Roy Barcroft
- Acting
- September 7, 1902 · Crab Orchard, Nebraska, USA
- November 28, 1969
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
Filmography
- Monte Walsh · Proprietor
- The Reivers · Ed (The Judge)
- Gaily, Gaily · Dr. Gorson
- Bandolero! · Bartender
- The Not So Lonely Lighthouse Keeper · Narrator
- Cimarron Strip
- The Way West · Mr. Masters
- Texas Across the River · Morton
- Destination Inner Space · Skipper
- Gunpoint · Dr. Beardsley
- Billy the Kid Versus Dracula · Sheriff Griffin
- Run, Light Buck, Run · Narrator
- D-Day on Mars · The Purple Monster
- Laredo
- Profiles in Courage · Judge
- The Great Adventure · Dr. Anthony Thompson
- The Lucy Show · Chief of Police
- The Virginian · Bill Goforth, Mr. Tait
- Six Black Horses · Mustanger
- Straightaway
- Ben Casey · Rudick
- When the Clock Strikes · Sheriff Mitchell
- Gunslinger · Taggert
- Ten Who Dared · Jim Baker
- Freckles · John McLean
- The Andy Griffith Show · Clint Biggers
- Johnny Ringo · Pat Merlin
- Escort West · Sgt. Doyle
- Rawhide · Casey, Sanders
- Lawman · Luke Tennant
- The Rifleman
- The Texan
- Wanted: Dead or Alive · Frank Hagen
- The New Adventures of Spin and Marty · Jim Logan
- 26 Men
- Trackdown · Sheriff
- Domino Kid
- Maverick · The Cattleman, Marshal
- Perry Mason · Murphy
- Have Gun, Will Travel · Jim Sherwood
- Last Stagecoach West · Park Ketchum
- The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm · J.P. Flemming
- Gun Duel in Durango · Mr. Blaisdell (uncredited)
- Further Adventures of Spin and Marty · Jim Logan
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre · Marshal Carl Neuman, Pat Merlin
- Gun Brothers · Sheriff Jorgen
- The Last Hunt · Maj. Smith
- The Spoilers · The Marshal
- The Adventures of Spin and Marty · Col. Logan
- Oklahoma! · Marshal
- Cheyenne
- Gunsmoke · Luke, Farr
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- The Cobweb · Police Lieutenant Ferguson (Uncredited)
- Man Without a Star · Sheriff Olson
- The Millionaire · Sergeant Bailey
- The Wonderful World of Disney · Sheriff Bodie Hampton
- Rogue Cop · Lt. Vince D. Bardeman
- Lassie
- Two Guns and a Badge · Bill Sterling - Rancher
- Man with the Steel Whip · Sheriff [Chs. 8, 10-12]
- The Desperado · Martin Novak
- Public Defender
- The Man Behind the Badge
- Shadows of Tombstone · Mike
- City Detective
- El Paso Stampede · Henchman Floyd Garrett
- Bandits of the West · Bud Galloway
- Down Laredo Way · Cooper
- City That Never Sleeps
- Savage Frontier · William Oakes
- Iron Mountain Trail · Mate Orrin
- Old Overland Trail · John Anchor
- Marshal of Cedar Rock · Henry Mason
- Ride the Man Down · Russ Schultz
- Montana Belle · Jim Clark
- South Pacific Trail · Link Felton
- The WAC from Walla Walla · Mr. Prentiss
- Desperadoes' Outpost · Jim Boylan
- Cavalcade of America · Herbert Wheelock