Roy Barcroft

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Roy Barcroft

Acting September 7, 1902

Crab Orchard, Nebraska, USA

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. Fr…

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The Andy Griffith Show

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The Rifleman

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Lassie

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6.3 1954 TV Show
Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

7.3 1957 TV Show
The Virginian

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Gunsmoke

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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

6.8 1955 TV Show
The Lucy Show

The Lucy Show

7.1 1962 TV Show
Rawhide

Rawhide

7.2 1959 TV Show
Cheyenne

Cheyenne

6.2 1955 TV Show

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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

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  1. 1970
    Monte Walsh

    Movie Proprietor

  2. 1969
    The Reivers

    Movie Ed (The Judge)

  3. 1969
    Gaily, Gaily

    Movie Dr. Gorson

  4. 1968
    Bandolero!

    Movie Bartender

  5. 1967
    The Not So Lonely Lighthouse Keeper

    Movie Narrator

  6. 1967
    Cimarron Strip

    TV show

  7. 1967
    The Way West

    Movie Mr. Masters

  8. 1966
    Texas Across the River

    Movie Morton

  9. 1966
    Destination Inner Space

    Movie Skipper

  10. 1966
    Gunpoint

    Movie Dr. Beardsley

  11. 1966
    Billy the Kid Versus Dracula

    Movie Sheriff Griffin

  12. 1966
    Run, Light Buck, Run

    Movie Narrator

  13. 1966
    D-Day on Mars

    Movie The Purple Monster

  14. 1965
    Laredo

    TV show

  15. 1964
    Profiles in Courage

    TV show Judge

  16. 1963
    The Great Adventure

    TV show Dr. Anthony Thompson

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  1. 1962
    The Lucy Show

    TV show Chief of Police

  2. 1962
    The Virginian

    TV show Bill Goforth

  3. 1962
    Six Black Horses

    Movie Mustanger

  4. 1961
    Straightaway

    TV show

  5. 1961
    Ben Casey

    TV show Rudick

  6. 1961
    When the Clock Strikes

    Movie Sheriff Mitchell

  7. 1961
    Gunslinger

    TV show Taggert

  8. 1960
    Ten Who Dared

    Movie Jim Baker

  9. 1960
    Freckles

    Movie John McLean

  10. 1960
    The Andy Griffith Show

    TV show Clint Biggers

  11. 1959
    Johnny Ringo

    TV show Pat Merlin

  12. 1959
    Escort West

    Movie Sgt. Doyle

  13. 1959
    Rawhide

    TV show Casey

  14. 1958
    Lawman

    TV show

  15. 1958
    The Rifleman

    TV show

  16. 1958
    The Texan

    TV show

  17. 1958
    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    TV show Frank Hagen

  18. 1957
    The New Adventures of Spin and Marty

    TV show Jim Logan

  19. 1957
    26 Men

    TV show

  20. 1957
    Trackdown

    TV show

  21. 1957
    Domino Kid

    Movie

  22. 1957
    Maverick

    TV show The Cattleman

  23. 1957
    Perry Mason

    TV show Murphy

  24. 1957
    Have Gun, Will Travel

    TV show Jim Sherwood