Don 'Red' Barry
Acting
1912-01-11 · 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
1981 · Movie
The Dream Merchants
1980 · Series
Goldie and the Boxer
1979 · Movie
Knots Landing
1979 · Series
Undercover with the KKK
1979 · Movie
240-Robert
1979 · Series
A Cry for Justice
1979 · Movie
Donovan's Kid
1979 · Movie
The Crash of Flight 401
1978 · Movie
The One Man Jury
1978 · Movie
Hooper
1978 · Movie
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
1978 · Movie
Buckstone County Prison
1978 · Movie
The Swarm
1978 · Movie
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978 · Movie
Doctor Dracula
1978 · Movie
Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys
1978 · Movie
CHiPs
1977 · Series
Orca
1977 · Movie
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Series
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Series
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976 · Series
Big John, Little John
1976 · Series
From Noon Till Three
1976 · Movie
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
1976 · Movie
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976 · Movie
The Bionic Woman
1976 · Series
Hustle
1975 · Movie
Whiffs
1975 · Movie
Barbary Coast
1975 · Series
Boss Nigger
1975 · Movie
Blazing Stewardesses
1975 · Movie
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Movie
Baretta
1975 · Series
Punch and Jody
1974 · Movie
The Rockford Files
1974 · Series
Police Woman
1974 · Series
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · Series
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · Series
Petrocelli
1974 · Series
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · Series
Partners in Crime
1973 · Movie
Police Story
1973 · Series
Hawkins
1973 · Series
Incident on a Dark Street
1973 · Movie
Ghost Story
1972 · Series
The Waltons
1972 · Series
The Rookies
1972 · Series
Junior Bonner
1972 · Movie
The Eyes of Charles Sand
1972 · Movie
Emergency!
1972 · Series
McMillan & Wife
1971 · Series
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971 · Series
Johnny Got His Gun
1971 · Movie
One More Train to Rob
1971 · Movie
The Immortal
1970 · Series
Dan August
1970 · Series
Rio Lobo
1970 · Movie
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970 · Movie
Hunters Are for Killing
1970 · Movie
Love, American Style
1969 · Series
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Series
Shalako
1968 · Movie
Land of the Giants
1968 · Series
Adam-12
1968 · Series
The Outsider
1968 · Series
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968 · Movie
Bandolero!
1968 · Movie
It Takes a Thief
1968 · Series
Mannix
1967 · Series
Hondo
1967 · Series
Cimarron Strip
1967 · Series
Fort Utah
1967 · Movie
Hostile Guns
1967 · Movie
Ironside
1967 · Series
Dragnet
1967 · Series
Red Tomahawk
1967 · Movie
Alvarez Kelly
1966 · Movie
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966 · Series
T.H.E. Cat
1966 · Series
The Magnificent Stranger
1966 · Movie
Batman
1966 · Series
Apache Uprising
1965 · Movie
The F.B.I.
1965 · Series
The Wild Wild West
1965 · Series
Laredo
1965 · Series
F Troop
1965 · Series
The Legend of Jesse James
1965 · Series
Town Tamer
1965 · Movie
Fort Courageous
1965 · Movie
War Party
1965 · Movie
Convict Stage
1965 · Movie
Daniel Boone
1964 · Series
The Munsters
1964 · Series
Mickey
1964 · Series
Law of the Lawless
1964 · Movie
Iron Angel
1964 · Movie
Twilight of Honor
1963 · Movie
Mr. Novak
1963 · Series
The Fugitive
1963 · Series
Arrest and Trial
1963 · Series
McHale's Navy
1962 · Series
The Virginian
1962 · Series
Sam Benedict
1962 · Series
Walk on the Wild Side
1962 · Movie
Buffalo Gun
1961 · Movie
The Roaring 20's
1960 · Series
Surfside 6
1960 · Series
Checkmate
1960 · Series
Ocean's Eleven
1960 · Movie
Walk Like a Dragon
1960 · Movie
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · Series
Bourbon Street Beat
1959 · Series
Laramie
1959 · Series
Bonanza
1959 · Series
The Deputy
1959 · Series
The Big Operator
1959 · Movie
Warlock
1959 · Movie
The Last Mile
1959 · Movie
Rawhide
1959 · Series
Born Reckless
1958 · Movie
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Series
Bat Masterson
1958 · Series
Lawman
1958 · Series
Bronco
1958 · Series
Peter Gunn
1958 · Series
Frankenstein 1970
1958 · Movie
China Doll
1958 · Movie
Maverick
1957 · Series
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Sugarfoot
1957 · Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Series
Gun Duel in Durango
1957 · Movie
7 Men from Now
1956 · Movie
I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955 · Movie
The Twinkle In God's Eye
1955 · Movie
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955 · Series
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955 · Series
Cheyenne
1955 · Series
The Phil Silvers Show
1955 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Series
Jesse James' Women
1954 · Movie
Untamed Heiress
1954 · Movie
Public Defender
1954 · Series
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952 · Series
Dragnet
1951 · Series
My Outlaw Brother
1951 · Movie
Border Rangers
1950 · Movie
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
Train To Tombstone
1950 · Movie
Gunfire
1950 · Movie
I Shot Billy the Kid
1950 · Movie
Red Desert
1949 · Movie
Tough Assignment
1949 · Movie
Square Dance Jubilee
1949 · Movie
The Dalton Gang
1949 · Movie
Red Light
1949 · Movie
Ringside
1949 · Movie
Train to Alcatraz
1948 · Movie
Lightnin' in the Forest
1948 · Movie
Madonna of the Desert
1948 · Movie
Slippy McGee
1948 · Movie
That's My Gal
1947 · Movie
The Plainsman and the Lady
1946 · Movie
The Last Crooked Mile
1946 · Movie
The Chicago Kid
1945 · Movie
Bells of Rosarita
1945 · Movie
My Buddy
1944 · Movie
Outlaws of Santa Fe
1944 · Movie
The Purple Heart
1944 · Movie
California Joe
1943 · Movie
Canyon City
1943 · Movie
The Man from the Rio Grande
1943 · Movie
The West Side Kid
1943 · Movie
Black Hills Express
1943 · Movie
Fugitive from Sonora
1943 · Movie
Days of Old Cheyenne
1943 · Movie
Carson City Cyclone
1943 · Movie
Dead Man's Gulch
1943 · Movie
The Sundown Kid
1942 · Movie
The Traitor Within
1942 · Movie
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
1942 · Movie
The Sombrero Kid
1942 · Movie
The Cyclone Kid
1942 · Movie
Jesse James, Jr.
1942 · Movie
Stagecoach Express
1942 · Movie
Arizona Terrors
1942 · Movie
Remember Pearl Harbor
1942 · Movie
A Missouri Outlaw
1941 · Movie
Death Valley Outlaws
1941 · Movie
Kansas Cyclone
1941 · Movie
Desert Bandit
1941 · Movie
The Apache Kid
1941 · Movie
Two Gun Sheriff
1941 · Movie
The Phantom Cowboy
1941 · Movie
Wyoming Wildcat
1941 · Movie
Texas Terrors
1940 · Movie
Frontier Vengeance
1940 · Movie
The Tulsa Kid
1940 · Movie
Sailor's Lady
1940 · Movie
One Man's Law
1940 · Movie
Adventures of Red Ryder
1940 · Movie
Ghost Valley Raiders
1940 · Movie
Jack Pot
1940 · Movie
Days of Jesse James
1939 · Movie
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939 · Movie
Saga of Death Valley
1939 · Movie
Calling All Marines
1939 · Movie
Wyoming Outlaw
1939 · Movie
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939 · Movie
Only Angels Have Wings
1939 · Movie
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939 · Movie
Panama Patrol
1939 · Movie
The Duke of West Point
1938 · Movie
Young Dr. Kildare
1938 · Movie
The Crowd Roars
1938 · Movie
Think It Over
1938 · Movie
Sinners in Paradise
1938 · Movie
Saleslady
1938 · Movie
Navy Blue and Gold
1937 · Movie
Dead End
1937 · Movie
The Woman I Love
1937 · Movie
When's Your Birthday?
1937 · Movie
Beloved Enemy
1936 · Movie
Night Waitress
1936 · Movie
Bridal Bail
1934 · Movie
Flying Down to Rio
1933 · Movie