Don 'Red' Barry
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.
Known For
Acting
1958
asDouglas Row
1959
asEdward Calhoun (uncredited)
1968
asRev. Zachary Gant
1976
asRed Roxy
1948
asStan Martin
1975
as(as Don Red Barry)
1956
asClete
1977
asDock Worker
1978
asHelicopter Pilot
1937
asDr. Flynn, Intern (Uncredited)
1933
asDancer (uncredited)
1955
asJerry
1966
asGrist
1975
asMike Trask
1944
asLt. Peter Vincent
1962
asDockery
1939
asTex
1978
asSheriff
1971
asJody Simmons
1968
asBuffalo
1975
asDoctor in Morgue
1946
asTom Dwyer
1965
asSgt. Chaney
1959
asDrake (as Donald Barry)
1970
asFeeny - Bartender (uncredited)
1965
asHenry Belden
1979
asSheriff at Stagecoach
1978
asElliot (as Donald Barry)
1948
asDoug Forbes (as Donald Barry)
1949
asDan Reilly
1938
asHenchman
1957
asLarry
1938
asGrady
1938
asJessup
1976
asMarshal
1955
asDawson
1940
asJack Summers
1943
asGilbert Phalen
1958
asBill Okie
1964
asReb
1943
asJoe Weldon
1939
asJesse James
1945
asJoe Ferrill
1965
asMarshal Jethro Karnin
1938
asBabcock
1950
asLen Howard
1939
asJerry
1978
asWarden Coley
1976
as(archive footage)
1959
asDetective Sergeant
1954
asJesse James
1946
asFeisty
1940
asRed Ryder
1939
asLoring
1972
asHomer Rutledge
1967
asEd Johnson
1937
asMarty - Gunman (uncredited)
1938
asPete Mariola
1947
asBenny Novak
1942
asPvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith
1937
asMichel
1970
asHank Phillips
1981
asPete
1939
asCurly Parsons
1965
asTex
1960
asMcCoy (uncredited)
1936
asMario Rigo
1965
asCaptain Harvey
1938
asDr. Collins (uncredited)
1936
asMike, I.R.A. Patriot (Uncredited)
1967
asBly
1950
asWilliam H. Bonney / Billy the Kid (as Don Barry)
1937
asMason (Southern Institute football player) (uncredited)
1939
asCollins
1939
asWill Parker
1942
asJim Bradley
1939
asCollins - Intern (uncredited)
1941
asJohnny Edwards
1943
asTennessee Colby
1942
asJohnny Barrett
1943
asTerry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid
1954
as'Spider' Mike Lawrence (as Donald Barry)
1968
asJack Hawkins
1939
as'Blackie' Cross
1943
asClint Ross
1943
asParson Dave Winters / Ted Winters aka Keeno Phillips
1941
asCliff Dixon
1941
asPete Dawson aka The Apache Kid
1979
asRadio Announcer
1979
asBen Wright
1970
asRusty
1960
asCabot
1978
asPete Harris
1943
asLee Grant
1978
asDevery's Foreman
1942
asDave Gregory
1966
asLt. Farrow
1948
asTony French (as Donald Barry)
1949
asPecos Jones
1944
asEddie Ballinger (as Donald Barry)
1943
asJohnny April (as Donald Barry)
1942
asSam Starr (as Donald M. Barry)
1940
asBryan (uncredited)
1967
asHarris
1941
asJim Lawrence
1979
asVirgil Hall
1950
asBob Standish posing as the Rio Kid (as Don Barry)
1950
asFrank James / Bat Fenton
1942
asJohnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson
1940
asTim Brandon aka The Tolusa Kid (as Donald Barry)
1940
asBob Millbourne aka Robert Mills
1940
asTom Benton aka Tulsa Kid
1943
asLon Walker
1942
asChips Barrett
1941
asBill Gannon
1942
asJerry Holden
1942
asRed Tracy
1940
asJim Sanders
1941
asJim "Sundown Kid" McKinnon / Sheriff Bruce McKinnon
1941
asBob Crandall, Texas Ranger
1941
asJim Randall
1945
asDon Barry
1944
asBob Conroy
1949
asLarry West
1949
asDon Blake
1961
asMurdock
1964
asRed
1934
asMovie Usher
1973
asMiles Henderson
1978
asBartender
1949
asMike O'Hara, "King Cobra"
1975
asSgt. Post
1940
asSecond Paymaster
1958
asMSgt. Hal Foster
1948
asSlippy McGee
1978
as
1972
asTrainer
1974
asFranz Butz / Delbert Clyde Butz
1973
asBartender
1975
asAirport Bartender
1963
asJudson Elliot
1971
asCharlie
asTruck Driver
asShorty Jones
as
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asCol. Donnely
as
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asThe Grand Vizier
asTed
asCharlie Turner
as
asThe Checker
asBen
as
asDr. Zoral
asHarry Silvers
asJeremiah Clemmons
as
asMcIver
asRed Doyle
asDave Grogan
as
asDeputy Sheriff
asTyrell Security Guard
asSam Dixie
as
as
as
asTom Goodfellow
as
as
asAmos Brown
asShorty Downs
asasAndy
asVern
as
as
asShorty - Assassin
asTanner
asLuke Short
as
as
asAnthony Gallo
as
asDaniels
as
asFirst Cowboy
asCharlie Durham
asFarnsworth
asSnyder
asAirline Captain (as Donald Barry)
asArkansas
asArkansas Ferguson
asPaul Farrell
asDugan
asJohn Slaughter
asMan
asCharles Coulter
asDobson
asRobert Barnes
asKyle Horgan
asHowie
asFrank Taylor
asMarty Ballard
asEd Gurney
asSam
asPoliceman
asCapt. Dennis Barnes
asWarrant Officer Harry Wilke
asLt. Tom Pierce
asWalter Prudy
asCapt. Carter (uncredited)
asDishonest Abe
asMike Armstrong
asFred Leslie
asWillie Saffron
asShorty Adams
asMartin
asMilo Martin
asParker Cleaver
asRock
asSheriff
asSmith
asShorty McCall
asCapt. Casey
asSoldier
asUtah
asTarantula
asCharlie Bishop
asGrut
asDusty McCade
asJim Gaylord
asClerk
asJess Schaeffer
asLt. Snedigar
asRoy Briggs
asCapt. Kittridge
asDavy Harrods
asBarnaby Allson
asFrank Sully
asHarry Cannon
asColonel Stark
asJenkins
asAl Karlovic
asAbner Dickens
asJames Fremont
asStoddard
asBud Claggett
asTemple
asMorgan
asSam
asDoctor in the morgue (uncredited)
asMr. Barlow
asRainey
asEdwin M. Kale
asMr. Hobbs
asCarstairs
asJake
asWino
asHutton
asSheriff (uncredited)
asLt. Bocina
asCapt. Barnes
asTed
asCapt. Red Barnes
asCaptain Simmonds
asMorris
asCaptain Barnes
asSheriff Watson
asBarnes
Production
1954
as1949
asCrew
Directing
1954
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