Roy Barcroft (1902–1969)

Actor

After serving in World War I, Roy Barcroft spent most of the 1920s and early 1930s moving from job ...

Born: September 7, 1902
Died: November 28, 1969 (age 67)

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Filmography

Known For

The Purple Monster Strikes The Purple Monster (1945)
Manhunt of Mystery Island Capt. Mephisto (1945)
Radar Men from the Moon Retik (1952)
Known For

Texas Across the River Morton (1966)
Actor

Monte Walsh Proprietor (1970)
The Reivers Ed (The Judge) (1969)
Gaily, Gaily Dr. Gorson (1969)
Gunsmoke Roy (1959-1969)
The Wild Wild West Sheriff (1965-1968)
Death Valley Days Doc Willis (1954-1968)
Rosemary's Baby Sun-Browned Man (1968)
Bandolero! Bartender (1968)
Three Guns for Texas Marshal Ezzard Speaks (1968)
Iron Horse Dan Barrington (1967)
The Magical World of Disney Narrator (1958-1967)
Cimarron Strip Lawman (1967)
The Way West Mr. Masters (1967)
The Road West George Reap (1967)
The Lucy Show Chief of Police Tinker (1967)
The Virginian Mr. Tait (1963-1967)
Daniel Boone Higgens (1966)
Texas Across the River Morton (1966)
Destination Inner Space Skipper (1966)
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula Sheriff Griffin (1966)
Gunpoint Dr. Beardsley (1966)
Bonanza Deputy Tom Hacker (1962-1966)
A Man Called Shenandoah Drew Narramore (1966)
Superman vs. the Gorilla Gang Gorilla Gang Member (1965)
Laredo Marshal Ezzard Speaks (1965)
Rawhide Adams (1961-1965)
Profiles in Courage Judge (1965)
Perry Mason Murphy (1964)
Slattery's People General Mark Sorensen (1964)
He Rides Tall Blacksmith (1964)
The Great Adventure Dr. Anthony Thompson (1963)
The Andy Griffith Show Clint Biggers (1963)
Have Gun - Will Travel Jim Sherwood (1957-1963)
Laramie Frazer (1960-1963)
Ben Casey Rudick (1962)
Empire Charlie Hooper (1962)
The Rifleman Stevens (1962)
Six Black Horses Mustanger (1962)
National Velvet Sam Watkins (1962)
Alcoa Premiere The Texan (1962)
Tales of Wells Fargo Sam Rogers (1958-1962)
Lawman Luke Tennant (1959-1962)
Shotgun Slade Jim Haggerty (1959-1961)
Hennesey Adm. William A. Stacey (1961)
Frontier Circus Gore (1961)
Lassie 1st Hunter (1958-1961)
When the Clock Strikes Sheriff Mitchell (1961)
Wanted: Dead or Alive Frank Hagen (1959-1961)
Gunslinger Taggert (1961)
Zane Grey Theatre Mike - Ranch Foreman (1957-1960)
Freckles John McLean (1960)
Ten Who Dared Jim Baker (1960)
Bronco Martin (1960)
Overland Trail Carson City Marshal (1960)
Riverboat Carley (1960)
Hotel de Paree Beartracks Conlon (1960)
Grand Jury (1959)
Tombstone Territory Flint Anson (1959)
The Texan Bishop (1959)
The Deputy Cowper (1959)
M Squad Kenny Fowler (1959)
Johnny Ringo Pat Merlin (1959)
Adventure Showcase Sgt. Hennessy (1959)
Doctor Mike (1959)
Man Without a Gun Drew (1959)
26 Men Effrim (1958-1959)
77 Sunset Strip Sheriff (1959)
Trackdown Sheriff (1957-1959)
Frontier Doctor Al Bixby (1959)
Rescue 8 Kolb (1959)
Escort West Sgt. Doyle (1959)
U.S. Marshal Doc Shuman (1958)
Men of Annapolis Mr. Parker (1958)
The Rough Riders John Ames (1958)
Maverick Marshal (1957-1958)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Mitch Moyer (1955-1958)
Cheyenne Sheriff Clem Willoughby (1958)
The Court of Last Resort Dobson (1958)
The New Adventures of Spin and Marty Logan (1957)
Casey Jones Sheriff Ray Barton (1957)
The Sheriff of Cochise Judge Vincent (1957)
Colt .45 Customer (1957)
The Mickey Mouse Club 'The Adventures of Spin and Marty' serial (1955-1957)
Domino Kid Ed Sandlin (1957)
The Millionaire Sergeant Bailey (1957)
Band of Angels Gillespie (1957)
Last Stagecoach West Park Ketchum (1957)
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm J.P. Flemming (1957)
Gun Duel in Durango Mr. Blaisdell (1957)
The Lone Ranger Marshal Roy Dillon (1955-1957)
State Trooper Chief Barron (1957)
Circus Boy Matt Flint (1957)
Annie Oakley Steve Stryker (1954-1956)
Further Adventures of Spin and Marty Jim Logan (1956)
Gun Brothers Sheriff Jorgen (1956)
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956)
Cavalcade of America Herbert Wheelock (1956)
The Last Hunt Maj. Smith (1956)
My Friend Flicka Jud Hoskins (1956)
The Adventures of Champion Emmett Kane (1956)
Fury Jep (1956)
Spin and Marty: The Movie Col. Logan (1955)
At Gunpoint Townsman in Saloon (1955)
The Spoilers The Marshal (1955)
The Adventures of Spin and Marty Col. Logan (1955)
Oklahoma! Marshal (1955)
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe Baker 12 Radioman (1955)
The Cobweb Police Lieutenant Ferguson (1955)
The Man Behind the Badge Captain Pulasky (1955)
City Detective Nelson (1955)
Man Without a Star Sheriff Olson (1955)
Public Defender Sam Flint (1955)
Rogue Cop Lt. Vince D. Bardeman (1954)
Two Guns and a Badge Bill Sterling - Rancher (1954)
Man with the Steel Whip Sheriff [Chs. 8, 10-12] (1954)
The Desperado Martin Novack (1954)
Hopalong Cassidy Constable Tom Gorham (1954)
Adventures of Superman Duke (1954)
The Adventures of Kit Carson Jud Hadley (1953)
Shadows of Tombstone Mike (1953)
El Paso Stampede Henchman Floyd Garrett (1953)
Bandits of the West Bud Galloway (1953)
Down Laredo Way Cooper (1953)
City That Never Sleeps Mechanical Man Attraction Hawker (1953)
Savage Frontier William Oakes (1953)
Iron Mountain Trail Mate Orrin (1953)
Cowboy G-Men Sidewinder (1953)
Old Overland Trail John Anchor (1953)
Marshal of Cedar Rock Henry Mason (1953)
Ride the Man Down Russ Schultz (1952)
Montana Belle Jim Clark (1952)
South Pacific Trail Link Felton (1952)
The WAC from Walla Walla Mr. Prentiss (1952)
Desperadoes' Outpost Jim Boylan (1952)
Tropical Heat Wave Whitney (1952)
Old Oklahoma Plains Arthur Jensen (1952)
Zombies of the Stratosphere Central Control Radio Operator [Chs. 1, 11] / Ross [Ch. 4] (1952)
Thundering Caravans Ed Brill (1952)
Black Hills Ambush Henchman Bart (1952)
Wild Horse Ambush Big John Harkins (1952)
Border Saddlemates Steve Baxter (1952)
Oklahoma Annie Curt Walker (1952)
Leadville Gunslinger Chet Yonker / Pete Yonker (1952)
Hoodlum Empire Morris Draper (1952)
Captive of Billy the Kid Piute (1952)
Radar Men from the Moon Retik (1952)
Desert of Lost Men Henchman Link (1951)
Street Bandits Monk Walter (1951)
Pals of the Golden West Ward Sloan (1951)
Honeychile Walter Judson (1951)
Utah Wagon Train Hank Driscoll (1951)
Arizona Manhunt Pete Willard (1951)
Fort Dodge Stampede Pike Hardin (1951)
Rodeo King and the Senorita Steve Lacey (1951)
Government Agents vs Phantom Legion Coast Guard Dispatcher [Ch. 8] (1951)
The Dakota Kid Henchman Turk Smith (1951)
Wells Fargo Gunmaster Henchman Brick Mason (1951)
In Old Amarillo Clint Burnside (1951)
Don Daredevil Rides Again Douglas Stratton (1951)
Insurance Investigator Duke Wallace (1951)
Night Riders of Montana Brink Stiles (1951)
Missing Women Ballgame Announcer (1951)
The Missourians Nick Kovacs (1950)
Under Mexicali Skies Henchman Hays Lawson (1950)
North of the Great Divide Banning (1950)
Rustlers on Horseback Leo Straykin (1950)
Prisoners in Petticoats Radio Newscaster (1950)
Surrender Deputy Gerard (1950)
Vigilante Hideout Muley Price (1950)
Desperadoes of the West Henchman Hacker (1950)
The Savage Horde Fergus (1950)
Women from Headquarters Undetermined Secondary Role (1950)
Salt Lake Raiders Brit Condor (1950)
Rock Island Trail Barnes (1950)
The Arizona Cowboy Mike Slade - Henchman (1950)
The Vanishing Westerner Sand Sanderson (1950)
Code of the Silver Sage Hulon Champion (1950)
Federal Agent at Large Nels Berger (1950)
Gunmen of Abilene Brink Fallon (1950)
Powder River Rustlers Henchman Bull Macons (1949)
Pioneer Marshal Clip Pearson (1949)
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King Police Dispatcher [Ch. 3] (1949)
Ranger of Cherokee Strip Mark Sanders (1949)
San Antone Ambush Roberts - Henchman (1949)
Down Dakota Way Mack McKenzie (1949)
The James Brothers of Missouri Ace Marlin (1949)
South of Rio Lon Bryson (1949)
Outcasts of the Trail Jim Judd (1949)
Law of the Golden West Clete Larrabee (1949)
Frontier Investigator Flint Fleming (1949)
Prince of the Plains Regan - Henchman (1949)
Ghost of Zorro Hank Kilgore (1949)
Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc. Spade Gordon (1949)
Sheriff of Wichita Sam Stark (1949)
The Far Frontier Bart Carroll (1948)
Renegades of Sonora George Keeler (1948)
Sundown in Santa Fe Tracy Gillette (1948)
Grand Canyon Trail Dave Williams - Regan Henchman (1948)
Desperadoes of Dodge City Homesteader (1948)
Out of the Storm Arty Sorenson (1948)
Angel in Exile Undetermined Role (1948)
Sons of Adventure Leslie Bennett - Director (1948)
Daredevils of the Clouds RCMP Broadcaster (1948)
Marshal of Amarillo Ben Dolan (1948)
Eyes of Texas Vic Rabin (1948)
Train to Alcatraz Guard Grady (1948)
The Timber Trail Big Bart (1948)
Secret Service Investigator Al Turk - Henchman / Detective O'Hara (1948)
Old Los Angeles Clyborne (1948)
The Bold Frontiersman Smiling Jim (1948)
Lightnin' in the Forest Police Lieut. Bain (1948)
Madonna of the Desert Buck Keaton (1948)
Oklahoma Badlands Sanders (1948)
G-Men Never Forget Vic Murkland / Commissioner Angus Cameron (1948)
The Main Street Kid Torrey (1948)
Bandits of Dark Canyon Jeff Conley (1947)
The Fabulous Texan Standifer (1947)
The Wild Frontier Barton's Gunman (1947)
Along the Oregon Trail Jake Stoner (1947)
Marshal of Cripple Creek Link (1947)
Jesse James Rides Again Frank Lawton (1947)
Wyoming Sheriff Niles (1947)
Blackmail Spice Kellaway (1947)
Springtime in the Sierras Matt Wilkes (1947)
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon Land Agent Clark (1947)
Web of Danger Monks, Worker (1947)
That's My Man Henchman (1947)
Oregon Trail Scouts Bill Hunter (1947)
Spoilers of the North Moose McGovern (1947)
Vigilantes of Boomtown McKean (1947)
Last Frontier Uprising Boyd Blackwell - Henchman (1947)
Son of Zorro Boyd - Henchman (1947)
Stagecoach to Denver Big Bill Lambert (1946)
Affairs of Geraldine Studio Actor (1946)
Plainsman and the Lady Cowboy (1946)
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine The Blackmailer (1946)
G.I. War Brides (1946)
The Last Crooked Mile Man on Street (1946)
Daughter of Don Q Mel Donovan (1946)
Night Train to Memphis Chad Morgan (1946)
My Pal Trigger Hunter - Henchman (1946)
Traffic in Crime Insp. Tip Hogan (1946)
Sun Valley Cyclone Blackie Blake (1946)
Home on the Range Henchman (1946)
Alias Billy the Kid Matt Conroy (1946)
Crime of the Century Various Voices (1946)
The Phantom Rider The Marshal [Ch. 1] (1946)
Song of Mexico Visitor (1945)
Wagon Wheels Westward Dave McKean Posing as John Larkin (1945)
The Cherokee Flash Jeff Carson (1945)
An Angel Comes to Brooklyn Undetermined Role (1945)
Colorado Pioneers Bull Reagan (1945)
Girls of the Big House Police Dispatcher (1945)
Dakota Poli's Driver (1945)
Marshal of Laredo Denver Jack (1945)
Sunset in El Dorado Buster Welch (1945)
Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945)
Along the Navajo Trail Rusty Channing (1945)
The Purple Monster Strikes The Purple Monster (1945)
Trail of Kit Carson Doc Ryan (1945)
Bells of Rosarita Mazxwell - Henchman (1945)
Santa Fe Saddlemates John Gant (1945)
The Vampire's Ghost Capt. Jim Barrett (1945)
Lone Texas Ranger Hands Weber (1945)
Corpus Christi Bandits Wade Larkin (1945)
Manhunt of Mystery Island Capt. Mephisto (1945)
The Topeka Terror Ben Jode (1945)
The Big Bonanza Sheriff Dan Pendleton (1944)
Firebrands of Arizona Deputy Ike (1944)
Sheriff of Sundown Jack Hatfield (1944)
Lights of Old Santa Fe Ken Ferguson (1944)
Storm Over Lisbon Burly Deresco Aide (1944)
Code of the Prairie Professor Graham aka David Larson (1944)
Cheyenne Wildcat Dandy Joe Meeker (1944)
Stagecoach to Monterey J. Rodney Stevens (1944)
Haunted Harbor Carter / Kane (1944)
Port of 40 Thieves Portrait of Hartford Chaney III (1944)
The Girl Who Dared David Scott (1944)
Marshal of Reno (1944)
Man from Frisco Key Man (1944)
Rosie the Riveter Man at Soda Fountain / Award Presentation M.C. (1944)
Call of the South Seas Steve Landrau (1944)
The Laramie Trail Dick Rapidan (1944)
Hidden Valley Outlaws Gilbert J. Leland (1944)
The Fighting Seabees Seabee Barcroft (1944)
Hands Across the Border Deputy (1944)
Raiders of Sunset Pass Henchman Lefty Lewis (1943)
In Old Oklahoma Oil Worker on Train (1943)
Canyon City Jeff Parker (1943)
Overland Mail Robbery David Patterson (1943)
False Colors Sheriff Clem (1943)
Man from Music Mountain Cattlemen Henchman (1943)
The Man from the Rio Grande Ace Holden - Henchman (1943)
Wagon Tracks West Henchman Laird (1943)
Six Gun Gospel Durkin - Henchman (1943)
The Masked Marvel Kerr (1943)
The Stranger from Pecos Sheriff (1943)
Bordertown Gun Fighters Jack Gatling (1943)
Riders of the Rio Grande Sarsaparilla Cherokee (1943)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case Prison Guard (1943)
Calling Wild Bill Elliott Capt. Carson (1943)
Chatterbox Dynamite Man on Work Crew (1943)
Cheyenne Roundup Slim Layton (1943)
Sagebrush Law Mark Carter (1943)
Hoppy Serves a Writ Todd Colby (1943)
Idaho Townsman Slugging Bud (1943)
Carson City Cyclone Joe Newman (1943)
Tennessee Johnson Officer on Crutches (1942)
Ridin' Down the Canyon Henchman (1942)
Dawn on the Great Divide Chuck Loder (1942)
The Valley of Vanishing Men Deputy Jed 'Luke' Lucas (1942)
The Old Chisholm Trail Ed Phillips (1942)
Pirates of the Prairie Lew Harmon (1942)
Silver Queen Dan Carson (1942)
West of the Law Ludlow (1942)
Sunset Serenade Bart Reynolds - Henchman (1942)
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die Pool Player (1942)
Stardust on the Sage Murphy (1942)
Romance on the Range Pete (1942)
Cactus Capers Hank Watson (1942)
Land of the Open Range Gill Carse (1942)
Sunset on the Desert Deputy Nelson (1942)
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne Mort Saunders (1942)
Below the Border Ed Scully (1942)
Nazi Agent Chief Petty Officer (1942)
Riders of the Badlands Captain Martin (1941)
West of Cimarron Captain Hawks (1941)
They Died with Their Boots On Officer (1941)
The Masked Rider Henchman Luke (1941)
Jesse James at Bay Henchman Vern Stone (1941)
The Bandit Trail Joel Nesbitt (1941)
King of the Texas Rangers Ross - Henchman [Chs. 1-7] (1941)
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail Val Lamar (1941)
Wide Open Town Red (1941)
Riders of Death Valley Dirk - Henchman (1941)
Sheriff of Tombstone Saloon Boss (1941)
Sky Raiders Coast Guardsman [Ch. 12] (1941)
Pals of the Pecos Keno (1941)
White Eagle Poker Pendleton (1941)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! Cop at Newspaper Truck Vandalism (1940)
Santa Fe Trail Engineer (1940)
East of the River Policeman (1940)
Trailing Double Trouble Jim Moreland (1940)
Ragtime Cowboy Joe Henchman Putt (1940)
Stage to Chino Dude Elliot (1940)
Deadwood Dick Marshal Jim Bridges' Imposter (Ch. 10) (1940)
Winners of the West Logan - Henchman (1940)
Hidden Gold Hendricks (1940)
Bad Man from Red Butte Henchman Hank (1940)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Ming's Soldier [Ch 6, 10-12] / Arborian Sentry [Ch 6] (1940)
Rancho Grande Madden (1940)
The Showdown Bowman (1940)
West of Carson City Bill Tompkins (1940)
Yukon Flight Lodin - Henchman (1940)
Crashing Thru Green - Henchman (1939)
Another Thin Man Slim - a Guard (1939)
Riders of the Frontier Ed Carter (1939)
Renegade Trail Stiff-Hat Bailey (1939)
They All Come Out Federal Marshal (1939)
The Oregon Trail Colonel Custer (1939)
Daredevils of the Red Circle Mine Superintendent (1939)
S.O.S. Tidal Wave (1939)
Man from Texas Henchman Drifter (1939)
Silver on the Sage Ewing (1939)
Mexicali Rose Mac McElroy (1939)
Fast and Loose Reilly - Casino Bodyguard (1939)
The Phantom Creeps Parker - AMI Agent (1939)
The Frontiersmen Sutton (Buster in credits) (1938)
The Stranger from Arizona Henchman Thane (1938)
The Crowd Roars Photographer (1938)
Heroes of the Hills Robert Beaton (1938)
Prison Break Captain of the Prison Guard (1938)
Flaming Frontiers Ben Hollister - Henchman (1938)
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars Martian Soldier [Ch. 2] (1938)
Blondes at Work Attorney Meadows (1938)
Rosalie Conspirator (1937)
SOS Coast Guard Goebel (1937)
Night Key Alarm Technician (1937)
Dick Tracy Wing Air Crewman (1937)
Join the Marines Marine (1937)
The President's Mystery Townsman (1936)
Flash Gordon Throne Guard (1936)
A Woman Commands Cossack (1932)
Actor

Mata Hari Extra (1931)
Archive footage

Hopalong Cassidy: Public Hero #1 (2001)
The Republic Pictures Story (1991)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)
Flaming Frontiers (1966)
Sakima and the Masked Marvel (1966)
Retik, the Moon Menace (1966)
Purple Death from Outer Space (1966)
Peril from the Planet Mongo (1966)
Golden Hands of Kurigal (1966)
D-Day on Mars (1966)
Code 645 (1966)
Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine (1966)
Ghost of Zorro (1959)
Frontier Justice (1958)
Satan's Satellites (1958)
The Adventures of Spin and Marty (1955)
Planet Outlaws (1953)
Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950)
Archive footage

The Phantom Creeps (1949)
SOS Coast Guard (1942)

Did You Know

Claimed that his favorite role was as the reincarnated pirate Captain Mephisto in the non-western Republic serial Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945). Also among his favorites were the serials The Purple Monster Strikes (1945) and Haunted Harbor (1944).