During his years as a freelance, he became such an asset as the villain in low-budget westerns that in 1943 Republic signed him to an exclusive ten-year contract.
Everything I know about being a bad guy I learned from [classic "heavy"] Harry Woods.
Big Roy
Virgo
Howard Clifford Ravenscroft
Crab Orchard, Nebraska, USA
(age 67)
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA