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.
Movie | Back Roads | Pete | 1981-03-13 |
Series | The Dream Merchants | Capt. Casey | 1980-05-12 |
Series | 240-Robert | Unknown | 1979-08-28 |
Series | Knots Landing | Unknown | 1979-12-27 |
Movie | Goldie and the Boxer | Radio Announcer | 1979-12-30 |
Movie | Buckstone County Prison | Warden Coley | 1978-07-01 |
Movie | Doctor Dracula | Elliot (as Donald Barry) | 1978-03-02 |
Movie | Hot Lead & Cold Feet | Bartender | 1978-07-05 |
Movie | Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid | Devery's Foreman | 1978-05-26 |
Movie | Hooper | Sheriff | 1978-07-28 |
Movie | The Crash of Flight 401 | Helicopter Pilot | 1978-10-29 |
Movie | The Swarm | Pete Harris | 1978-07-14 |
Movie | Orca | Dock Worker | 1977-07-22 |
Movie | From Noon Till Three | Red Roxy | 1976-08-01 |
Movie | The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West | Marshal | 1976-08-01 |
Movie | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | (archive footage) | 1976-05-01 |
Series | Big John, Little John | Unknown | 1976-09-11 |
Series | Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II | Robert Barnes | 1976-09-21 |
Series | Charlie's Angels | Harry Silvers | 1976-09-22 |
Movie | Starsky & Hutch | Doctor in Morgue | 1975-05-01 |
Movie | Blazing Stewardesses | Mike Trask | 1975-06-01 |
Series | Baretta | Unknown | 1975-01-17 |
Movie | Boss Nigger | (as Don Red Barry) | 1975-08-17 |
Movie | Hustle | Airport Bartender | 1975-12-25 |
Movie | Whiffs | Sgt. Post | 1975-10-15 |
Series | Starsky & Hutch | Doctor in the morgue (uncredited) | 1975-09-10 |
Series | Barbary Coast | Unknown | 1975-09-08 |
Series | The Six Million Dollar Man | Howie | 1974-01-18 |
Series | Petrocelli | Vern | 1974-09-11 |
Series | Police Woman | Capt. Barnes | 1974-09-13 |
Series | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
Series | Little House on the Prairie | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Movie | The Eyes of Charles Sand | Trainer | 1972-02-29 |
Movie | Junior Bonner | Homer Rutledge | 1972-08-02 |
Series | The Waltons | Deputy Sheriff | 1972-09-14 |
Series | Ghost Story | Charlie Durham | 1972-09-15 |
Movie | Johnny Got His Gun | Jody Simmons | 1971-08-04 |
Series | McMillan and Wife | Sam | 1971-09-29 |
Movie | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County | Rusty | 1970-04-01 |
Movie | Hunters Are for Killing | Hank Phillips | 1970-03-12 |
Movie | Rio Lobo | Feeny - Bartender (uncredited) | 1970-04-01 |
Series | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Abner Dickens | 1969-09-23 |
Series | Love, American Style | Policeman | 1969-09-29 |
Movie | Bandolero! | Jack Hawkins | 1968-06-01 |
Series | It Takes a Thief | Airline Captain (as Donald Barry) | 1968-01-09 |
Movie | The Shakiest Gun in the West | Rev. Zachary Gant | 1968-07-10 |
Series | Adam-12 | Mr. Hobbs | 1968-09-21 |
Series | The Outsider | Unknown | 1968-09-18 |
Series | Land of the Giants | Dr. Zoral | 1968-09-22 |
Movie | Shalako | Buffalo | 1968-09-26 |
Series | Ironside | Capt. Dennis Barnes | 1967-03-28 |
Movie | Red Tomahawk | Bly | 1967-01-01 |
Movie | Hostile Guns | Ed Johnson | 1967-07-01 |
Series | Cimarron Strip | Unknown | 1967-09-07 |
Series | Hondo | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
Movie | Fort Utah | Harris | 1967-09-01 |
Series | Mannix | Mr. Barlow | 1967-09-16 |
Series | Batman | Tarantula | 1966-01-12 |
Series | Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Movie | Alvarez Kelly | Lt. Farrow | 1966-10-06 |
Movie | Town Tamer | Tex | 1965-07-07 |
Movie | Fort Courageous | Captain Harvey | 1965-05-01 |
Movie | Convict Stage | Marshal Jethro Karnin | 1965-01-01 |
Series | The Legend of Jesse James | Daniels | 1965-09-13 |
Series | F Troop | Col. Donnely | 1965-09-14 |
Movie | Apache Uprising | Henry Belden | 1965-12-29 |
Series | The F.B.I. | Davy Harrods | 1965-09-19 |
Series | The Wild Wild West | Farnsworth | 1965-09-17 |
Series | Laredo | Sam Dixie | 1965-09-16 |
Movie | Iron Angel | Reb | 1964-02-01 |
Movie | Law of the Lawless | Red | 1964-05-13 |
Series | Daniel Boone | Amos Brown | 1964-09-24 |
Series | Mickey | Unknown | 1964-09-16 |
Series | The Munsters | Ted | 1964-09-24 |
Series | Mr. Novak | Anthony Gallo | 1963-09-24 |
Series | The Fugitive | The Checker | 1963-09-17 |
Movie | Twilight of Honor | Judson Elliot | 1963-11-13 |
Series | Sam Benedict | Unknown | 1962-09-15 |
Series | The Virginian | Jake | 1962-09-19 |
Movie | Buffalo Gun | Murdock | 1961-07-01 |
Movie | Walk Like a Dragon | Cabot | 1960-06-01 |
Movie | Ocean's Eleven | McCoy (uncredited) | 1960-08-10 |
Series | Checkmate | Kyle Horgan | 1960-09-17 |
Movie | Warlock | Edward Calhoun (uncredited) | 1959-05-15 |
Movie | The Last Mile | Drake (as Donald Barry) | 1959-02-18 |
Movie | The Big Operator | Detective Sergeant | 1959-08-01 |
Series | Bonanza | Temple | 1959-09-12 |
Series | Hawaiian Eye | Harry Cannon | 1959-10-07 |
Series | Laramie | Unknown | 1959-09-15 |
Series | Bronco | Unknown | 1958-09-23 |
Movie | China Doll | MSgt. Hal Foster | 1958-06-06 |
Movie | Frankenstein 1970 | Douglas Row | 1958-07-20 |
Series | Peter Gunn | Unknown | 1958-09-22 |
Series | Lawman | Jess Schaeffer | 1958-10-05 |
Movie | Born Reckless | Bill Okie | 1958-11-02 |
Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Shorty Adams | 1958-10-10 |
Series | Bat Masterson | Luke Short | 1958-10-08 |
Movie | Gun Duel In Durango | Larry | 1957-05-01 |
Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Tom Goodfellow | 1957-09-14 |
Series | Perry Mason | Red Doyle | 1957-09-21 |
Series | Maverick | Smith | 1957-09-22 |
Movie | 7 Men from Now | Clete | 1956-08-04 |
Series | Cheyenne | Shorty Jones | 1955-09-20 |
Series | The Phil Silvers Show | Capt. Carter (uncredited) | 1955-09-20 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Dobson | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | The Twinkle In God's Eye | Dawson | 1955-10-13 |
Series | Sergeant Preston of the Yukon | Unknown | 1955-09-29 |
Movie | I'll Cry Tomorrow | Jerry | 1955-12-25 |
Movie | Jesse James' Women | Jesse James | 1954-09-04 |
Movie | Untamed Heiress | 'Spider' Mike Lawrence (as Donald Barry) | 1954-03-31 |
Series | The Wonderful World of Disney | Sheriff (uncredited) | 1954-10-27 |
Series | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Clerk | 1952-10-03 |
Series | Dragnet | Mike Armstrong | 1951-12-16 |
Movie | I Shot Billy the Kid | William H. Bonney / Billy the Kid (as Don Barry) | 1950-07-27 |
Movie | Gunfire | Frank James / Bat Fenton | 1950-08-12 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Martin | 1950-10-02 |
Movie | Train To Tombstone | Len Howard | 1950-09-16 |
Movie | Border Rangers | Bob Standish posing as the Rio Kid (as Don Barry) | 1950-10-05 |
Movie | The Dalton Gang | Larry West | 1949-10-20 |
Movie | Ringside | Mike O'Hara, "King Cobra" | 1949-07-14 |
Movie | Square Dance Jubilee | Don Blake | 1949-11-11 |
Movie | Tough Assignment | Dan Reilly | 1949-11-15 |
Movie | Red Desert | Pecos Jones | 1949-12-17 |
Movie | Slippy McGee | Slippy McGee | 1948-01-15 |
Movie | Train to Alcatraz | Doug Forbes (as Donald Barry) | 1948-06-28 |
Movie | Madonna of the Desert | Tony French (as Donald Barry) | 1948-02-23 |
Movie | That's My Gal | Benny Novak | 1947-05-15 |
Movie | The Plainsman and the Lady | Feisty | 1946-11-11 |
Movie | The Last Crooked Mile | Tom Dwyer | 1946-08-09 |
Movie | Bells of Rosarita | Don Barry | 1945-06-19 |
Movie | The Chicago Kid | Joe Ferrill | 1945-06-29 |
Movie | Outlaws of Santa Fe | Bob Conroy | 1944-04-04 |
Movie | My Buddy | Eddie Ballinger (as Donald Barry) | 1944-10-12 |
Movie | Fugitive from Sonora | Parson Dave Winters / Ted Winters aka Keeno Phillips | 1943-06-30 |
Movie | Days of Old Cheyenne | Clint Ross | 1943-03-15 |
Movie | Carson City Cyclone | Gilbert Phalen | 1943-03-03 |
Movie | Black Hills Express | Lon Walker | 1943-08-15 |
Movie | Dead Man's Gulch | Tennessee Colby | 1943-02-12 |
Movie | The West Side Kid | Johnny April (as Donald Barry) | 1943-08-23 |
Movie | Canyon City | Terry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid | 1943-11-24 |
Movie | California Joe | Joe Weldon | 1943-12-29 |
Movie | The Man from the Rio Grande | Lee Grant | 1943-10-18 |
Movie | Jesse James, Jr. | Johnny Barrett | 1942-03-25 |
Movie | Stagecoach Express | Dave Gregory | 1942-03-06 |
Movie | The Cyclone Kid | Johnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson | 1942-05-31 |
Movie | Remember Pearl Harbor | Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith | 1942-01-02 |
Movie | Arizona Terrors | Jim Bradley | 1942-01-13 |
Movie | The Sombrero Kid | Jerry Holden | 1942-07-31 |
Movie | The Traitor Within | Sam Starr (as Donald M. Barry) | 1942-12-16 |
Movie | The Sundown Kid | Red Tracy | 1942-12-28 |
Movie | Outlaws of Pine Ridge | Chips Barrett | 1942-10-27 |
Movie | Two Gun Sheriff | Jim "Sundown Kid" McKinnon / Sheriff Bruce McKinnon | 1941-04-09 |
Movie | The Phantom Cowboy | Jim Lawrence | 1941-02-14 |
Movie | Wyoming Wildcat | Bill Gannon | 1941-01-06 |
Movie | The Apache Kid | Pete Dawson aka The Apache Kid | 1941-04-11 |
Movie | Desert Bandit | Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger | 1941-05-24 |
Movie | Kansas Cyclone | Jim Randall | 1941-06-24 |
Movie | A Missouri Outlaw | Cliff Dixon | 1941-11-25 |
Movie | Death Valley Outlaws | Johnny Edwards | 1941-09-26 |
Movie | Adventures of Red Ryder | Red Ryder | 1940-06-28 |
Movie | Jack Pot | Bryan (uncredited) | 1940-03-09 |
Movie | Ghost Valley Raiders | Tim Brandon aka The Tolusa Kid (as Donald Barry) | 1940-03-23 |
Movie | One Man's Law | Jack Summers | 1940-06-29 |
Movie | Sailor's Lady | Second Paymaster | 1940-07-05 |
Movie | Frontier Vengeance | Jim Sanders | 1940-10-10 |
Movie | Texas Terrors | Bob Millbourne aka Robert Mills | 1940-11-22 |
Movie | The Tulsa Kid | Tom Benton aka Tulsa Kid | 1940-08-16 |
Movie | Only Angels Have Wings | Tex | 1939-05-15 |
Movie | Calling Dr. Kildare | Collins | 1939-04-28 |
Movie | Panama Patrol | Loring | 1939-03-20 |
Movie | S.O.S Tidal Wave | Curly Parsons | 1939-06-02 |
Movie | Calling All Marines | 'Blackie' Cross | 1939-09-20 |
Movie | Days of Jesse James | Jesse James | 1939-12-20 |
Movie | Wyoming Outlaw | Will Parker | 1939-06-27 |
Movie | The Secret of Dr. Kildare | Collins - Intern (uncredited) | 1939-11-24 |
Movie | Saga of Death Valley | Jerry | 1939-11-17 |
Movie | Sinners in Paradise | Jessup | 1938-05-19 |
Movie | Think It Over | Henchman | 1938-07-24 |
Movie | Saleslady | Babcock | 1938-01-27 |
Movie | The Duke of West Point | Grady | 1938-12-29 |
Movie | The Crowd Roars | Pete Mariola | 1938-08-06 |
Movie | Young Dr. Kildare | Dr. Collins (uncredited) | 1938-10-14 |
Movie | When's Your Birthday? | Marty - Gunman (uncredited) | 1937-02-19 |
Movie | The Woman I Love | Michel | 1937-04-15 |
Movie | Dead End | Dr. Flynn, Intern (Uncredited) | 1937-08-27 |
Movie | Navy Blue and Gold | Mason (Southern Institute football player) (uncredited) | 1937-11-19 |
Movie | Night Waitress | Mario Rigo | 1936-12-18 |
Movie | Beloved Enemy | Mike, I.R.A. Patriot (Uncredited) | 1936-12-25 |
Movie | Bridal Bail | Movie Usher | 1934-02-09 |
Movie | Flying Down to Rio | Dancer (uncredited) | 1933-12-22 |
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