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