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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.
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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. Film critic Leonard Maltin acclaimed Barcroft as "Republic Pictures' number one bad guy".
Roy Barcroft. Actor: The Purple Monster Strikes. After serving in World War I, Roy Barcroft spent most of the 1920s and early 1930s moving from job to job. It was in the 1930s, after he moved to California with his wife, that he found his calling while acting in amateur theatrical productions.
- January 1, 1
- Crab Orchard, Nebraska, USA
- January 1, 1
- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Incredibly prolific American character actor of low-budget Westerns and serials, most frequently seen as a villain. He was born in either Weeping Waters, Nebraska or Crab Orchard, Nebraska, depending on the source (the two towns are within a few miles of each other), to a farm family.
- September 7, 1902
- November 28, 1969
Mar 3, 2017 · Roy Barcroft was one of those Western actors you’d recognize immediately—but never knew his name. The Nebraska native and WWI hero (who enlisted at age 15) fell into acting in the ‘30s, mostly as an extra. He soon got juicier roles in “B” Westerns, usually portraying a bad guy.
Original name, Howard Clifford Ravenscroft; born September 7, 1902, in Weeping Water (some sources say Weeping Hills or Crab Orchard), NE; died of cancer,November 28, 1969, in Woodland Hills, CA; married first wife (divorced, 1930); married Vera Thompson, 1932; children: three. Career: Actor.
Jul 18, 2014 · He was a criminal who used an experimental machine to transform himself into an exact “molecular double” of his ancestor, an infamous 18th-century buccaneer known as Captain Mephisto, in Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945), while Radar Men from the Moon (1952) Roy in some not-very-flattering robes as lunar emperor Retik, who was training his “atomi...
The son of an itinerant sharecropper, Roy Barcroft harbored dreams of becoming an army officer, and to that end lied about his age to enter the service during World War I. Discouraged from pursuing a military career by his wartime experiences, Barcroft spent the 1920s in a succession of jobs, ranging from fireman to radio musician.
