Don 'Red' Barry
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: January 11, 1912
Day of Death: July 17, 1980 (69 years old)
Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, USA
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.
1981
1979
1978
Actor Helicopter Pilot
The Crash of Flight 401
Actor Sheriff
Hooper
Actor Elliot (as Donald Barry)
Doctor Dracula
Actor Warden Coley
Buckstone County Prison
Actor Pete Harris
The Swarm
Actor Devery's Foreman
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Actor Bartender
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Actor
Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys
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1943
Actor Gilbert Phalen
Carson City Cyclone
Actor Joe Weldon
California Joe
Actor Tennessee Colby
Dead Man's Gulch
Actor Terry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid
Canyon City
Actor Clint Ross
Days of Old Cheyenne
Actor Parson Dave Winters / Ted Winters aka Keeno Phillips
Fugitive from Sonora
Actor Lee Grant
The Man from the Rio Grande
Actor Johnny April (as Donald Barry)
The West Side Kid
Actor Lon Walker
Black Hills Express
1942
Actor Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith
Remember Pearl Harbor
Actor Jim Bradley
Arizona Terrors
Actor Johnny Barrett
Jesse James, Jr.
Actor Dave Gregory
Stagecoach Express
Actor Sam Starr (as Donald M. Barry)
The Traitor Within
Actor Johnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson
The Cyclone Kid
Actor Chips Barrett
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
Actor Jerry Holden
The Sombrero Kid
Actor Red Tracy
The Sundown Kid
1941
Actor Johnny Edwards
Death Valley Outlaws
Actor Cliff Dixon
A Missouri Outlaw
Actor Pete Dawson aka The Apache Kid
The Apache Kid
Actor Jim Lawrence
The Phantom Cowboy
Actor Bill Gannon
Wyoming Wildcat
Actor Jim "Sundown Kid" McKinnon / Sheriff Bruce McKinnon
Two Gun Sheriff
Actor Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger
Desert Bandit
Actor Jim Randall
Kansas Cyclone
1940
Actor Jack Summers
One Man's Law
Actor Red Ryder
Adventures of Red Ryder
Actor Bryan (uncredited)
Jack Pot
Actor Tim Brandon aka The Tolusa Kid (as Donald Barry)
Ghost Valley Raiders
Actor Bob Millbourne aka Robert Mills
Texas Terrors
Actor Tom Benton aka Tulsa Kid
The Tulsa Kid
Actor Jim Sanders
Frontier Vengeance
Actor Second Paymaster
Sailor's Lady
1939
Actor Tex
Only Angels Have Wings
Actor Jesse James
Days of Jesse James
Actor Jerry
Saga of Death Valley
Actor Loring
Panama Patrol
Actor Curly Parsons
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Actor Collins
Calling Dr. Kildare
Actor Will Parker
Wyoming Outlaw
Actor Collins - Intern (uncredited)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Actor 'Blackie' Cross
Calling All Marines
