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
Douglas Row
Frankenstein 1970
Edward Calhoun (uncredited)
Warlock
Rev. Zachary Gant
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Red Roxy
From Noon Till Three
Stan Martin
Lightnin' in the Forest
(as Don Red Barry)
Boss Nigger
Clete
Seven Men from Now
Dock Worker
Orca
Helicopter Pilot
The Crash of Flight 401
Dr. Flynn, Intern (Uncredited)
Dead End
Dancer (uncredited)
Flying Down to Rio
Jerry
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Grist
El magnifico extranjero
Mike Trask
Blazing Stewardesses
Lt. Peter Vincent
The Purple Heart
Dockery
Walk on the Wild Side
Tex
Only Angels Have Wings
Sheriff
Hooper
Jody Simmons
Johnny Got His Gun
Buffalo
Shalako
Doctor in Morgue
Starsky & Hutch
Tom Dwyer
The Last Crooked Mile
Sgt. Chaney
War Party
Drake (as Donald Barry)
The Last Mile
Feeny - Bartender (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
Henry Belden
Apache Uprising
Sheriff at Stagecoach
Donovan's Kid
Elliot (as Donald Barry)
Doctor Dracula
Doug Forbes (as Donald Barry)
Train to Alcatraz
Dan Reilly
Tough Assignment
Henchman
Think It Over
Larry
Gun Duel In Durango
Grady
The Duke of West Point
Jessup
Sinners in Paradise
Marshal
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
Dawson
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Jack Summers
One Man's Law
Gilbert Phalen
Carson City Cyclone
Bill Okie
Born Reckless
Reb
Iron Angel
Joe Weldon
California Joe
Jesse James
Days of Jesse James
Joe Ferrill
The Chicago Kid
Marshal Jethro Karnin
Convict Stage
Babcock
Saleslady
Len Howard
Train To Tombstone
Jerry
Saga of Death Valley
Warden Coley
Buckstone County Prison
(archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Detective Sergeant
The Big Operator
Jesse James
Jesse James' Women
Feisty
The Plainsman and the Lady
Red Ryder
Adventures of Red Ryder
Loring
Panama Patrol
Homer Rutledge
Junior Bonner
Ed Johnson
Hostile Guns
Marty - Gunman (uncredited)
When's Your Birthday?
Pete Mariola
The Crowd Roars
Benny Novak
That's My Gal
Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith
Remember Pearl Harbor
Michel
The Woman I Love
Hank Phillips
Hunters Are for Killing
Pete
Back Roads
Curly Parsons
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Tex
Town Tamer
McCoy (uncredited)
Ocean's Eleven
Mario Rigo
Night Waitress
Captain Harvey
Fort Courageous
Dr. Collins (uncredited)
Young Dr. Kildare
Mike, I.R.A. Patriot (Uncredited)
Beloved Enemy
Bly
Red Tomahawk
William H. Bonney / Billy the Kid (as Don Barry)
I Shot Billy the Kid
Mason (Southern Institute football player) (uncredited)
Navy Blue and Gold
Collins
Calling Dr. Kildare
Will Parker
Wyoming Outlaw
Jim Bradley
Arizona Terrors
Collins - Intern (uncredited)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Johnny Edwards
Death Valley Outlaws
Tennessee Colby
Dead Man's Gulch
Johnny Barrett
Jesse James, Jr.
Terry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid
Canyon City
'Spider' Mike Lawrence (as Donald Barry)
Untamed Heiress
Jack Hawkins
Bandolero!
'Blackie' Cross
Calling All Marines
Clint Ross
Days of Old Cheyenne
Parson Dave Winters / Ted Winters aka Keeno Phillips
Fugitive from Sonora
Cliff Dixon
A Missouri Outlaw
Pete Dawson aka The Apache Kid
The Apache Kid
Radio Announcer
Goldie and the Boxer
Ben Wright
Undercover with the KKK
Rusty
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Cabot
Walk Like a Dragon
Pete Harris
The Swarm
Lee Grant
The Man from the Rio Grande
Devery's Foreman
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Dave Gregory
Stagecoach Express
Lt. Farrow
Alvarez Kelly
Tony French (as Donald Barry)
Madonna of the Desert
Pecos Jones
Red Desert
Eddie Ballinger (as Donald Barry)
My Buddy
Johnny April (as Donald Barry)
The West Side Kid
Sam Starr (as Donald M. Barry)
The Traitor Within
Bryan (uncredited)
Jack Pot
Harris
Fort Utah
Jim Lawrence
The Phantom Cowboy
Virgil Hall
A Cry For Justice
Bob Standish posing as the Rio Kid (as Don Barry)
Border Rangers
Frank James / Bat Fenton
Gunfire
Johnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson
The Cyclone Kid
Tim Brandon aka The Tolusa Kid (as Donald Barry)
Ghost Valley Raiders
Bob Millbourne aka Robert Mills
Texas Terrors
Tom Benton aka Tulsa Kid
The Tulsa Kid
Lon Walker
Black Hills Express
Chips Barrett
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
Bill Gannon
Wyoming Wildcat
Jerry Holden
The Sombrero Kid
Red Tracy
The Sundown Kid
Jim Sanders
Frontier Vengeance
Jim "Sundown Kid" McKinnon / Sheriff Bruce McKinnon
Two Gun Sheriff
Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger
Desert Bandit
Jim Randall
Kansas Cyclone
Don Barry
Bells of Rosarita
Bob Conroy
Outlaws of Santa Fe
Larry West
The Dalton Gang
Don Blake
Square Dance Jubilee
Murdock
Buffalo Gun
Red
Law of the Lawless
Movie Usher
Bridal Bail
Miles Henderson
Incident on a Dark Street
Bartender
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Mike O'Hara, "King Cobra"
Ringside
Sgt. Post
Whiffs
Second Paymaster
Sailor's Lady
MSgt. Hal Foster
China Doll
Slippy McGee
Slippy McGee
Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys
Trainer
The Eyes of Charles Sand
Franz Butz / Delbert Clyde Butz
Punch and Jody
Bartender
Partners in Crime
Airport Bartender
Hustle
Judson Elliot
Twilight of Honor
Charlie
One More Train to Rob
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
142
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-01-11
Place of Birth
Houston, Texas, USA
Also Known As
Donald Barry De Acosta