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Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 7, 1902
Died
November 28, 1969
Place of Birth
Crab Orchard, Nebraska, USA
Also Known As
- Howard Harold Ravenscroft
Roy Barcroft
0.5 Popularity
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
6.2
Proprietor
Monte Walsh
1970
6.3
Ed (The Judge)
The Reivers
1969
3.7
Dr. Gorson
Gaily, Gaily
1969
6.5
Bartender
Bandolero!
1968
0.0
Narrator
The Not So Lonely Lighthouse Keeper
1967
5.5
Cimarron Strip
1967
6.1
Mr. Masters
The Way West
1967
5.6
Morton
Texas Across the River
1966
4.9
Skipper
Destination Inner Space
1966
6.0
Dr. Beardsley
Gunpoint
1966
Credits
Monte Walsh
as Proprietor
1970
6.2
The Reivers
as Ed (The Judge)
1969
6.3
Gaily, Gaily
as Dr. Gorson
1969
3.7
Bandolero!
as Bartender
1968
6.5
The Not So Lonely Lighthouse Keeper
as Narrator
1967
0.0
Cimarron Strip
1967
5.5
The Way West
as Mr. Masters
1967
6.1
Texas Across the River
as Morton
1966
5.6
Destination Inner Space
as Skipper
1966
4.9
Gunpoint
as Dr. Beardsley
1966
6.0
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
as Sheriff Griffin
1966
4.1
Run, Light Buck, Run
as Narrator
1966
0.0
D-Day on Mars
as The Purple Monster
1966
3.0
Laredo
1965
6.3
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Profiles in Courage
as Judge
1964
5.0
The Great Adventure
as Dr. Anthony Thompson
1963
0.0
The Lucy Show
as Chief of Police
1962
7.0
The Virginian
as Bill Goforth
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Mr. Tait
1962
6.4
Six Black Horses
as Mustanger
1962
5.8
Straightaway
1961
0.0
Ben Casey
as Rudick
1961
5.6
When the Clock Strikes
as Sheriff Mitchell
1961
6.4
Gunslinger
as Taggert
1961
6.0
Ten Who Dared
as Jim Baker
1960
5.9
Freckles
as John McLean
1960
4.6
The Andy Griffith Show
as Clint Biggers
1960
7.6
Johnny Ringo
as Pat Merlin
1959
5.7
Escort West
as Sgt. Doyle
1959
5.6
Rawhide
as Casey
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Sanders
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Cliff Stanton
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Sheriff
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Adams
1959
7.2
Lawman
1958
5.6
The Rifleman
1958
7.1
The Texan
1958
5.5
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Frank Hagen
1958
6.8
The New Adventures of Spin and Marty
as Jim Logan
1957
6.0
26 Men
1957
4.2
Trackdown
1957
6.4
Domino Kid
1957
5.7
Maverick
as The Cattleman
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Marshal
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Murphy
1957
7.7
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Jim Sherwood
1957
7.3
Last Stagecoach West
as Park Ketchum
1957
4.3
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
as J.P. Flemming
1957
6.1
Gun Duel in Durango
as Mr. Blaisdell (uncredited)
1957
5.4
Further Adventures of Spin and Marty
as Jim Logan
1956
7.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Marshal Carl Neuman
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Pat Merlin
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Rady Smith
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Mike - Ranch Foreman
1956
6.0
Gun Brothers
as Sheriff Jorgen
1956
4.3
The Last Hunt
as Maj. Smith
1956
6.9
The Spoilers
as The Marshal
1955
5.0
The Adventures of Spin and Marty
as Col. Logan
1955
6.2
Oklahoma!
as Marshal
1955
6.6
Cheyenne
1955
6.0
Gunsmoke
as Luke
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Farr
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Jake
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Asa
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Cotter
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Pop
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Roy
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Jonas
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.8
The Cobweb
as Police Lieutenant Ferguson (Uncredited)
1955
5.6
Man Without a Star
as Sheriff Olson
1955
6.4
The Millionaire
as Sergeant Bailey
1955
5.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Sheriff Bodie Hampton
1954
7.8
Rogue Cop
as Lt. Vince D. Bardeman
1954
5.3
Lassie
1954
6.1
Two Guns and a Badge
as Bill Sterling - Rancher
1954
0.0
Man with the Steel Whip
as Sheriff [Chs. 8, 10-12]
1954
6.0
The Desperado
as Martin Novak
1954
6.6
Public Defender
1954
5.7
The Man Behind the Badge
1953
5.5
Shadows of Tombstone
as Mike
1953
6.0
City Detective
1953
7.0
El Paso Stampede
as Henchman Floyd Garrett
1953
5.0
Bandits of the West
as Bud Galloway
1953
5.5
Down Laredo Way
as Cooper
1953
0.0
City That Never Sleeps
1953
5.9
Savage Frontier
as William Oakes
1953
0.0
Iron Mountain Trail
as Mate Orrin
1953
6.0
Old Overland Trail
as John Anchor
1953
6.0
Marshal of Cedar Rock
as Henry Mason
1953
5.5
Ride the Man Down
as Russ Schultz
1952
6.5
Montana Belle
as Jim Clark
1952
5.9
South Pacific Trail
as Link Felton
1952
0.0
The WAC from Walla Walla
as Mr. Prentiss
1952
0.0
Desperadoes' Outpost
as Jim Boylan
1952
0.0
Cavalcade of America
as Herbert Wheelock
1952
3.5
Adventures of Superman
1952
6.6
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
5.1
Old Oklahoma Plains
as Arthur Jensen
1952
5.0
Thundering Caravans
as Ed Brill
1952
0.0
Black Hills Ambush
as Bart
1952
0.0
Hoodlum Empire
as Morris Draper
1952
6.1
Border Saddlemates
as Steve Baxter
1952
4.0
Wild Horse Ambush
as Harkins
1952
0.0
Oklahoma Annie
as Curt Walker
1952
8.0
Leadville Gunslinger
as Chet Yonker / Pete Yonker
1952
0.0
Captive of Billy the Kid
as Piute
1952
0.0
Radar Men from the Moon
as Retik
1952
4.5
Desert of Lost Men
as Link
1951
0.0
Pals of the Golden West
as Ward Sloan
1951
0.0
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Street Bandits
as Monk Walter
1951
0.0
Honeychile
as Walter Judson
1951
6.0
Utah Wagon Train
as Hank Driscoll
1951
5.0
Arizona Manhunt
as Pete Willard
1951
6.0
Fort Dodge Stampede
as Henchman Pike Hardin
1951
6.0
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
5.3
Rodeo King and the Senorita
as Steve Lacey
1951
0.0
The Dakota Kid
as Henchman Turk Smith
1951
5.0
Wells Fargo Gunmaster
as Brick Mason
1951
0.0
In Old Amarillo
as Clint Burnside
1951
6.0
Don Daredevil Rides Again
as Douglas Stratton
1951
6.0
Insurance Investigator
as Duke Wallace
1951
5.0
Night Riders of Montana
as Henchman Brink
1951
0.0
The Missourians
as Nick Kovacs
1950
6.0
Under Mexicali Stars
as Hays Lawson
1950
0.0
North of the Great Divide
as Banning
1950
0.0
Rustlers on Horseback
as Leo Straykin
1950
5.0
Prisoners in Petticoats
as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
1950
6.0
Surrender
as Deputy Gerard
1950
4.4
Vigilante Hideout
as Muley Price
1950
0.0
Desperadoes of the West
as Hacker
1950
3.8
The Savage Horde
as Fergus
1950
5.8
Rock Island Trail
as Barnes
1950
6.0
Salt Lake Raiders
as Brit Condor
1950
6.0
The Arizona Cowboy
as Henchman Mike Slade
1950
0.0
The Vanishing Westerner
as Sand Sanderson
1950
2.0
Code of the Silver Sage
as Hulon Champion
1950
6.0
Federal Agent at Large
as Nels Berger
1950
4.8
Gunmen of Abilene
as Brink Fallon
1950
6.0
Powder River Rustlers
as Henchman Bull Macons
1949
0.0
Pioneer Marshal
as Clip Pearson
1949
0.0
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
as Mark Sanders
1949
0.0
San Antone Ambush
as Henchman Roberts
1949
4.0
The Lone Ranger
as Marshal Roy Dillon
1949
6.8
Down Dakota Way
as Mack McKenzie
1949
7.0
The James Brothers of Missouri
as Ace Marlin
1949
6.0
South of Rio
as Lon Bryson
1949
0.0
Outcasts of the Trail
as Jim Judd
1949
0.0
The Phantom Creeps
as Parker (uncredited)
1949
3.8
Law of the Golden West
as Clete Larrabee
1949
6.0
Frontier Investigator
as Flint Fleming
1949
0.0
Prince of the Plains
as Henchman Regan
1949
0.0
Ghost of Zorro
as Hank Kilgore
1949
4.0
Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.
as Spade Gordon
1949
0.0
Sheriff of Wichita
as Sam Stark
1949
0.0
The Far Frontier
as Henchman Bart
1948
6.0
Renegades of Sonora
as George Keeler
1948
0.0
Sundown in Santa Fe
as Tracy Gillette
1948
0.0
Grand Canyon Trail
as Henchman Dave Williams
1948
5.0
Desperadoes of Dodge City
as Homesteader
1948
0.0
Out of the Storm
as Arty Sorenson
1948
6.5
Sons of Adventure
as Leslie Bennett
1948
0.0
Daredevils of the Clouds
as RCMP Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
1948
6.0
Marshal of Amarillo
as Ben Dolan
1948
0.0
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Train to Alcatraz
as Guard Grady
1948
6.0
Eyes of Texas
as Vic
1948
6.0
The Timber Trail
as Big Bart
1948
0.0
Secret Service Investigator
as Al Turk
1948
6.0
Old Los Angeles
as Clyborne
1948
5.5
The Bold Frontiersman
as Smiling Jim
1948
0.0
Lightnin' in the Forest
as Police Lieut. Bain
1948
3.0
Madonna of the Desert
as Buck Keaton
1948
6.0
Oklahoma Badlands
as Henchman Sanders
1948
3.0
G-Men Never Forget
as Vic Murkland - Commissioner Angus Cameron
1948
7.0
The Main Street Kid
as Torrey
1948
0.0
Bandits of Dark Canyon
as Jeff Conley
1947
0.0
The Fabulous Texan
as Standifer
1947
4.0
The Wild Frontier
as Henchman
1947
0.0
Along the Oregon Trail
as Jake Stoner
1947
0.0
Marshal of Cripple Creek
as Henchman Sweeney
1947
0.0
Jesse James Rides Again
as Frank Lawton
1947
0.0
Wyoming
as Sheriff Niles
1947
6.0
Blackmail
as Spice Kellaway
1947
3.9
Springtime in the Sierras
as Matt Wilkes
1947
4.2
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
as Land Agent Clark
1947
0.0
Web of Danger
as Monks, Worker
1947
4.8
Oregon Trail Scouts
as Bill Hunter
1947
0.0
Spoilers of the North
as Moose McGovern
1947
5.0
Vigilantes of Boomtown
as McKean
1947
2.5
Last Frontier Uprising
as Henchman Boyd Blackwell
1947
0.0
Son of Zorro
as Henchman Boyd
1947
6.0
Stagecoach to Denver
as Big Bill Lambert
1946
5.8
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
as Blackmailer (voice) (uncredited)
1946
4.1
G.I. War Brides
as (uncredited)
1946
0.0
The Last Crooked Mile
as Man on Street
1946
5.1
Night Train to Memphis
as Chad Morgan
1946
0.0
My Pal Trigger
as Henchman Hunter
1946
5.4
Traffic in Crime
as Insp. Tip Hogan
1946
6.0
Daughter of Don Q
as Mel Donovan
1946
0.0
Sun Valley Cyclone
as Blackie Blake
1946
5.0
Home on the Range
as Henchman
1946
0.0
Alias Billy the Kid
as Matt Conroy
1946
5.0
Crime of the Century
as Various Voices (uncredited)
1946
5.0
The Phantom Rider
as The Marshal
1946
6.0
Song of Mexico
as Visitor
1945
0.0
Wagon Wheels Westward
as Dave McKean
1945
6.0
Dakota
as Poli's Driver
1945
5.1
The Cherokee Flash
as Jeff Carson
1945
8.0
Colorado Pioneers
as Bull Reagan
1945
0.0
Girls of the Big House
as Police Dispatcher (voice)
1945
6.0
The Purple Monster Strikes
as The Purple Monster
1945
3.8
Marshal of Laredo
as Denver Jack
1945
0.0
Sunset in El Dorado
as Buster Welch
1945
4.2
Along the Navajo Trail
as Rusty Channing
1945
0.0
Trail of Kit Carson
as Doc Ryan
1945
0.0
Bells of Rosarita
as Henchman Maxwell
1945
5.4
Santa Fe Saddlemates
as John Gant
1945
5.0
Lone Texas Ranger
as Hands Weber
1945
6.0
Corpus Christi Bandits
as Wade Larkin
1945
0.0
The Vampire's Ghost
as Capt. Jim Barrett
1945
5.2
Manhunt of Mystery Island
as Capt. Mephisto
1945
4.3
The Topeka Terror
as Ben Jode
1945
4.0
The Big Bonanza
as Sheriff Dan Pendleton
1944
5.5
Firebrands of Arizona
as Deputy Ike
1944
6.0
Sheriff of Sundown
as Jack Hatfield
1944
0.0
Lights of Old Santa Fe
as Ken Ferguson
1944
5.2
Code of the Prairie
as Professor Graham
1944
0.0
Cheyenne Wildcat
as Dandy Joe Meeker
1944
4.0
Stagecoach to Monterey
as J. Rodney Stevens
1944
0.0
Haunted Harbor
as Carter / Kane
1944
6.7
The Girl Who Dared
as David Scott
1944
5.7
Call of the South Seas
as Steve Landrau
1944
5.0
The Laramie Trail
as Dick Rapidan
1944
0.0
Hidden Valley Outlaws
as Gilbert J. Leland
1944
0.0
The Fighting Seabees
as Seabee Barcroft (uncredited)
1944
6.2
Raiders of Sunset Pass
as Henchman Lefty Lewis
1943
0.0
Canyon City
as Jeff Parker
1943
0.0
Overland Mail Robbery
as David Patterson
1943
0.0
False Colors
as Sheriff
1943
3.8
Man from Music Mountain
as Cattlemen Henchman (uncredited)
1943
5.0
The Man from the Rio Grande
as Henchman Ace Holden
1943
0.0
Wagon Tracks West
as Henchman Laird
1943
0.0
Six Gun Gospel
as Henchman Durkin
1943
4.5
The Stranger From Pecos
as Sheriff Ben
1943
0.0
Bordertown Gun Fighters
as Jack Gatling
1943
0.0
Riders of the Rio Grande
as Sarsaparilla
1943
0.0
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
1943
5.5
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
as Captain Carson
1943
6.0
Cheyenne Roundup
as Slim Layton
1943
4.0
Sagebrush Law
as Mark Carter
1943
6.0
Hoppy Serves a Writ
as Colby
1943
5.3
Idaho
as Townsman Slugging Bud
1943
5.7
Carson City Cyclone
as Prosecutor Joe Newman
1943
0.0
Ridin' Down the Canyon
as Henchman
1942
7.0
Dawn on the Great Divide
as Chuck Loder
1942
4.8
The Valley of Vanishing Men
as Deputy Jed 'Luke' Lucas
1942
0.0
The Old Chisholm Trail
as Ed Phillips
1942
7.0
Pirates of the Prairie
as Lew Harmon
1942
6.0
Silver Queen
as Dan Carson
1942
5.7
West of the Law
as Ludlow
1942
5.0
Sunset Serenade
as Bart Reynolds - Henchman
1942
5.5
Stardust on the Sage
as Henchman Murphy
1942
5.0
Romance on the Range
as Henchman Pete
1942
5.7
Land of the Open Range
as Gil Carse
1942
0.0
Sunset on the Desert
as Deputy Nelson
1942
5.8
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
as Mort Saunders
1942
0.0
Nazi Agent
as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
1942
6.6
Below the Border
as Ed Scully
1942
4.9
Riders of the Badlands
as Captain Rogers
1941
4.0
West of Cimarron
as Captain Hawks
1941
4.0
They Died with Their Boots On
as Officer (uncredited)
1941
6.6
The Masked Rider
as Henchman Luke
1941
7.0
Jesse James at Bay
as Henchman Vern Stone
1941
4.2
The Bandit Trail
as Joel Nesbitt
1941
6.5
King of the Texas Rangers
as Ross
1941
6.0
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
as Val Lamar
1941
0.0
Wide Open Town
as Henchman Red
1941
3.0
Riders of Death Valley
as Henchman Dirk
1941
6.5
Sheriff of Tombstone
as Saloon Boss
1941
6.8
Pals of the Pecos
as Keno
1941
0.0
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Cop at Newspaper Truck Vandalism
1940
6.2
Santa Fe Trail
as Engineer (uncredited)
1940
5.7
East of the River
as Policeman (uncredited)
1940
5.7
Trailing Double Trouble
as Jim Moreland
1940
6.0
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
as Henchman Putt
1940
0.0
Stage to Chino
as Dude Elliott
1940
5.4
Deadwood Dick
as Marshal Jim Bridges' Imposter
1940
6.0
Winners of the West
as Logan
1940
0.0
Hidden Gold
as Hendricks
1940
5.3
Bad Man from Red Butte
as Henchman Hank
1940
5.4
The Showdown
as Bowman
1940
5.0
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
as Ming's Soldier / Arborian Sentry (uncredited)
1940
5.8
West of Carson City
as Bill Tompkins
1940
2.0
Yukon Flight
as Henchman Lodin
1940
3.9
Crashing Thru
as Henchman Green
1939
6.0
Another Thin Man
as Slim (uncredited)
1939
7.1
Riders of the Frontier
as Outlaw Ed Carter
1939
0.0
Renegade Trail
as Stiff-Hat Bailey
1939
4.0
The Oregon Trail
as Colonel Custer
1939
8.0
Daredevils of the Red Circle
as Mine Superintendent
1939
4.0
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
5.7
The Man from Texas
as Henchman Drifter
1939
0.0
Silver on the Sage
as Henchman Ewing
1939
3.0
Mexicali Rose
as Mac McElroy
1939
6.0
Fast and Loose
as Reilly, Casino Patron (uncredited)
1939
5.6
The Phantom Creeps
as AMI Agent Parker
1939
4.2
The Frontiersmen
as Sutton
1938
4.0
The Stranger from Arizona
as Henchman Thane
1938
3.0
Heroes of the Hills
as Robert Beaton
1938
6.0
Flaming Frontiers
as Ben Hollister - Henchman
1938
4.8
Blondes at Work
as Attorney Meadows (uncredited)
1938
6.1
Rosalie
as Conspirator (uncredited)
1937
5.5
The President's Mystery
as Townsman (uncredited)
1936
5.3
Flash Gordon
as Throne Guard
1936
6.4
A Woman Commands
as Cossack
1932
8.0
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Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine
N/A
0.0