Don 'Red' Barry
Known for Acting · 226 credits
- Born
- 1912-01-11
- Died
- 1980-07-17
- Place of birth
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Donald Barry De Acosta · Donald Barry · Donald 'Red' Barry · Milton Poimboeuf · Donald M. 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
TV Shows (84)
Perry Mason
1957
as Red Doyle
Bonanza
1959
as Bud Claggett / Temple
The Fugitive
1963
as The Checker
Mannix
1967
as Mr. Barlow
Knots Landing
1979
as Jeremiah Clemmons
Ironside
1967
as Paul Farrell / Capt. Dennis Barnes / Warrant Officer Harry Wilke / Lt. Tom Pierce / Walter Prudy
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Larabee
Adam-12
1968
as Charlie Bishop / Edwin M. Kale / Mr. Hobbs / Wino
Love, American Style
1969
as Sam / Policeman
Batman
1966
as The Grand Vizier / Tarantula
Dragnet
1951
as Mike Armstrong / Parker Cleaver
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Harry Silvers
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Charlie Turner
Maverick
1957
as Dishonest Abe / Fred Leslie / Willie Saffron / Sheriff / Smith
The Waltons
1972
as Deputy Sheriff
Emergency!
1972
as Dave Grogan
The Virginian
1962
as Shorty Downs / Dugan / John Slaughter / Man / Charles Coulter / Carstairs / Jake / Hutton
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Tom Goodfellow
Lawman
1958
as Shorty - Assassin / Dusty McCade / Jim Gaylord / Jess Schaeffer
The Rockford Files
1974
as Shorty McCall
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Howie
Cheyenne
1955
as Shorty Jones
Rawhide
1959
as Grut
Daniel Boone
1964
as Amos Brown
Police Woman
1974
as Lt. Bocina / Ted / Captain Simmonds / Morris / Captain Barnes
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Farnsworth / Rainey
The F.B.I.
1965
as Davy Harrods
Hawaiian Eye
1959
as Roy Briggs / Harry Cannon
The Rookies
1972
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Al Karlovic / Abner Dickens
Gunsmoke
1955
as McIver / Dobson
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Shorty Adams / Rock / Barnaby Allson / Frank Sully
Peter Gunn
1958
Baretta
1975
Bat Masterson
1958
as Luke Short
The Munsters
1964
as Ted
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952
as Clerk
Land of the Giants
1968
as Dr. Zoral
The Bionic Woman
1976
Sugarfoot
1957
as Tanner / Arkansas / Arkansas Ferguson
Surfside 6
1960
as Lt. Snedigar
Dragnet
1967
as James Fremont
The Deputy
1959
as Utah
CHiPs
1977
as Truck Driver / Frank Taylor / Marty Ballard
Laredo
1965
as Sam Dixie
Laramie
1959
Police Story
1973
It Takes a Thief
1968
as Airline Captain
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Jenkins
Public Defender
1954
as Milo Martin
McMillan & Wife
1971
as Sam
Petrocelli
1974
as Vern
Checkmate
1960
as Kyle Horgan
McHale's Navy
1962
as Capt. Kittridge
Bronco
1958
F Troop
1965
as Col. Donnely
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Andy / Martin
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
as Tyrell Security Guard
Mr. Novak
1963
as Anthony Gallo
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Soldier
Movies (142)
Rio Lobo
1970
as Feeny - Bartender (uncredited)
Ocean's Eleven
1960
as McCoy (uncredited)
The Swarm
1978
as Pete Harris
Orca
1977
as Dock Worker
Shalako
1968
as Buffalo
Alvarez Kelly
1966
as Lt. Farrow
Dead End
1937
as Dr. Flynn, Intern (uncredited)
Bandolero!
1968
as Jack Hawkins
Hooper
1978
as Sheriff
Johnny Got His Gun
1971
as Jody Simmons
Warlock
1959
as Edward Calhoun (uncredited)
Apache Uprising
1965
as Henry Belden
Only Angels Have Wings
1939
as Tex
Hustle
1975
as Airport Bartender
Border Rangers
1950
as Bob Standish
Boss Nigger
1975
7 Men from Now
1956
as Clete
Back Roads
1981
as Pete
Red Tomahawk
1967
as Bly
Born Reckless
1958
as Bill Okie
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968
as Rev. Zachary Gant
Arizona Terrors
1942
as Jim Bradley
One More Train to Rob
1971
as Charlie
Doctor Dracula
1978
as Elliot
War Party
1965
as Sgt. Chaney
Wyoming Wildcat
1941
as Bill Gannon
Walk on the Wild Side
1962
as Dockery
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
1978
as Bartender
Iron Angel
1964
as Reb
Whiffs
1975
as Sgt. Post
Fort Utah
1967
as Harris
Twilight of Honor
1963
as Judson Elliot
Ringside
1949
as Mike O'Hara, "King Cobra"
Junior Bonner
1972
as Homer Rutledge
Flying Down to Rio
1933
as Dancer (uncredited)
Jack Pot
1940
as Bryan (uncredited)
Fort Courageous
1965
as Captain Harvey
From Noon Till Three
1976
as Red Roxy
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
as Rusty
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Doctor in Morgue
Blazing Stewardesses
1975
as Mike Trask
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978
as Devery's Foreman
Gun Duel in Durango
1957
as Larry
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
as Collins - Intern (uncredited)
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
as Helicopter Pilot
Panama Patrol
1939
as Loring
China Doll
1958
as MSgt. Hal Foster
Red Desert
1949
as Pecos Jones
Hunters Are for Killing
1970
as Hank Phillips
Slippy McGee
1948
as Slippy McGee
Navy Blue and Gold
1937
as Mason (Southern Institute football player) (uncredited)
The Magnificent Stranger
1966
as Grist
Incident on a Dark Street
1973
as Miles Henderson
Walk Like a Dragon
1960
as Cabot
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
1976
as Marshal
The Plainsman and the Lady
1946
as Feisty
Town Tamer
1965
as Tex
I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955
as Jerry
Wyoming Outlaw
1939
as Will Parker
Undercover with the KKK
1979
as Ben Wright
My Buddy
1944
as Eddie Ballinger
Frankenstein 1970
1958
as Douglas Row
The Duke of West Point
1938
as Grady
Days of Jesse James
1939
as Jesse James
The Chicago Kid
1945
as Joe Ferrill
Beloved Enemy
1936
as Mike, I.R.A. Patriot (Uncredited)
Bells of Rosarita
1945
as Don Barry
Untamed Heiress
1954
as Mike Lawrence
Sailor's Lady
1940
as Second Paymaster
The Purple Heart
1944
as Lt. Peter Vincent
The Last Crooked Mile
1946
as Tom Dwyer
Law of the Lawless
1964
as Red
The Traitor Within
1942
as Sam Starr
Hostile Guns
1967
as Ed Johnson
The Crowd Roars
1938
as Pete Mariola
Stagecoach Express
1942
as Dave Gregory
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
as Collins
Train to Alcatraz
1948
as Doug Forbes
Punch and Jody
1974
as Franz Butz / Delbert Clyde Butz
The Phantom Cowboy
1941
as Jim Lawrence
Buckstone County Prison
1978
as Warden Coley
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
The Big Operator
1959
as Detective Sergeant
Donovan's Kid
1979
as Sheriff at Stagecoach
Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys
1978
The Dalton Gang
1949
as Larry West
Lightnin' in the Forest
1948
as Stan Martin
Desert Bandit
1941
as Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger
Goldie and the Boxer
1979
as Radio Announcer
The Woman I Love
1937
as Michel
One Man's Law
1940
as Jack Summers
That's My Gal
1947
as Benny Novak
Night Waitress
1936
as Mario Rigo
California Joe
1943
as Joe Weldon
Partners in Crime
1973
as Bartender
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
as Curly Parsons
Adventures of Red Ryder
1940
as Red Ryder
Ghost Valley Raiders
1940
as Tim Brandon
A Cry For Justice
1979
as Virgil Hall
Saleslady
1938
as Babcock
Bridal Bail
1934
as Movie Usher
Texas Terrors
1940
as Bob Millbourne aka Robert Mills
Kansas Cyclone
1941
as Jim Randall
Tough Assignment
1949
as Dan Reilly
I Shot Billy the Kid
1950
as Billy the Kid
The Last Mile
1959
as Drake
Outlaws of Santa Fe
1944
as Bob Conroy
Convict Stage
1965
as Marshal Jethro Karnin
Dead Man's Gulch
1943
as Tennessee Colby
Madonna of the Desert
1948
as Tony French
The Twinkle In God's Eye
1955
as Dawson
Saga of Death Valley
1939
as Jerry
Square Dance Jubilee
1949
as Don Blake
Calling All Marines
1939
as 'Blackie' Cross
The Cyclone Kid
1942
as Johnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson
Gunfire
1950
as Frank James / Bat Fenton
The Eyes of Charles Sand
1972
as Trainer
When's Your Birthday?
1937
as Marty - Gunman (uncredited)
Canyon City
1943
as Terry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid
Young Dr. Kildare
1938
as Dr. Collins (uncredited)
About Don 'Red' Barry
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 Bar… With 226 credits spanning from 1933 to 1981, Don 'Red' Barry has appeared in 142 films and 84 TV shows.
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Most Popular Don 'Red' Barry Movies
- Rio Lobo (1970) — as Feeny - Bartender (uncredited)
- Ocean's Eleven (1960) — as McCoy (uncredited)
- The Swarm (1978) — as Pete Harris
- Orca (1977) — as Dock Worker
- Shalako (1968) — as Buffalo
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