Roy Barcroft (1902 - 1969)

American character actor famous for playing villains in B-Westerns and other genres

* September 7, 1902 Crab Orchard, Nebraska, USA
 as Howard Harold Ravenscroft
 November 28, 1969 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA


Books with an entry on Roy Barcroft

Douglas Brode Shooting stars of the small screen Douglas Brode
Shooting stars of the small screen, Encyclopedia of TV Western actors, 1946-present
Austin, 2009

James Robert Parish with Earl Anderson, Richard E. Braff, John Robert Cocchi, and Harry Purvis
Hollywood Character Actors
New Rochelle, New York, 1978

Alfred E. Twomey and Arthur F. McClure The Versatiles Alfred E. Twomey and Arthur F. McClure
The Versatiles, A Study of Supporting Character Actors and Actresses in the American Motion Picture, 1930-1955
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1969

Films

1931
Mata Hari

1932
A Woman Commands

1936
Flash Gordon

1937
Dick Tracy
Rosalie
S.O.S. Coast Guard
Night Key

1938
Blondes at Work
The Crowd Roars
Prison Break
The Frontiersmen
Flaming Frontiers
The Stranger from Arizona
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars

1939
Another Thin Man
Daredevils of the Red Circle
Fast and Loose
The Oregon Trail
The Phantom Creeps
They All Come Out
Silver on the Sage
Riders of the Frontier
Crashing Thru
Mexicali Rose
Renegade Trail
S.O.S. Tidal Wave

1940
Deadwood Dick
East of the River
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Santa Fe Trail
Winners of the West
Bad Man from Red Butte
Hidden Gold
Rancho Grande
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
The Showdown
Stage to Chino
Trailing Double Trouble
West of Carson City

1941
Jesse James at Bay
King of the Texas Rangers
Riders of Death Valley
Sheriff of Tombstone
Sky Raiders
They Died with Their Boots On
Wide Open Town
The Bandit Trail
Pals of the Pecos
The Masked Rider
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
Riders of the Badlands
West of Cimarron

1942
Dawn on the Great Divide
Nazi Agent
Pirates of the Prairie
S.O.S. Coast Guard
Silver Queen
Sunset Serenade
Tennessee Johnson
The Valley of Vanishing Men
Below the Border
Land of the Open Range
The Old Chisholm Trail
Romance on the Range
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Sunset on the Desert
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
West of the Law

1943
Chatterbox
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
In Old Oklahoma
The Masked Marvel
Bordertown Gun Fighters
Sagebrush Law
False Colors
Cheyenne Roundup
Carson City Cyclone
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
Hoppy Serves a Writ
Idaho
Overland Mail Robbery
Man from Music Mountain
Riders of the Rio Grande
Wagon Tracks West

1944
The Fighting Seabees
Storm Over Lisbon
Firebrands of Arizona
Code of the Prairie
Cheyenne Wildcat
The Big Bonanza
Haunted Harbor
Hands Across the Border
Hidden Valley Outlaws
The Laramie Trail
Lights of Old Santa Fe
Marshal of Reno
Sheriff of Sundown
Port of 40 Thieves

1945
Colorado Pioneers
Dakota
Girls of the Big House
Wagon Wheels Westward
Corpus Christi Bandits
Bells of Rosarita
Along the Navajo Trail
The Cherokee Flash
The Lone Texas Ranger
Marshal of Laredo
Sunset in El Dorado
Santa Fe Saddlemates
The Topeka Terror

1946
The Last Crooked Mile
The Phantom Rider
Plainsman and the Lady
Alias Billy the Kid
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
Home on the Range
My Pal Trigger
Sun Valley Cyclone
Stagecoach to Denver
Affairs of Geraldine

1947
Blackmail
The Fabulous Texan
Wyoming
Son of Zorro
Along the Oregon Trail
Last Frontier Uprising
Oregon Trail Scouts
Marshal of Cripple Creek
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
Springtime in the Sierras
The Wild Frontier
Vigilantes of Boomtown

1948
The Gallant Legion
Old Los Angeles
Angel in Exile
Grand Canyon Trail
The Far Frontier
Eyes of Texas
Desperadoes of Dodge City
The Bold Frontiersman
Oklahoma Badlands
Marshal of Amarillo
Renegades of Sonora
Sundown in Santa Fe
The Timber Trail
Daredevils of the Clouds

1949
Ghost of Zorro
Hellfire
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
Frontier Investigator
Down Dakota Way
Law of the Golden West
Prince of the Plains
Powder River Rustlers
Pioneer Marshal
Outcasts of the Trail
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
Sheriff of Wichita
San Antone Ambush

1950
Federal Agent at Large
Prisoners in Petticoats
Rock Island Trail
Surrender
Women from Headquarters
The Savage Horde
The Arizona Cowboy
Code of the Silver Sage
Singing Guns
Gunmen of Abilene
Desperadoes of the West
The Missourians
North of the Great Divide
Salt Lake Raiders
Vigilante Hideout
The Vanishing Westerner
Under Mexicali Stars

1951
Missing Women
Arizona Manhunt
Desert of Lost Men
The Dakota Kid
Fort Dodge Stampede
In Old Amarillo
Honeychile
Insurance Investigator
Don Daredevil Rides Again
Pals of the Golden West
Night Riders of Montana
Rodeo King and the Senorita
Wells Fargo Gunmaster
Utah Wagon Train

1952
Hoodlum Empire
The WAC From Walla, Walla
Border Saddlemates
Black Hills Ambush
Captive of Billy the Kid
Desperadoes' Outpost
Montana Belle
Leadville Gunslinger
Ride the Man Down
Oklahoma Annie
Wild Horse Ambush

1953
Bandits of the West
El Paso Stampede
Down Laredo Way
Iron Mountain Trail
Marshal of Cedar Rock
City That Never Sleeps
Old Overland Trail
Shadows of Tombstone

1954
Rogue Cop
The Desperado
Two Guns and a Badge

1955
The Cobweb
Man Without a Star
The Spoilers
At Gunpoint
Oklahoma!

1956
Gun Brothers
The Last Hunt

1957
Band of Angels
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
Domino Kid
Gun Duel in Durango
The Last Stagecoach West
Last Stagecoach West

1958
Escort West

1959
Ghost of Zorro

1960
Ten Who Dared

1961
When the Clock Strikes

1962
Six Black Horses

1964
He Rides Tall

1966
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
Texas Across the River
Gunpoint

1967
The Way West

1968
Rosemary's Baby
Bandolero!
Three Guns for Texas

1969
The Reivers
Gaily, Gaily

1970
Monte Walsh

1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

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