'''Roy Barcroft''' (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> September 7, 1902 – November 28, 1969) was an American [[character actor]] famous for playing villains in [[Western (genre)|B-Westerns]] and other genres. From 1937 to 1957, he appeared in more than 300 films for [[Republic Pictures]].<ref name="az">{{cite book|last1=Varner|first1=Paul|title=The A to Z of Westerns in Cinema|date=2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810870512|pages=16-17|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xdf8t-Vs3e4C&pg=PA16&dq=%22Howard+Harold+Ravenscroft%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjht--WocbWAhVmrFQKHUa-DFoQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=%22Howard%20Harold%20Ravenscroft%22&f=false|accessdate=27 September 2017|language=en}}</ref> [[Film critic]] [[Leonard Maltin]] acclaimed Barcroft as "Republic Pictures' number one bad guy".<ref name=Maltin>{{cite video | people= [[Leonard Maltin]] |date=December 2005 |title= The Adventures of Spin and Marty |medium= DVD |publisher=[[Walt Disney Treasures]]}}</ref>
