Don 'Red' Barry

Don 'Red' Barry

Donald Barry went from the stage to the screen. After four years of playing villains and henchmen at various studios, Barry got the role that changed his image: Red Ryder in the Republic Pictures serial Adventures of Red Ryder (1940). Although he had appeared in westerns for two years or so, this was the one that kept him there. He acquired the nickname "Red" from his association with the Red Ryder character. After the success of "Red Ryder" Barry starred in a string of westerns for Republic. Studio chief Herbert J. Yates got the idea that Barry could be Republic's version of James Cagney, as he was short and had the same scrappy, feisty nature that Cagney had. Unfortunately, while Barry could in fact be a good actor when he wanted to be -- as he showed in the World War II drama The Purple Heart (1944) -- his "feistiness", combative nature and oversized ego caused him to alienate many of the casts and crews he worked with at Republic (ace serial director William Witney detested him, calling him "the midget", and director John English worked with him once and refused to ever work with him again). Barry made a series of westerns at Republic throughout the 1940s, but by 1950 his career had pretty much come to a halt, and he was reduced to making cheaper and cheaper pictures for bottom-of-the-barrel companies like Lippert and Screen Guild. Barry continued to work and still appeared in westerns up through the 1970s, but they were often in small supporting roles, sometimes unbilled. In 1980 he committed suicide by shooting himself.

Known For: Acting

Born: Houston, Texas, USA, 1912-01-11

Died: 1980-07-17

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1933	Flying Down to Rio	Dancer (uncredited)	63
2	1934	Bridal Bail	Movie Usher	30
3	1936	Night Waitress	Mario Rigo	58
4	1936	Beloved Enemy	Mike, I.R.A. Patriot (Uncredited)	61
5	1937	When's Your Birthday?	Marty - Gunman (uncredited)	40
6	1937	The Woman I Love	Michel	0
7	1937	Dead End	Dr. Flynn, Intern (Uncredited)	70
8	1937	Navy Blue and Gold	Mason (Southern Institute football player) (uncredited)	59
9	1938	Saleslady	Babcock	0
10	1938	Sinners in Paradise	Jessup	54
11	1938	Think It Over	Henchman	63
12	1938	The Crowd Roars	Pete Mariola	65
13	1938	Young Dr. Kildare	Dr. Collins (uncredited)	65
14	1938	The Duke of West Point	Grady	38
15	1939	Panama Patrol	Loring	50
16	1939	Calling Dr. Kildare	Collins	61
17	1939	Only Angels Have Wings	Tex	73
18	1939	S.O.S Tidal Wave	Curly Parsons	57
19	1939	Wyoming Outlaw	Will Parker	56
20	1939	Calling All Marines	'Blackie' Cross	0
21	1939	Saga of Death Valley	Jerry	62
22	1939	The Secret of Dr. Kildare	Collins - Intern (uncredited)	56
23	1939	Days of Jesse James	Jesse James	47
24	1940	Jack Pot	Bryan (uncredited)	64
25	1940	Ghost Valley Raiders	Tim Brandon aka The Tolusa Kid (as Donald Barry)	60
26	1940	Adventures of Red Ryder	Red Ryder	55
27	1940	One Man's Law	Jack Summers	0
28	1940	Sailor's Lady	Second Paymaster	40
29	1940	The Tulsa Kid	Tom Benton aka Tulsa Kid	60
30	1940	Frontier Vengeance	Jim Sanders	0
31	1940	Texas Terrors	Bob Millbourne aka Robert Mills	50
32	1941	Wyoming Wildcat	Bill Gannon	0
33	1941	The Phantom Cowboy	Jim Lawrence	60
34	1941	Two Gun Sheriff	Jim "Sundown Kid" McKinnon / Sheriff Bruce McKinnon	60
35	1941	The Apache Kid	Pete Dawson aka The Apache Kid	0
36	1941	Desert Bandit	Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger	0
37	1941	Kansas Cyclone	Jim Randall	0
38	1941	Death Valley Outlaws	Johnny Edwards	0
39	1941	A Missouri Outlaw	Cliff Dixon	0
40	1942	Remember Pearl Harbor	Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith	60
41	1942	Arizona Terrors	Jim Bradley	0
42	1942	Stagecoach Express	Dave Gregory	57
43	1942	Jesse James, Jr.	Johnny Barrett	20
44	1942	The Cyclone Kid	Johnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson	0
45	1942	The Sombrero Kid	Jerry Holden	30
46	1942	Outlaws of Pine Ridge	Chips Barrett	0
47	1942	The Traitor Within	Sam Starr (as Donald M. Barry)	0
48	1942	The Sundown Kid	Red Tracy	0
49	1943	Dead Man's Gulch	Tennessee Colby	0
50	1943	Carson City Cyclone	Gilbert Phalen	0
51	1943	Days of Old Cheyenne	Clint Ross	0
52	1943	Fugitive from Sonora	Parson Dave Winters / Ted Winters aka Keeno Phillips	0
53	1943	Black Hills Express	Lon Walker	60
54	1943	The West Side Kid	Johnny April (as Donald Barry)	0
55	1943	The Man from the Rio Grande	Lee Grant	0
56	1943	Canyon City	Terry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid	0
57	1943	California Joe	Joe Weldon	0
58	1944	The Purple Heart	Lt. Peter Vincent	60
59	1944	Outlaws of Santa Fe	Bob Conroy	0
60	1944	My Buddy	Eddie Ballinger (as Donald Barry)	0
61	1945	Bells of Rosarita	Don Barry	54
62	1945	The Chicago Kid	Joe Ferrill	0
63	1946	The Last Crooked Mile	Tom Dwyer	51
64	1946	The Plainsman and the Lady	Feisty	30
65	1947	That's My Gal	Benny Novak	0
66	1948	Slippy McGee	Slippy McGee	0
67	1948	Madonna of the Desert	Tony French (as Donald Barry)	60
68	1948	Lightnin' in the Forest	Stan Martin	30
69	1948	Train to Alcatraz	Doug Forbes (as Donald Barry)	60
70	1949	Ringside	Mike O'Hara, "King Cobra"	43
71	1949	The Dalton Gang	Larry West	30
72	1949	Square Dance Jubilee	Don Blake	40
73	1949	Tough Assignment	Dan Reilly	60
74	1949	Red Desert	Pecos Jones	0
75	1950	I Shot Billy the Kid	William H. Bonney / Billy the Kid (as Don Barry)	40
76	1950	Gunfire	Frank James / Bat Fenton	50
77	1950	Train To Tombstone	Len Howard	10
78	1950	Border Rangers	Bob Standish posing as the Rio Kid (as Don Barry)	0
79	1954	Untamed Heiress	'Spider' Mike Lawrence (as Donald Barry)	60
80	1954	Jesse James' Women	Jesse James	40
81	1955	The Twinkle In God's Eye	Dawson	70
82	1955	I'll Cry Tomorrow	Jerry	63
83	1956	Seven Men from Now	Clete	68
84	1957	Gun Duel In Durango	Larry	54
85	1958	China Doll	MSgt. Hal Foster	68
86	1958	Frankenstein 1970	Douglas Row	54
87	1958	Born Reckless	Bill Okie	34
88	1959	The Last Mile	Drake (as Donald Barry)	63
89	1959	Warlock	Edward Calhoun (uncredited)	67
90	1959	The Big Operator	Detective Sergeant	58
91	1960	Walk Like a Dragon	Cabot	50
92	1960	Ocean's Eleven	McCoy (uncredited)	64
93	1961	Buffalo Gun	Murdock	0
94	1962	Walk on the Wild Side	Dockery	66
95	1963	Twilight of Honor	Judson Elliot	68
96	1964	Iron Angel	Reb	60
97	1964	Law of the Lawless	Red	61
98	1965	Convict Stage	Marshal Jethro Karnin	61
99	1965	War Party	Sgt. Chaney	55
100	1965	Fort Courageous	Captain Harvey	51
101	1965	Town Tamer	Tex	64
102	1965	Apache Uprising	Henry Belden	63
103	1966	The Magnificent Stranger	Grist	67
104	1966	Alvarez Kelly	Lt. Farrow	62
105	1967	Red Tomahawk	Bly	64
106	1967	Hostile Guns	Ed Johnson	51
107	1967	Fort Utah	Harris	36
108	1968	Bandolero!	Jack Hawkins	65
109	1968	The Shakiest Gun in the West	Rev. Zachary Gant	62
110	1968	Shalako	Buffalo	57
111	1970	Hunters Are for Killing	Hank Phillips	45
112	1970	Rio Lobo	Feeny - Bartender (uncredited)	64
113	1970	The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County	Rusty	63
114	1971	One More Train to Rob	Charlie	54
115	1971	Johnny Got His Gun	Jody Simmons	75
116	1972	The Eyes of Charles Sand	Trainer	53
117	1972	Junior Bonner	Homer Rutledge	61
118	1973	Incident on a Dark Street	Miles Henderson	50
119	1973	Partners in Crime	Bartender	20
120	1974	Punch and Jody	Franz Butz / Delbert Clyde Butz	0
121	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Doctor in Morgue	67
122	1975	Blazing Stewardesses	Mike Trask	30
123	1975	Boss Nigger	(as Don Red Barry)	67
124	1975	Whiffs	Sgt. Post	71
125	1975	Hustle	Airport Bartender	57
126	1976	Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch	(archive footage)	90
127	1976	From Noon Till Three	Red Roxy	60
128	1976	The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West	Marshal	48
129	1977	Orca	Dock Worker	62
130	1978	Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys		0
131	1978	Doctor Dracula	Elliot (as Donald Barry)	40
132	1978	Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid	Devery's Foreman	50
133	1978	Buckstone County Prison	Warden Coley	0
134	1978	Hot Lead & Cold Feet	Bartender	59
135	1978	The Swarm	Pete Harris	49
136	1978	Hooper	Sheriff	63
137	1978	The Crash of Flight 401	Helicopter Pilot	75
138	1979	Donovan's Kid	Sheriff at Stagecoach	60
139	1979	A Cry For Justice	Virgil Hall	80
140	1979	Undercover with the KKK	Ben Wright	33
141	1979	Goldie and the Boxer	Radio Announcer	45
142	1981	Back Roads	Pete	54

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Andy	63
2	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Martin	63
3	1951	Dragnet	Mike Armstrong	64
4	1951	Dragnet	Parker Cleaver	64
5	1952	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet	Clerk	59
6	1954	Public Defender	Milo Martin	60
7	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Sheriff (uncredited)	78
8	1955	Gunsmoke	McIver	66
9	1955	Gunsmoke	Dobson	66
10	1955	Cheyenne	Shorty Jones	58
11	1955	The Phil Silvers Show	Capt. Carter (uncredited)	70
12	1955	Sergeant Preston of the Yukon		57
13	1955	Screen Director's Playhouse	Soldier	65
14	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel	Tom Goodfellow	74
15	1957	Sugarfoot	Tanner	48
16	1957	Sugarfoot	Arkansas	48
17	1957	Sugarfoot	Arkansas Ferguson	48
18	1957	Perry Mason	Red Doyle	77
19	1957	Maverick	Willie Saffron	68
20	1957	Maverick	Fred Leslie	68
21	1957	Maverick	Dishonest Abe	68
22	1957	Maverick	Smith	68
23	1957	Maverick	Sheriff	68
24	1958	Peter Gunn		65
25	1958	Bronco		52
26	1958	Lawman	Shorty - Assassin	56
27	1958	Lawman	Jim Gaylord	56
28	1958	Lawman	Dusty McCade	56
29	1958	Lawman	Jess Schaeffer	56
30	1958	Bat Masterson	Luke Short	61
31	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Rock	67
32	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Shorty Adams	67
33	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Frank Sully	67
34	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Barnaby Allson	67
35	1959	Rawhide	Grut	72
36	1959	The Deputy	Utah	62
37	1959	Bonanza	Temple	75
38	1959	Bonanza	Bud Claggett	75
39	1959	Laramie		64
40	1959	Bourbon Street Beat		50
41	1959	Hawaiian Eye	Harry Cannon	52
42	1959	Hawaiian Eye	Roy Briggs	52
43	1960	Checkmate	Kyle Horgan	41
44	1960	Surfside 6	Lt. Snedigar	50
45	1960	The Roaring 20's		0
46	1962	Sam Benedict		60
47	1962	The Virginian	Shorty Downs	65
48	1962	The Virginian	Dugan	65
49	1962	The Virginian	John Slaughter	65
50	1962	The Virginian	Man	65
51	1962	The Virginian	Charles Coulter	65
52	1962	The Virginian	Hutton	65
53	1962	The Virginian	Carstairs	65
54	1962	The Virginian	Jake	65
55	1962	McHale's Navy	Capt. Kittridge	67
56	1963	Arrest and Trial	Snyder	77
57	1963	The Fugitive	The Checker	72
58	1963	Mr. Novak	Anthony Gallo	65
59	1964	Mickey		60
60	1964	Broadside	Colonel Stark	60
61	1964	The Munsters	Ted	79
62	1964	Daniel Boone	Amos Brown	69
63	1965	The Legend of Jesse James	Daniels	48
64	1965	F Troop	Col. Donnely	62
65	1965	Laredo	Sam Dixie	63
66	1965	The Wild Wild West	Farnsworth	75
67	1965	The Wild Wild West	Rainey	75
68	1965	The F.B.I.	Davy Harrods	55
69	1966	Batman	The Grand Vizier	73
70	1966	Batman	Tarantula	73
71	1966	T.H.E. Cat	Morgan	80
72	1966	T.H.E. Cat	Stoddard	80
73	1966	Pistols 'n' Petticoats		75
74	1967	Dragnet	James Fremont	69
75	1967	Ironside	Paul Farrell	68
76	1967	Ironside	Capt. Dennis Barnes	68
77	1967	Ironside	Walter Prudy	68
78	1967	Ironside	Lt. Tom Pierce	68
79	1967	Ironside	Warrant Officer Harry Wilke	68
80	1967	Cimarron Strip		50
81	1967	Hondo		65
82	1967	Mannix	Mr. Barlow	67
83	1968	It Takes a Thief	Airline Captain (as Donald Barry)	70
84	1968	The Outsider	Sheriff Watson	52
85	1968	Adam-12	Charlie Bishop	70
86	1968	Adam-12	Mr. Hobbs	70
87	1968	Adam-12	Wino	70
88	1968	Adam-12	Edwin M. Kale	70
89	1968	Land of the Giants	Dr. Zoral	67
90	1969	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Abner Dickens	65
91	1969	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Al Karlovic	65
92	1969	Love, American Style	Sam	61
93	1969	Love, American Style	Policeman	61
94	1970	Dan August	Ed Gurney	68
95	1970	The Immortal		74
96	1971	Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law	Jenkins	63
97	1971	McMillan & Wife	Sam	69
98	1972	Emergency!	Dave Grogan	78
99	1972	The Rookies		68
100	1972	The Waltons	Deputy Sheriff	71
101	1972	Ghost Story	First Cowboy	71
102	1972	Ghost Story	Charlie Durham	71
103	1973	Hawkins	Ben	72
104	1973	Police Story		69
105	1974	The Six Million Dollar Man	Howie	73
106	1974	Little House on the Prairie	Larabee	79
107	1974	Petrocelli	Vern	71
108	1974	Kolchak: The Night Stalker	Tyrell Security Guard	76
109	1974	The Rockford Files	Shorty McCall	75
110	1974	Police Woman	Capt. Barnes	63
111	1974	Police Woman	Lt. Bocina	63
112	1974	Police Woman	Ted	63
113	1974	Police Woman	Morris	63
114	1974	Police Woman	Capt. Red Barnes	63
115	1974	Police Woman	Captain Simmonds	63
116	1974	Police Woman	Captain Barnes	63
117	1974	Police Woman	Barnes	63
118	1975	Baretta		63
119	1975	Barbary Coast		50
120	1976	The Bionic Woman		70
121	1976	Big John, Little John		68
122	1976	Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II	Robert Barnes	86
123	1976	Charlie's Angels	Harry Silvers	67
124	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Charlie Turner	75
125	1977	CHiPs	Truck Driver	68
126	1977	CHiPs	Frank Taylor	68
127	1977	CHiPs	Marty Ballard	68
128	1979	240-Robert		55
129	1979	Knots Landing	Jeremiah Clemmons	69
130	1980	The Dream Merchants	Capt. Casey	45

Don 'Red' Barry

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