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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 . [3]
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. In 1937 he was appearing in bit parts in various ...
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- Crab Orchard, Nebraska, USA
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- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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. In 1937 he was appearing in bit parts in various genres, but by 1938 he was in westerns,...
- 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. Those gigs dried up in the ‘50s so he switched to TV ...
Klaus Badelt to Christophe Beck. Roy Barcroft Biography (1902-1969) 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 ...
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Jul 18, 2014 · Roy Barcroft: King of the “B” Western Bad Guys. Of all the villains, outlaws, blackhats, varmints, owlhoots, and rannies who caused trouble on the big-screen Wild West of Hollywood’s Golden Age, no one was meaner, more conniving, or more likely to end up on the receiving end of a frontier film hero’s punches than Roy Barcroft .
Early on in his acting career, Roy Barcroft landed roles in various films, including "The Stranger From Arizona" (1938), "The Phantom Creeps" (1939) and the George "Gabby" Hayes western "The Renegade Trail" (1939). He also appeared in the Russell Hayden western "Silver on the Sage" (1939), the Russell Hayden western "The Showdown" (1940) and ...
