Don 'Red' Barry
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 11, 1912
- Died
- July 17, 1980 (aged 68)
- Birthplace
- Houston, Texas, USA
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.
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Filmography
Back Roads
Movie · as Pete
The Dream Merchants
TV · as Capt. Casey · 3 eps
Donovan's Kid
Movie · as Sheriff at Stagecoach
Goldie and the Boxer
Movie · as Radio Announcer
Undercover with the KKK
Movie · as Ben Wright
A Cry for Justice
Movie · as Virgil Hall
240-Robert
TV · 1 ep
Knots Landing
TV · as Jeremiah Clemmons · 1 ep
The Crash of Flight 401
Movie · as Helicopter Pilot
Hooper
Movie · as Sheriff
Doctor Dracula
Movie · as Elliot
Buckstone County Prison
Movie · as Warden Coley
The Swarm
Movie · as Pete Harris
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Movie · as Devery's Foreman
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Movie · as Bartender
Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys
Movie
The One Man Jury
Movie · as Sgt. Murphy
Orca
Movie · as Dock Worker
CHiPs
TV · as Truck Driver, Frank Taylor, Marty Ballard · 1 ep
From Noon Till Three
Movie · as Red Roxy
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
Movie · as Marshal
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Bionic Woman
TV · 1 ep
Quincy, M.E.
TV · as Charlie Turner · 1 ep
Charlie's Angels
TV · as Harry Silvers · 1 ep
Big John, Little John
TV · as Lionel P. Crabtree · 1 ep
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
TV · as Robert Barnes · 1 ep
Boss Nigger
Movie
Blazing Stewardesses
Movie · as Mike Trask
Starsky & Hutch
Movie · as Doctor in Morgue
Whiffs
Movie · as Sgt. Post
Hustle
Movie · as Airport Bartender
Baretta
TV · 1 ep
Barbary Coast
TV · 1 ep
Punch and Jody
Movie · as Franz Butz / Delbert Clyde Butz
Little House on the Prairie
TV · as Larabee · 6 eps
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV · as Tyrell Security Guard · 1 ep
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV · as Howie · 1 ep
The Rockford Files
TV · as Shorty McCall · 1 ep
Police Woman
TV · as Lt. Bocina, Ted, Captain Simmonds, Morris, Captain Barnes · 1 ep
Petrocelli
TV · as Vern · 1 ep
Incident on a Dark Street
Movie · as Miles Henderson
Partners in Crime
Movie · as Bartender
Hawkins
TV · as Ben · 1 ep
Police Story
TV · 2 eps
Junior Bonner
Movie · as Homer Rutledge
The Eyes of Charles Sand
Movie · as Trainer
The Rookies
TV · 2 eps
Emergency!
TV · as Dave Grogan · 1 ep
The Waltons
TV · as Deputy Sheriff · 1 ep
Ghost Story
TV · as First Cowboy, Charlie Durham · 1 ep
Johnny Got His Gun
Movie · as Jody Simmons
One More Train to Rob
Movie · as Charlie
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
TV · as Jenkins · 1 ep
McMillan & Wife
TV · as Sam · 1 ep
Rio Lobo
Movie · as Feeny - Bartender (uncredited)
Hunters Are for Killing
Movie · as Hank Phillips
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Movie · as Rusty
The Immortal
TV · 1 ep
Dan August
TV · as Ed Gurney · 1 ep
Love, American Style
TV · as Sam, Policeman · 1 ep
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV · as Al Karlovic, Abner Dickens · 1 ep
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Movie · as Rev. Zachary Gant
Shalako
Movie · as Buffalo
Bandolero!
Movie · as Jack Hawkins
Land of the Giants
TV · as Dr. Zoral · 1 ep
It Takes a Thief
TV · as Airline Captain · 1 ep
Adam-12
TV · as Charlie Bishop, Edwin M. Kale, Mr. Hobbs, Wino · 1 ep
The Outsider
TV · as Sheriff Watson · 1 ep
Hostile Guns
Movie · as Ed Johnson
Red Tomahawk
Movie · as Bly
Fort Utah
Movie · as Harris
Hondo
TV · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · as Paul Farrell, Capt. Dennis Barnes, Warrant Officer Harry Wilke, Lt. Tom Pierce, Walter Prudy · 1 ep
Dragnet
TV · as James Fremont · 1 ep
Mannix
TV · as Mr. Barlow · 1 ep
Cimarron Strip
TV · as Elza Kedge ( · 1 ep
The Magnificent Stranger
Movie · as Grist
Alvarez Kelly
Movie · as Lt. Farrow
Batman
TV · as The Grand Vizier, Tarantula · 2 eps
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
TV · 1 ep
T.H.E. Cat
TV · as Stoddard, Morgan · 1 ep
War Party
Movie · as Sgt. Chaney
Apache Uprising
Movie · as Henry Belden
Convict Stage
Movie · as Marshal Jethro Karnin
Town Tamer
Movie · as Tex
Fort Courageous
Movie · as Captain Harvey
F Troop
TV · as Col. Donnely · 1 ep
Laredo
TV · as Sam Dixie · 1 ep
The Legend of Jesse James
TV · as Daniels · 1 ep
The Wild Wild West
TV · as Farnsworth, Rainey · 1 ep
The F.B.I.
TV · as Davy Harrods · 1 ep
Iron Angel
Movie · as Reb
Law of the Lawless
Movie · as Red
The Munsters
TV · as Ted · 1 ep
Mickey
TV · 1 ep
Daniel Boone
TV · as Amos Brown · 1 ep
Twilight of Honor
Movie · as Judson Elliot
The Fugitive
TV · as The Checker · 1 ep
Mr. Novak
TV · as Anthony Gallo · 1 ep
Arrest and Trial
TV · as Snyder · 1 ep
Walk on the Wild Side
Movie · as Dockery
Sam Benedict
TV · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Shorty Downs, Dugan, John Slaughter, Man, Charles Coulter, Carstairs, Jake, Hutton · 1 ep
McHale's Navy
TV · as Capt. Kittridge · 1 ep
Buffalo Gun
Movie · as Murdock
Ocean's Eleven
Movie · as McCoy (uncredited)
Walk Like a Dragon
Movie · as Cabot
The Roaring 20's
TV · 1 ep
Checkmate
TV · as Kyle Horgan · 1 ep
Surfside 6
TV · as Lt. Snedigar · 28 eps
Warlock
Movie · as Edward Calhoun (uncredited)
The Last Mile
Movie · as Drake
The Big Operator
Movie · as Detective Sergeant
Bourbon Street Beat
TV · 1 ep
Laramie
TV · 1 ep
The Deputy
TV · as Utah · 1 ep
Rawhide
TV · as Grut · 1 ep
Hawaiian Eye
TV · as Roy Briggs, Harry Cannon · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Bud Claggett, Temple · 1 ep
Frankenstein 1970
Movie · as Douglas Row
Born Reckless
Movie · as Bill Okie
China Doll
Movie · as MSgt. Hal Foster
Peter Gunn
TV · 1 ep
Bronco
TV · 4 eps
Lawman
TV · as Shorty - Assassin, Dusty McCade, Jim Gaylord, Jess Schaeffer · 1 ep
Bat Masterson
TV · as Luke Short · 1 ep
77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Shorty Adams, Rock, Barnaby Allson, Frank Sully · 1 ep
Gun Duel in Durango
Movie · as Larry
Perry Mason
TV · as Red Doyle · 1 ep
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · as Tom Goodfellow · 1 ep
Sugarfoot
TV · as Tanner, Arkansas, Arkansas Ferguson · 1 ep
Maverick
TV · as Dishonest Abe, Fred Leslie, Willie Saffron, Sheriff, Smith · 1 ep
7 Men from Now
Movie · as Clete
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Movie · as Jerry
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Movie · as Dawson
Cheyenne
TV · as Shorty Jones · 1 ep
Gunsmoke
TV · as McIver, Dobson · 1 ep
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
TV · 1 ep
The Phil Silvers Show
TV · as Capt. Carter (uncredited) · 1 ep
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV · as Soldier · 1 ep
Jesse James' Women
Movie · as Jesse James
Untamed Heiress
Movie · as Mike Lawrence
Public Defender
TV · as Milo Martin · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Sheriff (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
TV · as Clerk · 1 ep
My Outlaw Brother
Movie · as Hank
Dragnet
TV · as Mike Armstrong, Parker Cleaver · 1 ep
Train To Tombstone
Movie · as Len Howard
I Shot Billy the Kid
Movie · as Billy the Kid
Border Rangers
Movie · as Bob Standish
Gunfire
Movie · as Frank James / Bat Fenton
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Andy, Martin · 1 ep
Tough Assignment
Movie · as Dan Reilly
Red Desert
Movie · as Pecos Jones
The Dalton Gang
Movie · as Larry West
Square Dance Jubilee
Movie · as Don Blake
Ringside
Movie · as Mike O'Hara, "King Cobra"
Lightnin' in the Forest
Movie · as Stan Martin
Train to Alcatraz
Movie · as Doug Forbes
Madonna of the Desert
Movie · as Tony French
Slippy McGee
Movie · as Slippy McGee
That's My Gal
Movie · as Benny Novak
The Last Crooked Mile
Movie · as Tom Dwyer
The Plainsman and the Lady
Movie · as Feisty
The Chicago Kid
Movie · as Joe Ferrill
Bells of Rosarita
Movie · as Don Barry
The Purple Heart
Movie · as Lt. Peter Vincent
My Buddy
Movie · as Eddie Ballinger
Outlaws of Santa Fe
Movie · as Bob Conroy
Carson City Cyclone
Movie · as Gilbert Phalen
California Joe
Movie · as Joe Weldon
Dead Man's Gulch
Movie · as Tennessee Colby
Canyon City
Movie · as Terry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid
Days of Old Cheyenne
Movie · as Clint Ross
Fugitive from Sonora
Movie · as Dave Winters / Ted Winters
The Man from the Rio Grande
Movie · as Lee Grant
The West Side Kid
Movie · as Johnny April
Black Hills Express
Movie · as Lon Walker
Remember Pearl Harbor
Movie · as Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith
Arizona Terrors
Movie · as Jim Bradley
Jesse James, Jr.
Movie · as Johnny Barrett
Stagecoach Express
Movie · as Dave Gregory
The Traitor Within
Movie · as Sam Starr
The Cyclone Kid
Movie · as Johnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
Movie · as Chips Barrett
The Sombrero Kid
Movie · as Jerry Holden
The Sundown Kid
Movie · as Red Tracy
Death Valley Outlaws
Movie · as Johnny Edwards
A Missouri Outlaw
Movie · as Cliff Dixon
The Apache Kid
Movie · as Pete Dawson aka The Apache Kid
The Phantom Cowboy
Movie · as Jim Lawrence
Wyoming Wildcat
Movie · as Bill Gannon
Two Gun Sheriff
Movie · as Jim "Sundown Kid" McKinnon / Sheriff Bruce McKinnon
Desert Bandit
Movie · as Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger
Kansas Cyclone
Movie · as Jim Randall
One Man's Law
Movie · as Jack Summers
Adventures of Red Ryder
Movie · as Red Ryder
Jack Pot
Movie · as Bryan (uncredited)
Ghost Valley Raiders
Movie · as Tim Brandon
Texas Terrors
Movie · as Bob Millbourne aka Robert Mills
The Tulsa Kid
Movie · as Tom Benton aka Tulsa Kid
Frontier Vengeance
Movie · as Jim Sanders
Sailor's Lady
Movie · as Second Paymaster
Only Angels Have Wings
Movie · as Tex
Days of Jesse James
Movie · as Jesse James
Saga of Death Valley
Movie · as Jerry
Panama Patrol
Movie · as Loring
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Movie · as Curly Parsons
Calling Dr. Kildare
Movie · as Collins
Wyoming Outlaw
Movie · as Will Parker
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Movie · as Collins (uncredited)
Calling All Marines
Movie · as 'Blackie' Cross
Think It Over
Movie · as Henchman
The Duke of West Point
Movie · as Cadet Grady
Sinners in Paradise
Movie · as Jessup
Saleslady
Movie · as Babcock
The Crowd Roars
Movie · as Pete Mariola
Young Dr. Kildare
Movie · as Dr. Collins (uncredited)
Dead End
Movie · as Dr. Flynn, Intern (uncredited)
When's Your Birthday?
Movie · as Marty - Gunman (uncredited)
The Woman I Love
Movie · as Michel
Navy Blue and Gold
Movie · as Mason (Southern Institute football player) (uncredited)
Night Waitress
Movie · as Mario Rigo
Beloved Enemy
Movie · as Mike, I.R.A. Patriot (Uncredited)
Bridal Bail
Movie · as Movie Usher
Flying Down to Rio
Movie · as Dancer (uncredited)