Don 'Red' Barry
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-01-11
Day of Death
1980-07-17 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Houston, Texas, USA
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
(1981)
Back Roads
as Pete
(1979)
Donovan's Kid
as Sheriff at Stagecoach
(1979)
A Cry For Justice
as Virgil Hall
(1979)
Undercover with the KKK
as Ben Wright
(1979)
Goldie and the Boxer
as Radio Announcer
(1978)
The Swarm
as Pete Harris
(1978)
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
as Bartender
(1978)
Hooper
as Sheriff
(1978)
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
as Devery's Foreman
(1978)
Buckstone County Prison
as Warden Coley
(1978)
(1978)
Doctor Dracula
as Elliot
(1978)
The Crash of Flight 401
as Helicopter Pilot
(1977)
Orca
as Dock Worker
(1976)
From Noon Till Three
as Red Roxy
(1976)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
(1976)
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
as Marshal
(1975)
Hustle
as Airport Bartender
(1975)
Blazing Stewardesses
as Mike Trask
(1975)
Whiffs
as Sgt. Post
(1975)
Starsky & Hutch
as Doctor in Morgue
(1975)
(1974)
Punch and Jody
as Franz Butz / Delbert Clyde Butz
(1973)
Partners in Crime
as Bartender
(1973)
Incident on a Dark Street
as Miles Henderson
(1972)
Junior Bonner
as Homer Rutledge
(1972)
The Eyes of Charles Sand
as Trainer
(1971)
One More Train to Rob
as Charlie
(1971)
Johnny Got His Gun
as Jody Simmons
(1970)
Rio Lobo
as Feeny - Bartender (uncredited)
(1970)
(1970)
Hunters Are for Killing
as Hank Phillips
(1968)
Shalako
as Buffalo
(1968)
The Shakiest Gun in the West
as Rev. Zachary Gant
(1968)
Bandolero!
as Jack Hawkins
(1967)
Red Tomahawk
as Bly
(1967)
Hostile Guns
as Ed Johnson
(1967)
Fort Utah
as Harris
(1966)
The Magnificent Stranger
as Grist
(1966)
Alvarez Kelly
as Lt. Farrow
(1965)
Apache Uprising
as Henry Belden
(1965)
Town Tamer
as Tex
(1965)
War Party
as Sgt. Chaney
(1965)
Convict Stage
as Marshal Jethro Karnin
(1965)
Fort Courageous
as Captain Harvey
(1964)
Law of the Lawless
as Red
(1964)
Iron Angel
as Reb
(1963)
Twilight of Honor
as Judson Elliot
(1962)
Walk on the Wild Side
as Dockery
(1961)
Buffalo Gun
as Murdock
(1960)
Ocean's Eleven
as McCoy (uncredited)
(1960)
Walk Like a Dragon
as Cabot
(1959)
Warlock
as Edward Calhoun (uncredited)
(1959)
The Last Mile
as Drake
(1959)
The Big Operator
as Detective Sergeant
(1958)
Born Reckless
as Bill Okie
(1958)
Frankenstein 1970
as Douglas Row
(1958)
China Doll
as MSgt. Hal Foster
(1957)
Gun Duel in Durango
as Larry
(1956)
Seven Men from Now
as Clete
(1955)
I'll Cry Tomorrow
as Jerry
(1955)
The Twinkle In God's Eye
as Dawson
(1954)
Jesse James' Women
as Jesse James
(1954)
Untamed Heiress
as Mike Lawrence
(1950)
Train To Tombstone
as Len Howard
(1950)
I Shot Billy the Kid
as Billy the Kid
(1950)
Border Rangers
as Bob Standish
(1950)
Gunfire
as Frank James / Bat Fenton
(1949)
Red Desert
as Pecos Jones
(1949)
Square Dance Jubilee
as Don Blake
(1949)
Ringside
as Mike O'Hara, "King Cobra"
(1949)
The Dalton Gang
as Larry West
(1949)
Tough Assignment
as Dan Reilly
(1948)
Train to Alcatraz
as Doug Forbes
(1948)
Lightnin' in the Forest
as Stan Martin
(1948)
Madonna of the Desert
as Tony French
(1948)
Slippy McGee
as Slippy McGee
(1947)
That's My Gal
as Benny Novak
(1946)
The Last Crooked Mile
as Tom Dwyer
(1946)
The Plainsman and the Lady
as Feisty
(1945)
Bells of Rosarita
as Don Barry
(1945)
The Chicago Kid
as Joe Ferrill
(1944)
The Purple Heart
as Lt. Peter Vincent
(1944)
Outlaws of Santa Fe
as Bob Conroy
(1944)
My Buddy
as Eddie Ballinger
(1943)
California Joe
as Joe Weldon
(1943)
Carson City Cyclone
as Gilbert Phalen
(1943)
The West Side Kid
as Johnny April
(1943)
Black Hills Express
as Lon Walker
(1943)
Canyon City
as Terry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid
(1943)
The Man from the Rio Grande
as Lee Grant
(1943)
Fugitive from Sonora
as Dave Winters / Ted Winters
(1943)
Days of Old Cheyenne
as Clint Ross
(1943)
Dead Man's Gulch
as Tennessee Colby
(1942)
Arizona Terrors
as Jim Bradley
(1942)
Jesse James, Jr.
as Johnny Barrett
(1942)
The Cyclone Kid
as Johnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson
(1942)
The Traitor Within
as Sam Starr
(1942)
Stagecoach Express
as Dave Gregory
(1942)
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
as Chips Barrett
(1942)
The Sombrero Kid
as Jerry Holden
(1942)
Remember Pearl Harbor
as Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith
(1942)
The Sundown Kid
as Red Tracy
(1941)
Kansas Cyclone
as Jim Randall
(1941)
Two Gun Sheriff
as Jim "Sundown Kid" McKinnon / Sheriff Bruce McKinnon
(1941)
A Missouri Outlaw
as Cliff Dixon
(1941)
The Apache Kid
as Pete Dawson aka The Apache Kid
(1941)
Wyoming Wildcat
as Bill Gannon
(1941)
Death Valley Outlaws
as Johnny Edwards
(1941)
The Phantom Cowboy
as Jim Lawrence
(1941)
Desert Bandit
as Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger
(1940)
Texas Terrors
as Bob Millbourne aka Robert Mills
(1940)
Sailor's Lady
as Second Paymaster
(1940)
Ghost Valley Raiders
as Tim Brandon
(1940)
Adventures of Red Ryder
as Red Ryder
(1940)
One Man's Law
as Jack Summers
(1940)
The Tulsa Kid
as Tom Benton aka Tulsa Kid
(1940)
Jack Pot
as Bryan (uncredited)
(1940)
Frontier Vengeance
as Jim Sanders
(1939)
Saga of Death Valley
as Jerry
(1939)
S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Curly Parsons
(1939)
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Collins
(1939)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Collins - Intern (uncredited)
(1939)
Days of Jesse James
as Jesse James
(1939)
Wyoming Outlaw
as Will Parker
(1939)
Only Angels Have Wings
as Tex
(1939)
Panama Patrol
as Loring
(1939)
Calling All Marines
as 'Blackie' Cross
(1938)
Young Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Collins (uncredited)
(1938)
Think It Over
as Henchman
(1938)
The Crowd Roars
as Pete Mariola
(1938)
Sinners in Paradise
as Jessup
(1938)
The Duke of West Point
as Grady
(1938)
Saleslady
as Babcock
(1937)
Dead End
as Dr. Flynn, Intern (Uncredited)
(1937)
Navy Blue and Gold
as Mason (Southern Institute football player) (uncredited)
(1937)
When's Your Birthday?
as Marty - Gunman (uncredited)
(1937)
The Woman I Love
as Michel
(1936)
Beloved Enemy
as Mike, I.R.A. Patriot (Uncredited)
(1936)
Night Waitress
as Mario Rigo
(1934)
Bridal Bail
as Movie Usher
(1933)
Flying Down to Rio
as Dancer (uncredited)
Crew
(1965)
Convict Stage
Writer
(1954)
Jesse James' Women
Producer, Screenplay, Director
(1950)
Train To Tombstone
Story
(1949)
Red Light
Story
(1949)
Red Desert
Executive Producer