Roy Barcroft
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Roy Barcroft was an American actor who found his calling in the 1930s after moving to California with his wife. He became a well-known "heavy" in westerns, signing an exclusive ten-year contract with Republic Pictures in 1943. He appeared in a variety of films, including The Fighting Seabees (1944), The Purple Monster Strikes (1945), Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945), and Radar Men from the Moon (1952). He also starred in a number of westerns, such as Outlaws of Cherokee Trail (1941), Riders of the Rio Grande (1943), and Sun Valley Cyclone (1946). Off-screen, he was known for his kind and helpful nature, as well as his great sense of humor. As the era of "B" westerns faded out, Roy's work slowed, but he continued to appear in TV westerns and low-budget films like Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966) and The Reivers (1969).
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor
Birth Day September 07, 1902
Birth Place  Crab Orchard, Nebraska, United States
Age 118 YEARS OLD
Died On November 28, 1969(1969-11-28) (aged 67)\nWoodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Birth Sign Libra
Cause of death Kidney cancer
Other names Big Roy, Roy Bancroft, Howard Clifford Ravenscroft
Occupation Film, stage, television actor
Years active 1937–1969
Spouse(s) Hortense Flanagan (1930) Vera Thompson (1932-1969) (his death)

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1902

Barcroft was born Howard Harold Ravenscroft to a farming family in Crab Orchard, Nebraska, in 1902.

1917

In 1917, at the age of 15, he joined the United States Army during World War I to fight in France, where he was wounded in action. After leaving the military, he drifted through several jobs (including ranch hand, roughneck, railroad worker and seaman) before reenlisting and being stationed in Hawaii.

1929

In 1929, he moved to California and worked as an extra and as a salesman. He was discovered while acting in an amateur theatre production (a hobby which he took up to improve his speaking voice as a salesman) and cast in the serial S.O.S. Coast Guard (which followed his appearances in Flash Gordon (1936) and The President's Mystery (1936)). He worked for many studios in the years that followed until 1943, when he signed an exclusive 10-year contract with Republic. Under this contract, he starred in almost 150 films and serials, becoming instantly recognized as the villain to the audiences of the day.

1932

Barcroft married Vera Thompson in 1932, and they had two children.

1950

His career slowed with the decline of B-Westerns, but he found work in television and B-Movies during the 1950s and 1960s. Between 1955 and 1957, he became familiar to a new generation of youthful audiences, not as a villain but as "Col. Jim Logan", the kindly owner of the Triple-R Boys' Ranch in the hit television serials Spin and Marty, seen on Walt Disney's celebrated Mickey Mouse Club. A DVD version of the 1955 season, The Adventures of Spin & Marty, was released in 2005 as part of the Walt Disney Treasures series.

1954

From 1954 to 1956, Barcroft appeared in different roles in eight episodes of the syndicated western series Annie Oakley, starring Gail Davis and Brad Johnson. He also played the bit role of the marshal in the 1955 film adaptation of Oklahoma!.

1961

On May 23, 1961, Barcroft played Doc Longley in the episode "Badge of the Outsider" on NBC's Laramie western series. Longley is an aging outlaw who wants to live his last years in peace in his hometown of Laramie, Wyoming. A gang member frames Longley for the murder of the deputy sheriff in Laramie. Longley claims most of the wanted posters seeking him are based on falsehood, and he asks series character Slim Sherman (John Smith) for help. Then he claims harm will come to Slim's partner, Jess Harper (Robert Fuller), if Slim refuses to comply. Longley surrenders to authorities, but a judge claims Longley must "prove his innocence" in the case. Longley's gang springs him from jail when the hearing goes against him, but the gang is interested in Longley's money, not Longley's own fate. Paul Fix also appears in this episode.

1967

Barcroft was cast in the 1967 episode "Halo for a Badman" of the syndicated western series, Death Valley Days, as the mayor of Las Animas, Colorado. He hires an ex-convict, Porter Stockman, played by series host Robert Taylor, to stand up to an outlaw gang which has robbed every gold shipment coming into town.

1969

Barcroft died of kidney cancer at the Motion Picture Country Hospital in 1969. His body was donated to medical science.

2005

In marked contrast to his villainous movie persona, Barcroft off-screen "had a reputation as one of the nicest guys in Hollywood," said Leonard Maltin in 2005.

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