Roy Barcroft: Difference between revisions

Barcroft was born '''Howard Harold Ravenscroft'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Roy Barcroft Biography (1902-1969)|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/54/Roy-Barcroft.html|website=Film Reference|accessdate=27 September 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927210453/http://www.filmreference.com/film/54/Roy-Barcroft.html|archivedate=27 September 2017}}</ref> to a farming family in [[Crab Orchard, Nebraska]], in 1902.

In 1917, at the age of 15, he joined the [[United States Army]] during [[World War I]]<ref name="bkf">{{cite book|last1=Boggs|first1=Johnny D.|title=Billy the Kid on Film, 1911-2012|date=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786465552|page=161|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dSGXAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA161&dq=%22Howard+Harold+Ravenscroft%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjht--WocbWAhVmrFQKHUa-DFoQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22Howard%20Harold%20Ravenscroft%22&f=false|accessdate=27 September 2017|language=en}}</ref> to fight in France, where he was wounded in action. After leaving the military, he drifted through several jobs (including [[ranch hand]], [[roughneck]], [[Gandy dancer|railroad worker]] and [[seaman]]) before reenlisting and being stationed in [[Hawaii]].

After leaving the Army for the second time, he played clarinet and saxophone for dance bands around Chicago until he and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1929.<ref name="eafs">{{cite book|last1=Mayer|first1=Geoff|title=Encyclopedia of American Film Serials|date=2017|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476627199|pages=43-44|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mCgSDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA43&dq=%22Howard+Harold+Ravenscroft%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiV0Ky1gMXUAhWJx4MKHRTrBjIQ6AEIPjAE#v=onepage&q=%22Howard%20Harold%20Ravenscroft%22&f=false|accessdate=June 17 June, 2017|language=en}}</ref>