Don 'Red' Barry
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
269
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
Bonanza
Bonanza
Ironside
Ironside
Ironside
Ironside
Ironside
The Fugitive
Perry Mason
Adam-12
Adam-12
Adam-12
Adam-12
Knots Landing
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Waltons
Little House on the Prairie
Mannix
Batman
Batman
Police Woman
Police Woman
Police Woman
Police Woman
Police Woman
Quincy, M.E.
Love, American Style
Love, American Style
The Wild Wild West
The Wild Wild West
The Rockford Files
Maverick
Maverick
Maverick
Maverick
Maverick
Peter Gunn
Cheyenne
Charlie's Angels
Rawhide
Daniel Boone
Emergency!
The Six Million Dollar Man
Dragnet
Dragnet
The F.B.I.
McHale's Navy
The Munsters
Lawman
Lawman
Lawman
Lawman
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Bat Masterson
Baretta
The Rookies
Hawaiian Eye
Hawaiian Eye
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Marcus Welby, M.D.
It Takes a Thief
77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Sugarfoot
Sugarfoot
Sugarfoot
Laramie
Surfside 6
The Bionic Woman
Dragnet
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Bourbon Street Beat
McMillan & Wife
Checkmate
Laredo
F Troop
The Deputy
Land of the Giants
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Bronco
Petrocelli
Arrest and Trial
Police Story
Dan August
Mr. Novak
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre
Public Defender
The Phil Silvers Show
Ghost Story
Ghost Story
Cimarron Strip
CHiPs
CHiPs
CHiPs
Sam Benedict
Screen Director's Playhouse
Jesse James' Women
The Roaring 20's
The Swarm
Apache Uprising
The Outsider
Train to Alcatraz
The Legend of Jesse James
Hondo
Gun Duel in Durango
One More Train to Rob
California Joe
Carson City Cyclone
Border Rangers
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Orca
Young Dr. Kildare
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Hawkins
Jesse James, Jr.
Junior Bonner
Ocean's Eleven
Buckstone County Prison
Blazing Stewardesses
Hustle
Calling Dr. Kildare
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Red Tomahawk
Arizona Terrors
Walk on the Wild Side
Town Tamer
Rio Lobo
Dead End
A Cry For Justice
Barbary Coast
Buffalo Gun
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
The Immortal
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
S.O.S Tidal Wave
The Cyclone Kid
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Madonna of the Desert
Wyoming Outlaw
Johnny Got His Gun
Starsky & Hutch
Kansas Cyclone
Beloved Enemy
The Crowd Roars
The Traitor Within
Donovan's Kid
240-Robert
The West Side Kid
Sinners in Paradise
Days of Jesse James
From Noon Till Three
Lightnin' in the Forest
Outlaws of Santa Fe
Frankenstein 1970
Sailor's Lady
Hooper
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
The Purple Heart
Whiffs
T.H.E. Cat
T.H.E. Cat
Two Gun Sheriff
Partners in Crime
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Flying Down to Rio
Walk Like a Dragon
Warlock
Hostile Guns
Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys
Think It Over
Untamed Heiress
Mickey
Square Dance Jubilee
Fort Utah
Twilight of Honor
Doctor Dracula
Red Desert
Black Hills Express
Back Roads
Broadside
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
Navy Blue and Gold
Only Angels Have Wings
Days of Old Cheyenne
The Magnificent Stranger
Fugitive from Sonora
Shalako
War Party
A Missouri Outlaw
The Phantom Cowboy
Seven Men from Now
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Apache Kid
Big John, Little John
The Last Crooked Mile
The Duke of West Point
The Last Mile
Stagecoach Express
The Woman I Love
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
The Dream Merchants
Saleslady
Ghost Valley Raiders
Canyon City
Panama Patrol
Wyoming Wildcat
Bridal Bail
Gunfire
When's Your Birthday?
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Law of the Lawless
Dead Man's Gulch
China Doll
Goldie and the Boxer
Convict Stage
Night Waitress
The Man from the Rio Grande
Iron Angel
Bandolero!
Adventures of Red Ryder
The Dalton Gang
The Crash of Flight 401
Jack Pot
Ringside
The Tulsa Kid
Alvarez Kelly
Boss Nigger
Remember Pearl Harbor
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
Incident on a Dark Street
One Man's Law
Desert Bandit
That's My Gal
The Plainsman and the Lady
Punch and Jody
Slippy McGee
Undercover with the KKK
Death Valley Outlaws
The Sombrero Kid
My Buddy
Calling All Marines
Saga of Death Valley
The Big Operator
The Chicago Kid
Frontier Vengeance
Tough Assignment
Born Reckless
The Eyes of Charles Sand
I Shot Billy the Kid
Fort Courageous
Texas Terrors
Hunters Are for Killing
Bells of Rosarita
Train To Tombstone
The Sundown Kid
