Roy Barcroft
Roy Barcroft (September 7, 1902 – November 28, 1969) was an American character actor famous for playing villains in B-Westerns and other genres. Noted film critic Leonard Maltin acclaimed Barcroft as "Republic Pictures' number one bad guy". Barcroft was born Howard Harold Ravenscroft to a farming family in Nebraska in 1902. In 1917 be joined up with the United States Army to fight in France in World War I, where he was wounded in action. After leaving the army he drifted through several jobs (including ranch hand, roughneck, railroad worker and seaman) before re-enlisting and being stationed in Hawaii. In 1929, he moved to California and worked as an extra and a salesman. He was discovered while acting in an amateur theatre production (a hobby he took up to improve his speaking voice as a salesman) and cast in the serial S.O.S. Coast Guard. 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 recognisable as the villain to the audiences of the day.
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Manhunt of Mystery Island
Clues lead a young couple to a Pacific isle where they find Mystery Island. The girl's father is being held prisoner by the evil Captain Mephisto, a pirate from tw0-hundred years ago who uses his Transformation Machine to travel forward in time and disguise himself as one of...Watch Movie -
Jesse James Rides Again
The outlaw Jesse James and his friend are on the run from the law when he is wrongly accused of leading the historic 1876 Northfield, Minnesota bank robbery. With nerve-tensing turns and high-impact action, Jesse rides into a town where a gang is trying to drive area ranchers...Watch Movie -
Desperadoes of the West
A group of ranchers, led by Colonel Arnold and Ward Gordon, are drilling an oil well but getting fierce opposition from an unknown gang of outlaws. Eastern promoter J.B. "Dude" Dawson is behind the gang as he is out to prevent the co-op members from striking oil before their...Watch Movie
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The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
This Universal movie serial based on the The Green Hornet radio series by George W. Trendle is the sequel to the 1940 serial THE GREEN HORNET. With "a thousand ALL-NEW thrills!" this fifteen-episode serial featuring Britt Reid continues the crime fighting saga of the Hornet....Watch Movie

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