Don 'Red' Barry
Actor
Born January 11, 1912 in Houston, Texas, USA
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.
Filmography
Back Roads
Pete
The Dream Merchants
Capt. Casey
Goldie and the Boxer
Radio Announcer
Knots Landing
Jeremiah Clemmons
Undercover with the KKK
Ben Wright
240-Robert
A Cry for Justice
Virgil Hall
Donovan's Kid
Sheriff at Stagecoach
The Crash of Flight 401
Helicopter Pilot
The One Man Jury
Sgt. Murphy
Hooper
Sheriff
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Bartender
Buckstone County Prison
Warden Coley
The Swarm
Pete Harris
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Devery's Foreman
Doctor Dracula
Elliot
Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys
CHiPs
Truck Driver
Orca
Dock Worker
Quincy, M.E.
Charlie Turner
Charlie's Angels
Harry Silvers
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Robert Barnes
Big John, Little John
Lionel P. Crabtree
From Noon Till Three
Red Roxy
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
Marshal
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage)
The Bionic Woman
Hustle
Airport Bartender
Whiffs
Sgt. Post
Barbary Coast
Boss Nigger
Blazing Stewardesses
Mike Trask
Starsky & Hutch
Doctor in Morgue
Baretta
Punch and Jody
Franz Butz / Delbert Clyde Butz
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Tyrell Security Guard
The Rockford Files
Shorty McCall
Police Woman
Lt. Bocina
Little House on the Prairie
Larabee
Petrocelli
Vern
The Six Million Dollar Man
Howie
Partners in Crime
Bartender
Police Story
Hawkins
Ben
Incident on a Dark Street
Miles Henderson
Ghost Story
First Cowboy
The Waltons
Deputy Sheriff
The Rookies
Junior Bonner
Homer Rutledge
The Eyes of Charles Sand
Trainer
Emergency!
Dave Grogan
McMillan & Wife
Sam
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Jenkins
Johnny Got His Gun
Jody Simmons
One More Train to Rob
Charlie
The Immortal
Dan August
Ed Gurney
Rio Lobo
Feeny - Bartender (uncredited)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Rusty
Hunters Are for Killing
Hank Phillips
Love, American Style
Sam
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Al Karlovic
Shalako
Buffalo
Land of the Giants
Dr. Zoral
Adam-12
Charlie Bishop
The Outsider
Sheriff Watson
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Rev. Zachary Gant
Bandolero!
Jack Hawkins
It Takes a Thief
Airline Captain
Mannix
Mr. Barlow
Hondo
Cimarron Strip
Elza Kedge (
Fort Utah
Harris
Hostile Guns
Ed Johnson
Ironside
Paul Farrell
Dragnet
James Fremont
Red Tomahawk
Bly
Alvarez Kelly
Lt. Farrow
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
T.H.E. Cat
Stoddard
The Magnificent Stranger
Grist
Batman
The Grand Vizier
Apache Uprising
Henry Belden
The F.B.I.
Davy Harrods
The Wild Wild West
Farnsworth
Laredo
Sam Dixie
F Troop
Col. Donnely
The Legend of Jesse James
Daniels
Town Tamer
Tex
Fort Courageous
Captain Harvey
War Party
Sgt. Chaney
Convict Stage
Marshal Jethro Karnin
The Munsters
Ted
Daniel Boone
Amos Brown
Broadside
Colonel Stark
Mickey
Law of the Lawless
Red
Iron Angel
Reb
Twilight of Honor
Judson Elliot
Mr. Novak
Anthony Gallo
The Fugitive
The Checker
Arrest and Trial
Snyder
McHale's Navy
Capt. Kittridge
The Virginian
Shorty Downs
Sam Benedict
Walk on the Wild Side
Dockery
Buffalo Gun
Murdock
The Roaring 20's
Surfside 6
Lt. Snedigar
Checkmate
Kyle Horgan
Ocean's Eleven
McCoy (uncredited)
Walk Like a Dragon
Cabot
Hawaiian Eye
Roy Briggs
Bourbon Street Beat
Laramie
The Deputy
Utah
Bonanza
Bud Claggett
The Big Operator
Detective Sergeant
Warlock
Edward Calhoun (uncredited)
The Last Mile
Drake
Rawhide
Grut
Born Reckless
Bill Okie
77 Sunset Strip
Shorty Adams
Bat Masterson
Luke Short
Lawman
Shorty - Assassin
Bronco
Peter Gunn
Frankenstein 1970
Douglas Row
China Doll
MSgt. Hal Foster
Maverick
Dishonest Abe
Perry Mason
Red Doyle
Sugarfoot
Tanner
Have Gun, Will Travel
Tom Goodfellow
Gun Duel in Durango
Larry
7 Men from Now
Clete
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Jerry
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Dawson
Screen Director's Playhouse
Soldier
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Cheyenne
Shorty Jones
The Phil Silvers Show
Capt. Carter (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
McIver
The Wonderful World of Disney
Sheriff (uncredited)
Jesse James' Women
Jesse James
Untamed Heiress
Mike Lawrence
Public Defender
Milo Martin
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Clerk
Dragnet
Mike Armstrong
Border Rangers
Bob Standish
Train To Tombstone
Len Howard
Gunfire
Frank James / Bat Fenton
I Shot Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid
Red Desert
Pecos Jones
Tough Assignment
Dan Reilly
Square Dance Jubilee
Don Blake
The Dalton Gang
Larry West
Red Light
Ringside
Mike O'Hara, "King Cobra"
Lightnin' in the Forest
Stan Martin
Madonna of the Desert
Tony French
Slippy McGee
Slippy McGee
The Plainsman and the Lady
Feisty
The Last Crooked Mile
Tom Dwyer
The Chicago Kid
Joe Ferrill
Bells of Rosarita
Don Barry
My Buddy
Eddie Ballinger
Outlaws of Santa Fe
Bob Conroy
The Purple Heart
Lt. Peter Vincent
California Joe
Joe Weldon
Canyon City
Terry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid
The Man from the Rio Grande
Lee Grant
The West Side Kid
Johnny April
Black Hills Express
Lon Walker
Fugitive from Sonora
Dave Winters / Ted Winters
Days of Old Cheyenne
Clint Ross
Carson City Cyclone
Gilbert Phalen
Dead Man's Gulch
Tennessee Colby
The Sundown Kid
Red Tracy
The Traitor Within
Sam Starr
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
Chips Barrett
The Sombrero Kid
Jerry Holden
The Cyclone Kid
Johnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson
Jesse James, Jr.
Johnny Barrett
Stagecoach Express
Dave Gregory
Arizona Terrors
Jim Bradley
Remember Pearl Harbor
Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith
A Missouri Outlaw
Cliff Dixon
Death Valley Outlaws
Johnny Edwards
Kansas Cyclone
Jim Randall
Desert Bandit
Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger
The Apache Kid
Pete Dawson aka The Apache Kid
Two Gun Sheriff
Jim "Sundown Kid" McKinnon / Sheriff Bruce McKinnon
The Phantom Cowboy
Jim Lawrence
Wyoming Wildcat
Bill Gannon
Texas Terrors
Bob Millbourne aka Robert Mills
Frontier Vengeance
Jim Sanders
The Tulsa Kid
Tom Benton aka Tulsa Kid
Sailor's Lady
Second Paymaster
One Man's Law
Jack Summers
Adventures of Red Ryder
Red Ryder
Ghost Valley Raiders
Tim Brandon
Jack Pot
Bryan (uncredited)
Days of Jesse James
Jesse James
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Collins (uncredited)
Saga of Death Valley
Jerry
Calling All Marines
'Blackie' Cross
Wyoming Outlaw
Will Parker
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Curly Parsons
Only Angels Have Wings
Tex
Calling Dr. Kildare
Collins
Panama Patrol
Loring
The Duke of West Point
Cadet Grady
Young Dr. Kildare
Dr. Collins (uncredited)
The Crowd Roars
Pete Mariola
Think It Over
Henchman
Sinners in Paradise
Jessup
Saleslady
Babcock
Navy Blue and Gold
Mason (Southern Institute football player) (uncredited)
Dead End
Dr. Flynn, Intern (uncredited)
The Woman I Love
Michel
When's Your Birthday?
Marty - Gunman (uncredited)
Beloved Enemy
Mike, I.R.A. Patriot (Uncredited)
Night Waitress
Mario Rigo
Bridal Bail
Movie Usher
Flying Down to Rio
Dancer (uncredited)