Roy Barcroft

Born: 1902-09-07, Crab Orchard, Nebraska, USA

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

• Perry Mason (1957)
• The Rifleman (1958)
• The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
• Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
• Lawman (1958)
• Rawhide (1959)
• The Virginian (1962)
• Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
• Gunsmoke (1955)
• Ben Casey (1961)
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
• Adventures of Superman (1952)
• The Texan (1958)
• Trackdown (1957)
• Cavalcade of America (1952)
• Laredo (1965)
• Cimarron Strip (1967)
• 26 Men (1957)
• The Adventures of Spin and Marty (1955)
• Hopalong Cassidy (1952)
• Straightaway (1961)
• Bandolero! (1968)
• The Way West (1967)
• Oklahoma! (1955)
• The Cobweb (1955)
• They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
• Santa Fe Trail (1940)
• Texas Across the River (1966)
• Man Without a Star (1955)