boyd Blackwell
- 1947Son of Zorro as Henchman Boyd
- 1946Stagecoach to Denver as Big Bill Lambert
- 1946The Mysterious Mr. Valentine as Blackmailer (voice) (uncredited)
- 1946G.I. War Brides as (uncredited)
- 1946The Last Crooked Mile as Man on Street
- 1946Night Train to Memphis as Chad Morgan
- 1946My Pal Trigger as Henchman Hunter
- 1946Traffic in Crime as Insp. Tip Hogan
- 1946Daughter of Don Q as Mel Donovan
- 1946Sun Valley Cyclone as Blackie Blake
- 1946Home on the Range as Henchman
- 1946Alias Billy the Kid as Matt Conroy
- 1946Crime of the Century as Various Voices (uncredited)
- 1946The Phantom Rider as The Marshal
- 1945Song of Mexico as Visitor
- 1945Wagon Wheels Westward as Dave McKean
- 1945Dakota as Poli's Driver
- 1945The Cherokee Flash as Jeff Carson
- 1945Colorado Pioneers as Bull Reagan
- 1945Girls of the Big House as Police Dispatcher (voice)
- 1945Marshal of Laredo as Denver Jack
- 1945The Purple Monster Strikes as The Purple Monster
- 1945Sunset in El Dorado as Buster Welch
- 1945Along the Navajo Trail as Rusty Channing
- 1945Trail of Kit Carson as Doc Ryan
- 1945Bells of Rosarita as Henchman Maxwell
- 1945Santa Fe Saddlemates as John Gant
- 1945Lone Texas Ranger as Hands Weber
- 1945Corpus Christi Bandits as Wade Larkin
- 1945The Vampire's Ghost as Capt. Jim Barrett
- 1945Manhunt of Mystery Island as Capt. Mephisto
- 1945The Topeka Terror as Ben Jode
- 1944The Big Bonanza as Sheriff Dan Pendleton
- 1944Firebrands of Arizona as Deputy Ike
- 1944Sheriff of Sundown as Jack Hatfield
- 1944Lights of Old Santa Fe as Ken Ferguson
- 1944Code of the Prairie as Professor Graham
- 1944Cheyenne Wildcat as Dandy Joe Meeker
- 1944Stagecoach to Monterey as J. Rodney Stevens
- 1944Haunted Harbor as Carter / Kane
- 1944The Girl Who Dared as David Scott
- 1944Call of the South Seas as Steve Landrau
- 1944The Laramie Trail as Dick Rapidan
- 1944Hidden Valley Outlaws as Gilbert J. Leland
- 1944The Fighting Seabees as Seabee Barcroft (uncredited)
- 1943Raiders of Sunset Pass as Henchman Lefty Lewis
- 1943Canyon City as Jeff Parker
- 1943Overland Mail Robbery as David Patterson
- 1943False Colors as Sheriff
- 1943Man from Music Mountain as Cattlemen Henchman (uncredited)
- 1943The Man from the Rio Grande as Henchman Ace Holden
- 1943Wagon Tracks West as Henchman Laird
- 1943Six Gun Gospel as Henchman Durkin
- 1943The Stranger From Pecos as Sheriff Ben
- 1943Bordertown Gun Fighters as Jack Gatling
- 1943Riders of the Rio Grande as Sarsaparilla
- 1943Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Prison Guard (uncredited)
- 1943Calling Wild Bill Elliott as Captain Carson
- 1943Cheyenne Roundup as Slim Layton
- 1943Sagebrush Law as Mark Carter
- 1943Hoppy Serves a Writ as Colby
- 1943Idaho as Townsman Slugging Bud
- 1943Carson City Cyclone as Prosecutor Joe Newman
- 1942Ridin' Down the Canyon as Henchman
- 1942Dawn on the Great Divide as Chuck Loder
- 1942The Valley of Vanishing Men as Deputy Jed 'Luke' Lucas
- 1942The Old Chisholm Trail as Ed Phillips
- 1942Pirates of the Prairie as Lew Harmon
- 1942Silver Queen as Dan Carson
- 1942West of the Law as Ludlow
- 1942Sunset Serenade as Bart Reynolds - Henchman
- 1942Stardust on the Sage as Henchman Murphy
- 1942Romance on the Range as Henchman Pete
- 1942Land of the Open Range as Gil Carse
- 1942Sunset on the Desert as Deputy Nelson
- 1942The Lone Rider in Cheyenne as Mort Saunders
- 1942Nazi Agent as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
- 1942Below the Border as Ed Scully
- 1941Riders of the Badlands as Captain Rogers
- 1941West of Cimarron as Captain Hawks
- 1941They Died with Their Boots On as Officer (uncredited)
- 1941The Masked Rider as Henchman Luke
- 1941Jesse James at Bay as Henchman Vern Stone
- 1941The Bandit Trail as Joel Nesbitt
- 1941King of the Texas Rangers as Ross
- 1941Outlaws of Cherokee Trail as Val Lamar
- 1941Wide Open Town as Henchman Red
- 1941Riders of Death Valley as Henchman Dirk
- 1941Sheriff of Tombstone as Saloon Boss
- 1941Pals of the Pecos as Keno
- 1940The Green Hornet Strikes Again! as Cop at Newspaper Truck Vandalism
- 1940Santa Fe Trail as Engineer (uncredited)
- 1940East of the River as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1940Trailing Double Trouble as Jim Moreland
- 1940Ragtime Cowboy Joe as Henchman Putt
- 1940Stage to Chino as Dude Elliott
- 1940Deadwood Dick as Marshal Jim Bridges' Imposter
- 1940Winners of the West as Logan
- 1940Hidden Gold as Hendricks
- 1940Bad Man from Red Butte as Henchman Hank
- 1940The Showdown as Bowman
- 1940Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe as Ming's Soldier / Arborian Sentry (uncredited)
- 1940West of Carson City as Bill Tompkins
- 1940Yukon Flight as Henchman Lodin
- 1939Crashing Thru as Henchman Green
- 1939Another Thin Man as Slim (uncredited)
- 1939Riders of the Frontier as Outlaw Ed Carter
- 1939Renegade Trail as Stiff-Hat Bailey
- 1939The Oregon Trail as Colonel Custer
- 1939Daredevils of the Red Circle as Mine Superintendent
- 1939S.O.S Tidal Wave
- 1939The Man from Texas as Henchman Drifter
- 1939Silver on the Sage as Henchman Ewing
- 1939Mexicali Rose as Mac McElroy
- 1939Fast and Loose as Reilly, Casino Patron (uncredited)
- 1939The Phantom Creeps as AMI Agent Parker
- 1938The Frontiersmen as Sutton
- 1938The Stranger from Arizona as Henchman Thane
- 1938Heroes of the Hills as Robert Beaton
- 1938Flaming Frontiers as Ben Hollister - Henchman
- 1938Blondes at Work as Attorney Meadows (uncredited)
- 1937Rosalie as Conspirator (uncredited)
- 1936The President's Mystery as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1936Flash Gordon as Throne Guard
- 1932A Woman Commands as Cossack