Roy Barcroft

Born

9/7/1902

Crab Orchard, Nebraska, USA

Roy Barcroft

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 For256 Movies

Oklahoma!
1955
★6.6
The Way West
1967
★6.1
Bandolero!
1968
★6.6
Texas Across the River
1966
★5.6
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
★6.7
Man Without a Star
1955
★6.4
Flash Gordon
1936
★6.4
Santa Fe Trail
1940
★5.8
The Reivers
1969
★6.4
Last Stagecoach West
1957
★5.5
The Cobweb
1955
★5.7
Rosalie
1937
★6.0
Monte Walsh
1970
★6.3
The Fighting Seabees
1944
★6.2
Dakota
1945
★5.2
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940
★6.8
Hoppy Serves a Writ
1943
★5.6
Pioneer Marshal
1949
★10.0
Ten Who Dared
1960
★6.0
Another Thin Man
1939
★7.1
Gunpoint
1966
★6.2
The Spoilers
1955
★5.5
The Last Hunt
1956
★6.9
Montana Belle
1952
★6.3
Old Overland Trail
1953
★7.0
Don Daredevil Rides Again
1951
★8.0
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940
★5.8
Six Black Horses
1962
★5.9
City That Never Sleeps
1953
★6.0
Two Guns and a Badge
1954
★10.0
Radar Men from the Moon
1952
★4.6
The Big Bonanza
1944
★6.3
The Phantom Creeps
1939
★4.5
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
1966
★4.1
Old Los Angeles
1948
★6.0
Border Saddlemates
1952
★6.5
Daredevils of the Clouds
1948
★6.5
The Vanishing Westerner
1950
★5.5
Rogue Cop
1954
★5.7
Thundering Caravans
1952
★7.0
The Girl Who Dared
1944
★6.1
Destination Inner Space
1966
★4.9
Escort West
1959
★6.2
Ride the Man Down
1952
★7.7
Law of the Golden West
1949
★7.5
Ghost of Zorro
1949
★5.8
The Last Crooked Mile
1946
★5.5
The Savage Horde
1950
★6.2
Last Frontier Uprising
1947
★10.0
Gaily, Gaily
1969
★4.3
Lights of Old Santa Fe
1944
★5.6
Sheriff of Wichita
1949
★8.0
Prince of the Plains
1949
★8.0
Gun Brothers
1956
★5.8
Gun Duel in Durango
1957
★5.6
Hoodlum Empire
1952
★6.5
Shadows of Tombstone
1953
★6.5
Desperadoes of the West
1950
★5.2
Jesse James Rides Again
1947
★10.0
East of the River
1940
★6.3
Old Oklahoma Plains
1952
★7.0
G-Men Never Forget
1948
★7.7
Fast and Loose
1939
★5.9
The Masked Rider
1941
★7.2
Nazi Agent
1942
★6.6
Eyes of Texas
1948
★7.0
The Man from the Rio Grande
1943
★8.0
Deadwood Dick
1940
★7.0
Fort Dodge Stampede
1951
★7.0
False Colors
1943
★4.7
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941
★7.2
Rock Island Trail
1950
★6.3
Along the Navajo Trail
1945
★7.5
Jesse James at Bay
1941
★4.8
Sunset Serenade
1942
★6.2
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
★6.0
Down Dakota Way
1949
★8.3
Vigilantes of Boomtown
1947
★4.3
Iron Mountain Trail
1953
★6.5
Girls of the Big House
1945
★7.5
Desert of Lost Men
1951
★8.0
G.I. War Brides
1946
★9.0
Down Laredo Way
1953
★7.0
Rustlers on Horseback
1950
★6.5
Pals of the Golden West
1951
★7.5
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
1949
★10.0
Riders of Death Valley
1941
★6.8
My Pal Trigger
1946
★5.5
Oklahoma Annie
1952
★8.7
The Wild Frontier
1947
★9.0
Heroes of the Hills
1938
★8.0
Idaho
1943
★6.3
Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939
★4.8
Black Hills Ambush
1952
★7.0
Wild Horse Ambush
1952
★10.0
The Arizona Cowboy
1950
★10.0
The Oregon Trail
1939
★7.5
Silver Queen
1942
★6.0
Santa Fe Saddlemates
1945
★6.7
Arizona Manhunt
1951
★7.5
Man from Music Mountain
1943
★5.4
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
1957
★6.4
Marshal of Cedar Rock
1953
★6.3
The Missourians
1950
★8.0
Call of the South Seas
1944
★7.0
Secret Service Investigator
1948
★7.5
Cheyenne Wildcat
1944
★6.0
Gunmen of Abilene
1950
★6.7
The Desperado
1954
★7.2
The Cherokee Flash
1945
★8.0
When the Clock Strikes
1961
★6.3
Home on the Range
1946
★10.0
Pals of the Pecos
1941
★8.0
Bordertown Gun Fighters
1943
★9.0
Sunset in El Dorado
1945
★5.7
Sunset on the Desert
1942
★6.0
Winners of the West
1940
★7.0
Night Riders of Montana
1951
★10.0
Domino Kid
1957
★5.8
Son of Zorro
1947
★7.5
Spoilers of the North
1947
★5.8
The Stranger from Arizona
1938
★6.0
The Phantom Creeps
1949
★4.2
A Woman Commands
1932
★9.0
Wells Fargo Gunmaster
1951
★10.0
Canyon City
1943
★8.0
Outcasts of the Trail
1949
★9.0
North of the Great Divide
1950
★8.0
Firebrands of Arizona
1944
★8.0
Desperadoes of Dodge City
1948
★10.0
Dawn on the Great Divide
1942
★5.3
Insurance Investigator
1951
★5.7
The Frontiersmen
1938
★5.8
Hidden Gold
1940
★5.8
The WAC from Walla Walla
1952
★10.0
Prisoners in Petticoats
1950
★8.0
Bandits of the West
1953
★6.5
The Bandit Trail
1941
★6.6
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
1940
★9.0
Grand Canyon Trail
1948
★5.7
Springtime in the Sierras
1947
★4.8
Freckles
1960
★5.3
Wagon Tracks West
1943
★9.0
Out of the Storm
1948
★7.3
Federal Agent at Large
1950
★5.8
Romance on the Range
1942
★6.5
Frontier Investigator
1949
★9.0
Blackmail
1947
★4.2
Riders of the Rio Grande
1943
★10.0
El Paso Stampede
1953
★7.0
Below the Border
1942
★5.5
Blondes at Work
1938
★6.3
The Purple Monster Strikes
1945
★4.6
Code of the Prairie
1944
★7.0
Under Mexicali Stars
1950
★8.0
Honeychile
1951
★7.5
The Far Frontier
1948
★6.5
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
★6.8
The President's Mystery
1936
★5.8
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
1943
★6.3
Corpus Christi Bandits
1945
★9.0
The Man from Texas
1939
★9.0
Raiders of Sunset Pass
1943
★7.0
Street Bandits
1951
★10.0
Six Gun Gospel
1943
★5.3
Stagecoach to Monterey
1944
★7.0
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
1942
★8.0
The Vampire's Ghost
1945
★5.5
Colorado Pioneers
1945
★7.0
Sun Valley Cyclone
1946
★7.0
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
1946
★4.4
Wyoming
1947
★6.4
Wide Open Town
1941
★6.5
Crime of the Century
1946
★6.5
The Fabulous Texan
1947
★6.5
Rodeo King and the Senorita
1951
★7.0
Renegades of Sonora
1948
★8.0
Sheriff of Sundown
1944
★9.0
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
1947
★10.0
Ridin' Down the Canyon
1942
★7.5
Trailing Double Trouble
1940
★7.5
The Valley of Vanishing Men
1942
★9.0
Surrender
1950
★4.8
Utah Wagon Train
1951
★6.7
The Old Chisholm Trail
1942
★7.7
Sagebrush Law
1943
★6.7
Night Train to Memphis
1946
★9.0
In Old Amarillo
1951
★8.0
South of Rio
1949
★7.0
South Pacific Trail
1952
★8.0
West of Cimarron
1941
★6.5
Captive of Billy the Kid
1952
★9.0
Leadville Gunslinger
1952
★8.0
Traffic in Crime
1946
★6.0
Manhunt of Mystery Island
1945
★5.5
King of the Texas Rangers
1941
★7.0
Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.
1949
★7.0
Lone Texas Ranger
1945
★6.7
Bandits of Dark Canyon
1947
★9.0
Sons of Adventure
1948
★9.0
Riders of the Badlands
1941
★6.5
The Main Street Kid
1948
★10.0
Daughter of Don Q
1946
★9.0
Stagecoach to Denver
1946
★6.0
Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944
★8.0
Land of the Open Range
1942
★10.0
Wagon Wheels Westward
1945
★7.5
Salt Lake Raiders
1950
★7.5
The Dakota Kid
1951
★7.5
Overland Mail Robbery
1943
★9.0
Sundown in Santa Fe
1948
★10.0
Song of Mexico
1945
★10.0
The Laramie Trail
1944
★7.0
Desperadoes' Outpost
1952
★9.0
Stage to Chino
1940
★5.9
Yukon Flight
1940
★4.1
Pirates of the Prairie
1942
★7.0
Savage Frontier
1953
★9.0
The James Brothers of Missouri
1949
★6.7
Stardust on the Sage
1942
★5.5
Cheyenne Roundup
1943
★7.0
Bells of Rosarita
1945
★6.2
Haunted Harbor
1944
★7.0
Oregon Trail Scouts
1947
★9.0
Marshal of Amarillo
1948
★9.0
Madonna of the Desert
1948
★8.0
Riders of the Frontier
1939
★7.0
Crashing Thru
1939
★7.5
Along the Oregon Trail
1947
★9.0
Silver on the Sage
1939
★6.5
Flaming Frontiers
1938
★5.1
Mexicali Rose
1939
★7.0
The Timber Trail
1948
★10.0
Lightnin' in the Forest
1948
★4.7
D-Day on Mars
1966
★6.0
Alias Billy the Kid
1946
★7.5
The Showdown
1940
★6.0
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
1941
★9.0
Carson City Cyclone
1943
★7.0
Vigilante Hideout
1950
★10.0
West of Carson City
1940
★5.5
Trail of Kit Carson
1945
★7.0
Renegade Trail
1939
★5.0
Web of Danger
1947
★5.5
San Antone Ambush
1949
★7.0
Code of the Silver Sage
1950
★8.0
Marshal of Laredo
1945
★8.0
Oklahoma Badlands
1948
★5.0
The Topeka Terror
1945
★6.5
Powder River Rustlers
1949
★9.0
The Bold Frontiersman
1948
★7.0
The Stranger From Pecos
1943
★7.0
The Phantom Rider
1946
★6.5
Man with the Steel Whip
1954
★7.5
Bad Man from Red Butte
1940
★5.8
West of the Law
1942
★6.3