Don 'Red' Barry
male
Born on January 11, 1912 (113 years old)
Passed Away on July 17, 1980
From Houston, Texas, USA
Known for Acting
Biography
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.
Cast Credits
- 1981
- 1980
- 1979
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976
From Noon Till Three
as
Red Roxy
1976
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
as
Marshal
1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as
(archive footage)
1976
The Bionic Woman
1976
Quincy, M.E.
as
Charlie Turner
1976
Charlie's Angels
as
Harry Silvers
1976
Big John, Little John
as
Lionel P. Crabtree
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
as
Robert Barnes
1976
- 1975
- 1974
Punch and Jody
as
Franz Butz / Delbert Clyde Butz
1974
Little House on the Prairie
as
Larabee
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as
Tyrell Security Guard
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
as
Howie
1974
The Rockford Files
as
Shorty McCall
1974
Police Woman
as
Lt. Bocina
1974
Police Woman
as
Ted
1974
Police Woman
as
Morris
1974
Police Woman
as
Captain Simmonds
1974
Police Woman
as
Captain Barnes
1974
Petrocelli
as
Vern
1974
- 1973
- 1972
- 1971
- 1970
- 1969
- 1968
- 1967
- 1966
- 1965
War Party
as
Sgt. Chaney
1965
Apache Uprising
as
Henry Belden
1965
Convict Stage
as
Marshal Jethro Karnin
1965
Town Tamer
as
Tex
1965
Fort Courageous
as
Captain Harvey
1965
F Troop
as
Col. Donnely
1965
Laredo
as
Sam Dixie
1965
The Legend of Jesse James
as
Daniels
1965
The Wild Wild West
as
Farnsworth
1965
The F.B.I.
as
Davy Harrods
1965
The Wild Wild West
as
Rainey
1965
- 1964
- 1963
- 1962
Walk on the Wild Side
as
Dockery
1962
Sam Benedict
1962
The Virginian
as
Shorty Downs
1962
The Virginian
as
Dugan
1962
The Virginian
as
John Slaughter
1962
The Virginian
as
Man
1962
The Virginian
as
Charles Coulter
1962
McHale's Navy
as
Capt. Kittridge
1962
The Virginian
as
Hutton
1962
The Virginian
as
Carstairs
1962
The Virginian
as
Jake
1962
- 1961
- 1960
- 1959
- 1958
Frankenstein 1970
as
Douglas Row
1958
Born Reckless
as
Bill Okie
1958
China Doll
as
MSgt. Hal Foster
1958
Peter Gunn
1958
Bronco
1958
Lawman
as
Shorty - Assassin
1958
Bat Masterson
as
Luke Short
1958
77 Sunset Strip
as
Rock
1958
77 Sunset Strip
as
Shorty Adams
1958
Lawman
as
Jim Gaylord
1958
Lawman
as
Dusty McCade
1958
Lawman
as
Jess Schaeffer
1958
77 Sunset Strip
as
Frank Sully
1958
77 Sunset Strip
as
Barnaby Allson
1958
- 1957
- 1956
- 1955
- 1954
- 1952
- 1951
- 1950
- 1949
- 1948
- 1947
- 1946
- 1945
- 1944
- 1943
Carson City Cyclone
as
Gilbert Phalen
1943
California Joe
as
Joe Weldon
1943
Dead Man's Gulch
as
Tennessee Colby
1943
Canyon City
as
Terry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid
1943
Days of Old Cheyenne
as
Clint Ross
1943
Fugitive from Sonora
as
Dave Winters / Ted Winters
1943
The Man from the Rio Grande
as
Lee Grant
1943
The West Side Kid
as
Johnny April
1943
Black Hills Express
as
Lon Walker
1943
- 1942
Remember Pearl Harbor
as
Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith
1942
Arizona Terrors
as
Jim Bradley
1942
Jesse James, Jr.
as
Johnny Barrett
1942
Stagecoach Express
as
Dave Gregory
1942
The Traitor Within
as
Sam Starr
1942
The Cyclone Kid
as
Johnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson
1942
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
as
Chips Barrett
1942
The Sombrero Kid
as
Jerry Holden
1942
The Sundown Kid
as
Red Tracy
1942
- 1941
Death Valley Outlaws
as
Johnny Edwards
1941
A Missouri Outlaw
as
Cliff Dixon
1941
The Apache Kid
as
Pete Dawson aka The Apache Kid
1941
The Phantom Cowboy
as
Jim Lawrence
1941
Wyoming Wildcat
as
Bill Gannon
1941
Desert Bandit
as
Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger
1941
Two Gun Sheriff
as
Jim "Sundown Kid" McKinnon / Sheriff Bruce McKinnon
1941
Kansas Cyclone
as
Jim Randall
1941
- 1940
One Man's Law
as
Jack Summers
1940
Adventures of Red Ryder
as
Red Ryder
1940
Jack Pot
as
Bryan (uncredited)
1940
Ghost Valley Raiders
as
Tim Brandon
1940
Texas Terrors
as
Bob Millbourne aka Robert Mills
1940
The Tulsa Kid
as
Tom Benton aka Tulsa Kid
1940
Frontier Vengeance
as
Jim Sanders
1940
Sailor's Lady
as
Second Paymaster
1940
- 1939
Only Angels Have Wings
as
Tex
1939
Days of Jesse James
as
Jesse James
1939
Saga of Death Valley
as
Jerry
1939
Panama Patrol
as
Loring
1939
S.O.S Tidal Wave
as
Curly Parsons
1939
Calling Dr. Kildare
as
Collins
1939
Wyoming Outlaw
as
Will Parker
1939
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as
Collins - Intern (uncredited)
1939
Calling All Marines
as
'Blackie' Cross
1939
- 1938
- 1937
- 1936
- 1934
- 1933
