Don 'Red' Barry
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 11, 1912
- Died
- July 17, 1980
- Birthplace
- 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
as Pete
Goldie and the Boxer 1979
as Radio Announcer
Undercover with the KKK 1979
as Ben Wright
A Cry for Justice 1979
as Virgil Hall
Donovan's Kid 1979
as Sheriff at Stagecoach
The Crash of Flight 401 1978
as Helicopter Pilot
The One Man Jury 1978
as Sgt. Murphy
Hooper 1978
as Sheriff
Hot Lead & Cold Feet 1978
as Bartender
Buckstone County Prison 1978
as Warden Coley
The Swarm 1978
as Pete Harris
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid 1978
as Devery's Foreman
Doctor Dracula 1978
as Elliot
Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys 1978
Actor
Orca 1977
as Dock Worker
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West 1976
as Marshal
From Noon Till Three 1976
as Red Roxy
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch 1976
as (archive footage)
Hustle 1975
as Airport Bartender
Whiffs 1975
as Sgt. Post
Boss Nigger 1975
Actor
Blazing Stewardesses 1975
as Mike Trask
Starsky & Hutch 1975
as Doctor in Morgue
Punch and Jody 1974
as Franz Butz / Delbert Clyde Butz
Partners in Crime 1973
as Bartender
Incident on a Dark Street 1973
as Miles Henderson
Junior Bonner 1972
as Homer Rutledge
The Eyes of Charles Sand 1972
as Trainer
Johnny Got His Gun 1971
as Jody Simmons
One More Train to Rob 1971
as Charlie
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County 1970
as Rusty
Rio Lobo 1970
as Feeny - Bartender (uncredited)
Hunters Are for Killing 1970
as Hank Phillips
Shalako 1968
as Buffalo
The Shakiest Gun in the West 1968
as Rev. Zachary Gant
Bandolero! 1968
as Jack Hawkins
Fort Utah 1967
as Harris
Hostile Guns 1967
as Ed Johnson
Red Tomahawk 1967
as Bly
Alvarez Kelly 1966
as Lt. Farrow
The Magnificent Stranger 1966
as Grist
Apache Uprising 1965
as Henry Belden
Town Tamer 1965
as Tex
Fort Courageous 1965
as Captain Harvey
War Party 1965
as Sgt. Chaney
Convict Stage 1965
as Marshal Jethro Karnin, Writer
Law of the Lawless 1964
as Red
Iron Angel 1964
as Reb
Twilight of Honor 1963
as Judson Elliot
Walk on the Wild Side 1962
as Dockery
Buffalo Gun 1961
as Murdock
Ocean's Eleven 1960
as McCoy (uncredited)
Walk Like a Dragon 1960
as Cabot
The Big Operator 1959
as Detective Sergeant
Warlock 1959
as Edward Calhoun (uncredited)
The Last Mile 1959
as Drake
Born Reckless 1958
as Bill Okie
Frankenstein 1970 1958
as Douglas Row
China Doll 1958
as MSgt. Hal Foster
Gun Duel in Durango 1957
as Larry
7 Men from Now 1956
as Clete
I'll Cry Tomorrow 1955
as Jerry
The Twinkle In God's Eye 1955
as Dawson
Jesse James' Women 1954
as Jesse James, Producer, Director, Screenplay
Untamed Heiress 1954
as Mike Lawrence
My Outlaw Brother 1951
as Hank
Border Rangers 1950
as Bob Standish
Train To Tombstone 1950
as Len Howard, Story
Gunfire 1950
as Frank James / Bat Fenton
I Shot Billy the Kid 1950
as Billy the Kid
Red Desert 1949
as Pecos Jones, Executive Producer
Tough Assignment 1949
as Dan Reilly
Square Dance Jubilee 1949
as Don Blake
The Dalton Gang 1949
as Larry West
Red Light 1949
Story
Ringside 1949
as Mike O'Hara, "King Cobra"
- Train to Alcatraz
Train to Alcatraz 1948
as Doug Forbes
Lightnin' in the Forest 1948
as Stan Martin
Madonna of the Desert 1948
as Tony French
Slippy McGee 1948
as Slippy McGee
That's My Gal 1947
as Benny Novak
The Plainsman and the Lady 1946
as Feisty
The Last Crooked Mile 1946
as Tom Dwyer
The Chicago Kid 1945
as Joe Ferrill
Bells of Rosarita 1945
as Don Barry
My Buddy 1944
as Eddie Ballinger
Outlaws of Santa Fe 1944
as Bob Conroy
The Purple Heart 1944
as Lt. Peter Vincent
California Joe 1943
as Joe Weldon
Canyon City 1943
as Terry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid
The Man from the Rio Grande 1943
as Lee Grant
The West Side Kid 1943
as Johnny April
Black Hills Express 1943
as Lon Walker
Fugitive from Sonora 1943
as Dave Winters / Ted Winters
Days of Old Cheyenne 1943
as Clint Ross
Carson City Cyclone 1943
as Gilbert Phalen
Dead Man's Gulch 1943
as Tennessee Colby
The Sundown Kid 1942
as Red Tracy
The Traitor Within 1942
as Sam Starr
Outlaws of Pine Ridge 1942
as Chips Barrett
The Sombrero Kid 1942
as Jerry Holden
The Cyclone Kid 1942
as Johnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson
Jesse James, Jr. 1942
as Johnny Barrett
Stagecoach Express 1942
as Dave Gregory
Arizona Terrors 1942
as Jim Bradley
Remember Pearl Harbor 1942
as Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith
A Missouri Outlaw 1941
as Cliff Dixon
Death Valley Outlaws 1941
as Johnny Edwards
Kansas Cyclone 1941
as Jim Randall
Desert Bandit 1941
as Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger
The Apache Kid 1941
as Pete Dawson aka The Apache Kid
Two Gun Sheriff 1941
as Jim "Sundown Kid" McKinnon / Sheriff Bruce McKinnon
The Phantom Cowboy 1941
as Jim Lawrence
Wyoming Wildcat 1941
as Bill Gannon
Texas Terrors 1940
as Bob Millbourne aka Robert Mills
Frontier Vengeance 1940
as Jim Sanders
The Tulsa Kid 1940
as Tom Benton aka Tulsa Kid
Sailor's Lady 1940
as Second Paymaster
One Man's Law 1940
as Jack Summers
Adventures of Red Ryder 1940
as Red Ryder
Ghost Valley Raiders 1940
as Tim Brandon
Jack Pot 1940
as Bryan (uncredited)
Days of Jesse James 1939
as Jesse James
The Secret of Dr. Kildare 1939
as Collins (uncredited)
Saga of Death Valley 1939
as Jerry
Calling All Marines 1939
as 'Blackie' Cross
Wyoming Outlaw 1939
as Will Parker
S.O.S Tidal Wave 1939
as Curly Parsons
Only Angels Have Wings 1939
as Tex
Calling Dr. Kildare 1939
as Collins
Panama Patrol 1939
as Loring
The Duke of West Point 1938
as Cadet Grady
Young Dr. Kildare 1938
as Dr. Collins (uncredited)
The Crowd Roars 1938
as Pete Mariola
Think It Over 1938
as Henchman
Sinners in Paradise 1938
as Jessup
Saleslady 1938
as Babcock
Navy Blue and Gold 1937
as Mason (Southern Institute football player) (uncredited)
Dead End 1937
as Dr. Flynn, Intern (uncredited)
The Woman I Love 1937
as Michel
When's Your Birthday? 1937
as Marty - Gunman (uncredited)
Beloved Enemy 1936
as Mike, I.R.A. Patriot (Uncredited)
Night Waitress 1936
as Mario Rigo
Bridal Bail 1934
as Movie Usher
Flying Down to Rio 1933
as Dancer (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.