Roy Barcroft
Acting • Born 1902-09-07 – Died 1969-11-28
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
317 credits
D-Day on Mars
Movie • 1966
The Purple Monster
Rogue Cop
Movie • 1954
Lt. Vince D. Bardeman
Lightnin' in the Forest
Movie • 1948
Police Lieut. Bain
Hoodlum Empire
Movie • 1952
Morris Draper
Oklahoma!
Movie • 1955
Marshal
Out of the Storm
Movie • 1948
Arty Sorenson
Destination Inner Space
Movie • 1966
Skipper
The Savage Horde
Movie • 1950
Fergus
The Way West
Movie • 1967
Mr. Masters
The Man from Texas
Movie • 1939
Henchman Drifter
Blackmail
Movie • 1947
Spice Kellaway
G.I. War Brides
Movie • 1946
(uncredited)
Haunted Harbor
Movie • 1944
Carter / Kane
Stagecoach to Denver
Movie • 1946
Big Bill Lambert
The Stranger from Arizona
Movie • 1938
Henchman Thane
Monte Walsh
Movie • 1970
Proprietor
The Vampire's Ghost
Movie • 1945
Capt. Jim Barrett
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
Movie • 1966
Sheriff Griffin
When the Clock Strikes
Movie • 1961
Sheriff Mitchell
Son of Zorro
Movie • 1947
Henchman Boyd
The Far Frontier
Movie • 1948
Henchman Bart
Train to Alcatraz
Movie • 1948
Guard Grady
Marshal of Cripple Creek
Movie • 1947
Henchman Sweeney
Below the Border
Movie • 1942
Ed Scully
Federal Agent at Large
Movie • 1950
Nels Berger
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Movie • 1942
Henchman
Trailing Double Trouble
Movie • 1940
Jim Moreland
Insurance Investigator
Movie • 1951
Duke Wallace
Sunset on the Desert
Movie • 1942
Deputy Nelson
Crashing Thru
Movie • 1939
Henchman Green
Stardust on the Sage
Movie • 1942
Henchman Murphy
Marshal of Amarillo
Movie • 1948
Ben Dolan
Night Riders of Montana
Movie • 1951
Henchman Brink
Wild Horse Ambush
Movie • 1952
Harkins
Springtime in the Sierras
Movie • 1947
Matt Wilkes
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
Movie • 1949
Mark Sanders
Gun Brothers
Movie • 1956
Sheriff Jorgen
The Laramie Trail
Movie • 1944
Dick Rapidan
Powder River Rustlers
Movie • 1949
Henchman Bull Macons
Fort Dodge Stampede
Movie • 1951
Henchman Pike Hardin
The Fabulous Texan
Movie • 1947
Standifer
Sundown in Santa Fe
Movie • 1948
Tracy Gillette
Border Saddlemates
Movie • 1952
Steve Baxter
The Purple Monster Strikes
Movie • 1945
The Purple Monster
Manhunt of Mystery Island
Movie • 1945
Capt. Mephisto
Last Stagecoach West
Movie • 1957
Park Ketchum
Desperadoes of the West
Movie • 1950
Hacker
The Last Hunt
Movie • 1956
Maj. Smith
Freckles
Movie • 1960
John McLean
King of the Texas Rangers
Movie • 1941
Ross
Winners of the West
Movie • 1940
Logan
North of the Great Divide
Movie • 1950
Banning
Oklahoma Annie
Movie • 1952
Curt Walker
Raiders of Sunset Pass
Movie • 1943
Henchman Lefty Lewis
Man from Music Mountain
Movie • 1943
Cattlemen Henchman (uncredited)
G-Men Never Forget
Movie • 1948
Vic Murkland - Commissioner Angus Cameron
Jesse James Rides Again
Movie • 1947
Frank Lawton
The Phantom Rider
Movie • 1946
The Marshal
Radar Men from the Moon
Movie • 1952
Retik
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
Movie • 1941
Val Lamar
Flaming Frontiers
Movie • 1938
Ben Hollister - Henchman
Code of the Silver Sage
Movie • 1950
Hulon Champion
Rustlers on Horseback
Movie • 1950
Leo Straykin
The Valley of Vanishing Men
Movie • 1942
Deputy Jed 'Luke' Lucas
Renegades of Sonora
Movie • 1948
George Keeler
Black Hills Ambush
Movie • 1952
Bart
Daredevils of the Clouds
Movie • 1948
RCMP Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Under Mexicali Stars
Movie • 1950
Hays Lawson
Utah Wagon Train
Movie • 1951
Hank Driscoll
South Pacific Trail
Movie • 1952
Link Felton
Texas Across the River
Movie • 1966
Morton
In Old Amarillo
Movie • 1951
Clint Burnside
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
Movie • 1947
Land Agent Clark
Spoilers of the North
Movie • 1947
Moose McGovern
The Wild Frontier
Movie • 1947
Henchman
Sheriff of Wichita
Movie • 1949
Sam Stark
Trail of Kit Carson
Movie • 1945
Doc Ryan
The Bold Frontiersman
Movie • 1948
Smiling Jim
Vigilantes of Boomtown
Movie • 1947
McKean
Desperadoes of Dodge City
Movie • 1948
Homesteader
Oregon Trail Scouts
Movie • 1947
Bill Hunter
Stagecoach to Monterey
Movie • 1944
J. Rodney Stevens
The WAC from Walla Walla
Movie • 1952
Mr. Prentiss
The Masked Rider
Movie • 1941
Henchman Luke
Frontier Investigator
Movie • 1949
Flint Fleming
Daredevils of the Red Circle
Movie • 1939
Mine Superintendent
The Phantom Creeps
Movie • 1939
AMI Agent Parker
Bordertown Gun Fighters
Movie • 1943
Jack Gatling
Crime of the Century
Movie • 1946
Various Voices (uncredited)
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
Movie • 1946
Blackmailer (voice) (uncredited)
Vigilante Hideout
Movie • 1950
Muley Price
Wells Fargo Gunmaster
Movie • 1951
Brick Mason
Desert of Lost Men
Movie • 1951
Link
Savage Frontier
Movie • 1953
William Oakes
Bandits of the West
Movie • 1953
Bud Galloway
Captive of Billy the Kid
Movie • 1952
Piute
The James Brothers of Missouri
Movie • 1949
Ace Marlin
The Oregon Trail
Movie • 1939
Colonel Custer
Ride the Man Down
Movie • 1952
Russ Schultz
Fast and Loose
Movie • 1939
Reilly, Casino Patron (uncredited)
Land of the Open Range
Movie • 1942
Gil Carse
Silver on the Sage
Movie • 1939
Henchman Ewing
Another Thin Man
Movie • 1939
Slim (uncredited)
Riders of the Frontier
Movie • 1939
Outlaw Ed Carter
Nazi Agent
Movie • 1942
Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
Firebrands of Arizona
Movie • 1944
Deputy Ike
Gunmen of Abilene
Movie • 1950
Brink Fallon
Prince of the Plains
Movie • 1949
Henchman Regan
Old Overland Trail
Movie • 1953
John Anchor
Wide Open Town
Movie • 1941
Henchman Red
Yukon Flight
Movie • 1940
Henchman Lodin
Bandolero!
Movie • 1968
Bartender
Two Guns and a Badge
Movie • 1954
Bill Sterling - Rancher
The Girl Who Dared
Movie • 1944
David Scott
The Big Bonanza
Movie • 1944
Sheriff Dan Pendleton
Riders of the Badlands
Movie • 1941
Captain Rogers
Domino Kid
Movie • 1957
Bells of Rosarita
Movie • 1945
Henchman Maxwell
Along the Navajo Trail
Movie • 1945
Rusty Channing
Home on the Range
Movie • 1946
Henchman
Gun Duel in Durango
Movie • 1957
Mr. Blaisdell (uncredited)
Night Train to Memphis
Movie • 1946
Chad Morgan
Wagon Tracks West
Movie • 1943
Henchman Laird
Santa Fe Saddlemates
Movie • 1945
John Gant
Pirates of the Prairie
Movie • 1942
Lew Harmon
San Antone Ambush
Movie • 1949
Henchman Roberts
Mexicali Rose
Movie • 1939
Mac McElroy
Grand Canyon Trail
Movie • 1948
Henchman Dave Williams
The Timber Trail
Movie • 1948
Big Bart
Down Laredo Way
Movie • 1953
Cooper
Renegade Trail
Movie • 1939
Stiff-Hat Bailey
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Movie • 1940
Cop at Newspaper Truck Vandalism
Jesse James at Bay
Movie • 1941
Henchman Vern Stone
South of Rio
Movie • 1949
Lon Bryson
Rosalie
Movie • 1937
Conspirator (uncredited)
Dakota
Movie • 1945
Poli's Driver
Madonna of the Desert
Movie • 1948
Buck Keaton
The Desperado
Movie • 1954
Martin Novak
Pals of the Pecos
Movie • 1941
Keno
Pioneer Marshal
Movie • 1949
Clip Pearson
The Bandit Trail
Movie • 1941
Joel Nesbitt
Riders of Death Valley
Movie • 1941
Henchman Dirk
The Topeka Terror
Movie • 1945
Ben Jode
Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine
Movie
Bad Man from Red Butte
Movie • 1940
Henchman Hank
Sagebrush Law
Movie • 1943
Mark Carter
The Frontiersmen
Movie • 1938
Sutton
The Showdown
Movie • 1940
Bowman
Hidden Gold
Movie • 1940
Hendricks
Santa Fe Trail
Movie • 1940
Engineer (uncredited)
My Pal Trigger
Movie • 1946
Henchman Hunter
Deadwood Dick
Movie • 1940
Marshal Jim Bridges' Imposter
West of Carson City
Movie • 1940
Bill Tompkins
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Movie • 1940
Henchman Putt
Rodeo King and the Senorita
Movie • 1951
Steve Lacey
Marshal of Cedar Rock
Movie • 1953
Henry Mason
El Paso Stampede
Movie • 1953
Henchman Floyd Garrett
False Colors
Movie • 1943
Sheriff
Hoppy Serves a Writ
Movie • 1943
Colby
East of the River
Movie • 1940
Policeman (uncredited)
The Old Chisholm Trail
Movie • 1942
Ed Phillips
Shadows of Tombstone
Movie • 1953
Mike
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Movie • 1940
Ming's Soldier / Arborian Sentry (uncredited)
City That Never Sleeps
Movie • 1953
Eyes of Texas
Movie • 1948
Vic
West of the Law
Movie • 1942
Ludlow
Down Dakota Way
Movie • 1949
Mack McKenzie
Rock Island Trail
Movie • 1950
Barnes
The Main Street Kid
Movie • 1948
Torrey
Web of Danger
Movie • 1947
Monks, Worker
The Last Crooked Mile
Movie • 1946
Man on Street
Traffic in Crime
Movie • 1946
Insp. Tip Hogan
Song of Mexico
Movie • 1945
Visitor
Girls of the Big House
Movie • 1945
Police Dispatcher (voice)
Call of the South Seas
Movie • 1944
Steve Landrau
The Fighting Seabees
Movie • 1944
Seabee Barcroft (uncredited)
The Arizona Cowboy
Movie • 1950
Henchman Mike Slade
Arizona Manhunt
Movie • 1951
Pete Willard
Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.
Movie • 1949
Spade Gordon
The Dakota Kid
Movie • 1951
Henchman Turk Smith
Don Daredevil Rides Again
Movie • 1951
Douglas Stratton
Pals of the Golden West
Movie • 1951
Ward Sloan
The Missourians
Movie • 1950
Nick Kovacs
Lone Texas Ranger
Movie • 1945
Hands Weber
Marshal of Laredo
Movie • 1945
Denver Jack
Cheyenne Wildcat
Movie • 1944
Dandy Joe Meeker
Colorado Pioneers
Movie • 1945
Bull Reagan
Wagon Wheels Westward
Movie • 1945
Dave McKean
Sun Valley Cyclone
Movie • 1946
Blackie Blake
Salt Lake Raiders
Movie • 1950
Brit Condor
Surrender
Movie • 1950
Deputy Gerard
Desperadoes' Outpost
Movie • 1952
Jim Boylan
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
Movie • 1943
Captain Carson
Leadville Gunslinger
Movie • 1952
Chet Yonker / Pete Yonker
Canyon City
Movie • 1943
Jeff Parker
Carson City Cyclone
Movie • 1943
Prosecutor Joe Newman
Cheyenne Roundup
Movie • 1943
Slim Layton
Old Oklahoma Plains
Movie • 1952
Arthur Jensen
Dawn on the Great Divide
Movie • 1942
Chuck Loder
West of Cimarron
Movie • 1941
Captain Hawks
Romance on the Range
Movie • 1942
Henchman Pete
Thundering Caravans
Movie • 1952
Ed Brill
Sunset Serenade
Movie • 1942
Bart Reynolds - Henchman
Six Black Horses
Movie • 1962
Mustanger
The Man from the Rio Grande
Movie • 1943
Henchman Ace Holden
Overland Mail Robbery
Movie • 1943
David Patterson
Hidden Valley Outlaws
Movie • 1944
Gilbert J. Leland
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
Movie • 1942
Mort Saunders
Riders of the Rio Grande
Movie • 1943
Sarsaparilla
Six Gun Gospel
Movie • 1943
Henchman Durkin
The Stranger From Pecos
Movie • 1943
Sheriff Ben
Code of the Prairie
Movie • 1944
Professor Graham
Bandits of Dark Canyon
Movie • 1947
Jeff Conley
The Cherokee Flash
Movie • 1945
Jeff Carson
Corpus Christi Bandits
Movie • 1945
Wade Larkin
Sheriff of Sundown
Movie • 1944
Jack Hatfield
Lights of Old Santa Fe
Movie • 1944
Ken Ferguson
Sunset in El Dorado
Movie • 1945
Buster Welch
Alias Billy the Kid
Movie • 1946
Matt Conroy
Along the Oregon Trail
Movie • 1947
Jake Stoner
Last Frontier Uprising
Movie • 1947
Henchman Boyd Blackwell
Daughter of Don Q
Movie • 1946
Mel Donovan
Wyoming
Movie • 1947
Sheriff Niles
Old Los Angeles
Movie • 1948
Clyborne
Ghost of Zorro
Movie • 1949
Hank Kilgore
Oklahoma Badlands
Movie • 1948
Henchman Sanders
Sons of Adventure
Movie • 1948
Leslie Bennett
Sheriff of Tombstone
Movie • 1941
Saloon Boss
Silver Queen
Movie • 1942
Dan Carson
The Vanishing Westerner
Movie • 1950
Sand Sanderson
Law of the Golden West
Movie • 1949
Clete Larrabee
Outcasts of the Trail
Movie • 1949
Jim Judd
Idaho
Movie • 1943
Townsman Slugging Bud
They Died with Their Boots On
Movie • 1941
Officer (uncredited)
Man with the Steel Whip
Movie • 1954
Sheriff [Chs. 8, 10-12]
The Spoilers
Movie • 1955
The Marshal
Man Without a Star
Movie • 1955
Sheriff Olson
Escort West
Movie • 1959
Sgt. Doyle
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Movie • 1939
Montana Belle
Movie • 1952
Jim Clark
Stage to Chino
Movie • 1940
Dude Elliott
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
Movie • 1957
J.P. Flemming
A Woman Commands
Movie • 1932
Cossack
Blondes at Work
Movie • 1938
Attorney Meadows (uncredited)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Movie • 1943
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Honeychile
Movie • 1951
Walter Judson
Gaily, Gaily
Movie • 1969
Dr. Gorson
The Reivers
Movie • 1969
Ed (The Judge)
Ten Who Dared
Movie • 1960
Jim Baker
Heroes of the Hills
Movie • 1938
Robert Beaton
The Cobweb
Movie • 1955
Police Lieutenant Ferguson (Uncredited)
Iron Mountain Trail
Movie • 1953
Mate Orrin
The Phantom Creeps
Movie • 1949
Parker (uncredited)
Street Bandits
Movie • 1951
Monk Walter
Secret Service Investigator
Movie • 1948
Al Turk
Gunpoint
Movie • 1966
Dr. Beardsley
Prisoners in Petticoats
Movie • 1950
Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
The Not So Lonely Lighthouse Keeper
Movie • 1967
Narrator
Run, Light Buck, Run
Movie • 1966
Narrator
The President's Mystery
Movie • 1936
Townsman (uncredited)
Flash Gordon
Movie • 1936
Throne Guard
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Clint Biggers
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Trackdown
TV • 1957
The Great Adventure
TV • 1963
Dr. Anthony Thompson
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Luke
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Murphy
Lassie
TV • 1954
Laredo
TV • 1965
Straightaway
TV • 1961
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Casey
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
Jim Sherwood
Cimarron Strip
TV • 1967
The Adventures of Spin and Marty
TV • 1955
Col. Logan
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Sergeant Bailey
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Bill Goforth
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
Adventures of Superman
TV • 1952
Profiles in Courage
TV • 1964
Judge
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
Frank Hagen
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
Lawman
TV • 1958
The Texan
TV • 1958
Public Defender
TV • 1954
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Herbert Wheelock
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Marshal Carl Neuman
The New Adventures of Spin and Marty
TV • 1957
Jim Logan
Johnny Ringo
TV • 1959
Pat Merlin
City Detective
TV • 1953
The Adventures of Kit Carson
TV • 1951
26 Men
TV • 1957
The Man Behind the Badge
TV • 1953
Hopalong Cassidy
TV • 1952
Maverick
TV • 1957
The Cattleman
Maverick
TV • 1957
Marshal
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Sanders
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Cliff Stanton
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Sheriff
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Adams
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Farr
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Jake
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Asa
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Mr. Tait
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Cotter
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Pop
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Roy
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Jonas
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Chief of Police
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Pat Merlin
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Rady Smith
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Mike - Ranch Foreman
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Sheriff Bodie Hampton
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Rudick
Further Adventures of Spin and Marty
TV • 1956
Jim Logan
The Lone Ranger
TV • 1949
Marshal Roy Dillon
Gunslinger
TV • 1961
Taggert
Trackdown
TV • 1957
Sheriff