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)
Shalako (1968)
as Buffalo
Bandolero! (1968)
as Jack Hawkins
Orca (1977)
as Dock Worker
Alvarez Kelly (1966)
as Lt. Farrow
Rio Lobo (1970)
as Feeny - Bartender (uncredited)
Warlock (1959)
as Edward Calhoun (uncredited)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
as Jody Simmons
7 Men from Now (1956)
as Clete
Starsky & Hutch (1975)
as Doctor in Morgue
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
as Tex
Back Roads (1981)
as Pete
The Swarm (1978)
as Pete Harris
Hooper (1978)
as Sheriff
Dead End (1937)
as Dr. Flynn, Intern (uncredited)
Undercover with the KKK (1979)
as Ben Wright
Ringside (1949)
as Mike O'Hara, "King Cobra"
Jack Pot (1940)
as Bryan (uncredited)
From Noon Till Three (1976)
as Red Roxy
Iron Angel (1964)
as Reb
Hot Lead & Cold Feet (1978)
as Bartender
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
as Dockery
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
as Dancer (uncredited)
Boss Nigger (1975)
Actor
One More Train to Rob (1971)
as Charlie
Remember Pearl Harbor (1942)
as Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith
The Phantom Cowboy (1941)
as Jim Lawrence
Night Waitress (1936)
as Mario Rigo
The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
as Rev. Zachary Gant
Twilight of Honor (1963)
as Judson Elliot
Incident on a Dark Street (1973)
as Miles Henderson
I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
as Jerry
The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
as Collins (uncredited)
Outlaws of Pine Ridge (1942)
as Chips Barrett
Train to Alcatraz (1948)
as Doug Forbes
Sinners in Paradise (1938)
as Jessup
The Last Mile (1959)
as Drake
The Magnificent Stranger (1966)
as Grist
The Crash of Flight 401 (1978)
as Helicopter Pilot
Doctor Dracula (1978)
as Elliot
The Purple Heart (1944)
as Lt. Peter Vincent
China Doll (1958)
as MSgt. Hal Foster
Law of the Lawless (1964)
as Red
Red Tomahawk (1967)
as Bly
Town Tamer (1965)
as Tex
S.O.S Tidal Wave (1939)
as Curly Parsons
Tough Assignment (1949)
as Dan Reilly
Gun Duel in Durango (1957)
as Larry
Death Valley Outlaws (1941)
as Johnny Edwards
The Last Crooked Mile (1946)
as Tom Dwyer
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
as Rusty
Apache Uprising (1965)
as Henry Belden
Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)
as Red Ryder
The Big Operator (1959)
as Detective Sergeant
Junior Bonner (1972)
as Homer Rutledge
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976)
as Marshal
Donovan's Kid (1979)
as Sheriff at Stagecoach
Blazing Stewardesses (1975)
as Mike Trask
The Eyes of Charles Sand (1972)
as Trainer
Hunters Are for Killing (1970)
as Hank Phillips
The Crowd Roars (1938)
as Pete Mariola
The Dalton Gang (1949)
as Larry West
Partners in Crime (1973)
as Bartender
Days of Jesse James (1939)
as Jesse James
Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
as Mason (Southern Institute football player) (uncredited)
Sailor's Lady (1940)
as Second Paymaster
Fort Utah (1967)
as Harris
Untamed Heiress (1954)
as Mike Lawrence
Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
as Collins
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978)
as Devery's Foreman
Think It Over (1938)
as Henchman
Hustle (1975)
as Airport Bartender
Wyoming Outlaw (1939)
as Will Parker
Punch and Jody (1974)
as Franz Butz / Delbert Clyde Butz
The Twinkle In God's Eye (1955)
as Dawson
Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
as Dr. Collins (uncredited)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)
as (archive footage)
The Traitor Within (1942)
as Sam Starr
Saga of Death Valley (1939)
as Jerry
The Chicago Kid (1945)
as Joe Ferrill
My Outlaw Brother (1951)
as Hank
One Man's Law (1940)
as Jack Summers
Red Desert (1949)
as Pecos Jones
Kansas Cyclone (1941)
as Jim Randall
Lightnin' in the Forest (1948)
as Stan Martin
Convict Stage (1965)
as Marshal Jethro Karnin
Walk Like a Dragon (1960)
as Cabot
California Joe (1943)
as Joe Weldon
Bells of Rosarita (1945)
as Don Barry
My Buddy (1944)
as Eddie Ballinger
The One Man Jury (1978)
as Sgt. Murphy
The Sundown Kid (1942)
as Red Tracy
Hostile Guns (1967)
as Ed Johnson
Beloved Enemy (1936)
as Mike, I.R.A. Patriot (Uncredited)
Saleslady (1938)
as Babcock
When's Your Birthday? (1937)
as Marty - Gunman (uncredited)
Whiffs (1975)
as Sgt. Post
The Duke of West Point (1938)
as Cadet Grady
The Tulsa Kid (1940)
as Tom Benton aka Tulsa Kid
Dead Man's Gulch (1943)
as Tennessee Colby
Goldie and the Boxer (1979)
as Radio Announcer
Outlaws of Santa Fe (1944)
as Bob Conroy
I Shot Billy the Kid (1950)
as Billy the Kid
Panama Patrol (1939)
as Loring
The Woman I Love (1937)
as Michel
Ghost Valley Raiders (1940)
as Tim Brandon
The Plainsman and the Lady (1946)
as Feisty
Carson City Cyclone (1943)
as Gilbert Phalen
Jesse James' Women (1954)
as Jesse James
Frankenstein 1970 (1958)
as Douglas Row
A Missouri Outlaw (1941)
as Cliff Dixon
Calling All Marines (1939)
as 'Blackie' Cross
The Cyclone Kid (1942)
as Johnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson
Square Dance Jubilee (1949)
as Don Blake
The West Side Kid (1943)
as Johnny April
The Apache Kid (1941)
as Pete Dawson aka The Apache Kid
Buffalo Gun (1961)
as Murdock
Wyoming Wildcat (1941)
as Bill Gannon
A Cry for Justice (1979)
as Virgil Hall
War Party (1965)
as Sgt. Chaney
Stagecoach Express (1942)
as Dave Gregory
Madonna of the Desert (1948)
as Tony French
Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys (1978)
Actor
Born Reckless (1958)
as Bill Okie
Buckstone County Prison (1978)
as Warden Coley
Train To Tombstone (1950)
as Len Howard
Gunfire (1950)
as Frank James / Bat Fenton
The Sombrero Kid (1942)
as Jerry Holden
The Man from the Rio Grande (1943)
as Lee Grant
Desert Bandit (1941)
as Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger
Border Rangers (1950)
as Bob Standish
Fugitive from Sonora (1943)
as Dave Winters / Ted Winters
Days of Old Cheyenne (1943)
as Clint Ross
Texas Terrors (1940)
as Bob Millbourne aka Robert Mills
Frontier Vengeance (1940)
as Jim Sanders
Jesse James, Jr. (1942)
as Johnny Barrett
Arizona Terrors (1942)
as Jim Bradley
Two Gun Sheriff (1941)
as Jim "Sundown Kid" McKinnon / Sheriff Bruce McKinnon
Slippy McGee (1948)
as Slippy McGee
Black Hills Express (1943)
as Lon Walker
Bridal Bail (1934)
as Movie Usher
That's My Gal (1947)
as Benny Novak
Canyon City (1943)
as Terry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid
Fort Courageous (1965)
as Captain Harvey