Don 'Red' Barry
Acting
🎂 1912-01-11
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.
Cast credits(272)
Harry Silvers
1976
Clerk
1952
Larabee
1974
Jenkins
1971
Sam
1969
Policeman
1969
Howie
1974
Farnsworth
1965
Rainey
1965
Mike Armstrong
1951
Parker Cleaver
1951
Roy Briggs
1959
Harry Cannon
1959
Bud Claggett
1959
Temple
1959
Mr. Barlow
1967
Dishonest Abe
1957
Fred Leslie
1957
Willie Saffron
1957
Sheriff
1957
Smith
1957
Soldier
1955
Daniels
1965
Lt. Bocina
1974
Capt. Barnes
1974
Ted
1974
Capt. Red Barnes
1974
Captain Simmonds
1974
Morris
1974
Captain Barnes
1974
Barnes
1974
Robert Barnes
1976
1962
Tom Goodfellow
1957
Deputy Sheriff
1972
Davy Harrods
1965
Shorty McCall
1974
Amos Brown
1964
Jeremiah Clemmons
1979
Red Doyle
1957
1973
Al Karlovic
1969
Abner Dickens
1969
Shorty Jones
1955
James Fremont
1967
1959
Ted
1964
Lt. Snedigar
1960
Milo Martin
1954
Snyder
1963
1958
1958
Luke Short
1958
Grut
1959
Vern
1974
The Grand Vizier
1966
Tarantula
1966
Airline Captain (as Donald Barry)
1968
Dave Grogan
1972
The Checker
1963
1975
Sam
1971
1972
Dr. Zoral
1968
Capt. Carter (uncredited)
1955
Charlie Turner
1976
Shorty Adams
1958
Rock
1958
Barnaby Allson
1958
Frank Sully
1958
1976
1976
Ed Gurney
1970
Anthony Gallo
1963
1955
Tanner
1957
Arkansas
1957
Arkansas Ferguson
1957
1959
Paul Farrell
1967
Capt. Dennis Barnes
1967
Warrant Officer Harry Wilke
1967
Lt. Tom Pierce
1967
Walter Prudy
1967
1960
Utah
1959
Charlie Bishop
1968
Edwin M. Kale
1968
Mr. Hobbs
1968
Wino
1968
Tyrell Security Guard
1974
Colonel Stark
1964
Shorty Downs
1962
Dugan
1962
John Slaughter
1962
Man
1962
Charles Coulter
1962
Carstairs
1962
Jake
1962
Hutton
1962
Col. Donnely
1965
Truck Driver
1977
Frank Taylor
1977
Marty Ballard
1977
1966
Sheriff Watson
1968
1975
Sheriff (uncredited)
1954
Ben
1973
Kyle Horgan
1960
Shorty - Assassin
1958
Dusty McCade
1958
Jim Gaylord
1958
Jess Schaeffer
1958
McIver
1955
Dobson
1955
1964
Stoddard
1966
Morgan
1966
First Cowboy
1972
Charlie Durham
1972
Capt. Kittridge
1962
Capt. Casey
1980
Andy
1950
Martin
1950
Sam Dixie
1965
1967
1979
1967
1970
McCoy (uncredited)
1960
Dock Worker
1977
Feeny - Bartender (uncredited)
1970
Jessup
1938
Edward Calhoun (uncredited)
1959
Jack Hawkins
1968
Sheriff
1978
Pete Harris
1978
(as Don Red Barry)
1975
Clete
1956
Airport Bartender
1975
Jody Simmons
1971
Tex
1965
Homer Rutledge
1972
Tex
1939
Buffalo
1968
Bartender
1978
Dockery
1962
Rev. Zachary Gant
1968
Marshal
1976
Miles Henderson
1973
Dr. Flynn, Intern (Uncredited)
1937
Red Roxy
1976
Lt. Farrow
1966
Charlie
1971
Pete
1981
Collins - Intern (uncredited)
1939
Mike, I.R.A. Patriot (Uncredited)
1936
Red
1964
Larry
1957
Henry Belden
1965
Doctor in Morgue
1975
Jerry
1955
Henchman
1938
Marshal Jethro Karnin
1965
Cabot
1960
Will Parker
1939
Pete Mariola
1938
Jerry
1939
Ed Johnson
1967
Helicopter Pilot
1978
MSgt. Hal Foster
1958
Dancer (uncredited)
1933
Grist
1966
Tom Dwyer
1946
Lt. Peter Vincent
1944
Jerry Holden
1942
Collins
1939
Eddie Ballinger (as Donald Barry)
1944
Benny Novak
1947
Bob Conroy
1944
Radio Announcer
1979
'Spider' Mike Lawrence (as Donald Barry)
1954
Bill Okie
1958
Bartender
1973
Tom Benton aka Tulsa Kid
1940
Lon Walker
1943
Mario Rigo
1936
Dan Reilly
1949
Judson Elliot
1963
Pecos Jones
1949
Franz Butz / Delbert Clyde Butz
1974
Red Ryder
1940
Feisty
1946
Detective Sergeant
1959
Parson Dave Winters / Ted Winters aka Keeno Phillips
1943
Curly Parsons
1939
Devery's Foreman
1978
Frank James / Bat Fenton
1950
Mason (Southern Institute football player) (uncredited)
1937
Don Blake
1949
Dr. Collins (uncredited)
1938
Hank Phillips
1970
Douglas Row
1958
Harris
1967
Doug Forbes (as Donald Barry)
1948
Lee Grant
1943
Larry West
1949
Reb
1964
Sam Starr (as Donald M. Barry)
1942
Grady
1938
Tony French (as Donald Barry)
1948
Sgt. Post
1975
Joe Ferrill
1945
Clint Ross
1943
Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith
1942
Rusty
1970
Pete Dawson aka The Apache Kid
1941
(archive footage)
1976
Captain Harvey
1965
Second Paymaster
1940
Elliot (as Donald Barry)
1978
Jesse James
1939
Joe Weldon
1943
Mike O'Hara, "King Cobra"
1949
Don Barry
1945
Jesse James
1954
1978
Jim "Sundown Kid" McKinnon / Sheriff Bruce McKinnon
1941
Len Howard
1950
Dave Gregory
1942
Babcock
1938
Johnny April (as Donald Barry)
1943
Ben Wright
1979
Virgil Hall
1979
Slippy McGee
1948
'Blackie' Cross
1939
Drake (as Donald Barry)
1959
Marty - Gunman (uncredited)
1937
Red Tracy
1942
Warden Coley
1978
Bly
1967
Jack Summers
1940
Gilbert Phalen
1943
Tennessee Colby
1943
Mike Trask
1975
Michel
1937
Murdock
1961
Tim Brandon aka The Tolusa Kid (as Donald Barry)
1940
Chips Barrett
1942
Sheriff at Stagecoach
1979
Dawson
1955
Sgt. Chaney
1965
Jim Sanders
1940
Trainer
1972
Johnny Edwards
1941
William H. Bonney / Billy the Kid (as Don Barry)
1950
Bob Millbourne aka Robert Mills
1940
Bill Gannon
1941
Bryan (uncredited)
1940
Johnny Barrett
1942
Terry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid
1943
Jim Randall
1941
Jim Lawrence
1941
Cliff Dixon
1941
Movie Usher
1934
Jim Bradley
1942
Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger
1941
Johnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson
1942
Bob Standish posing as the Rio Kid (as Don Barry)
1950
Stan Martin
1948
Loring
1939
