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