Don 'Red' Barry

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-01-11 (68 years old)

Deathday

1980-07-17

Place of Birth

Houston, Texas, USA

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 natu...

Acting

1959

Warlock

as Edward Calhoun (uncredited)

1958

Frankenstein 1970

as Douglas Row

1968

The Shakiest Gun in the West

as Rev. Zachary Gant

1976

1948

1975

Boss Nigger

as (as Don Red Barry)

1956

1977

Orca

as Dock Worker

1978

The Crash of Flight 401

as Helicopter Pilot

1937

Dead End

as Dr. Flynn, Intern (Uncredited)

1933

Flying Down to Rio

as Dancer (uncredited)

1955

1975

1944

The Purple Heart

as Lt. Peter Vincent

1962

1978

Hooper

as Sheriff

1971

Johnny Got His Gun

as Jody Simmons

1968

Shalako

as Buffalo

1975

Starsky & Hutch

as Doctor in Morgue

1946

1965

War Party

as Sgt. Chaney

1959

The Last Mile

as Drake (as Donald Barry)

1970

Rio Lobo

as Feeny - Bartender (uncredited)

1965

Apache Uprising

as Henry Belden

1979

Donovan's Kid

as Sheriff at Stagecoach

1978

Doctor Dracula

as Elliot (as Donald Barry)

1948

Train to Alcatraz

as Doug Forbes (as Donald Barry)

1949

Tough Assignment

as Dan Reilly

1938

Think It Over

as Henchman

1938

1940

One Man's Law

as Jack Summers

1958

Born Reckless

as Bill Okie

1943

Carson City Cyclone

as Gilbert Phalen

1964

1943

California Joe

as Joe Weldon

1939

Days of Jesse James

as Jesse James

1945

The Chicago Kid

as Joe Ferrill

1965

Convict Stage

as Marshal Jethro Karnin

1938

Saleslady

as Babcock

1950

Train To Tombstone

as Len Howard

1978

1976

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

as (archive footage)

1959

The Big Operator

as Detective Sergeant

1954

Jesse James' Women

as Jesse James

1940

1939

Panama Patrol

as Loring

1972

Junior Bonner

as Homer Rutledge

1967

Hostile Guns

as Ed Johnson

1937

When's Your Birthday?

as Marty - Gunman (uncredited)

1938

The Crowd Roars

as Pete Mariola

1947

That's My Gal

as Benny Novak

1942

Remember Pearl Harbor

as Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith

1937

1970

Hunters Are for Killing

as Hank Phillips

1981

Back Roads

as Pete

1939

S.O.S Tidal Wave

as Curly Parsons

1965

1960

Ocean's Eleven

as McCoy (uncredited)

1965

Fort Courageous

as Captain Harvey

1936

Night Waitress

as Mario Rigo

1938

Young Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Collins (uncredited)

1936

Beloved Enemy

as Mike, I.R.A. Patriot (Uncredited)

1967

1950

I Shot Billy the Kid

as William H. Bonney / Billy the Kid (as Don Barry)

1937

Navy Blue and Gold

as Mason (Southern Institute football player) (uncredited)

1939

1939

Wyoming Outlaw

as Will Parker

1942

Arizona Terrors

as Jim Bradley

1939

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

as Collins - Intern (uncredited)

1941

Death Valley Outlaws

as Johnny Edwards

1943

Dead Man's Gulch

as Tennessee Colby

1943

Canyon City

as Terry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid

1942

Jesse James, Jr.

as Johnny Barrett

1954

Untamed Heiress

as 'Spider' Mike Lawrence (as Donald Barry)

1968

Bandolero!

as Jack Hawkins

1939

Calling All Marines

as 'Blackie' Cross

1943

1943

Fugitive from Sonora

as Parson Dave Winters / Ted Winters aka Keeno Phillips

1941

A Missouri Outlaw

as Cliff Dixon

1941

The Apache Kid

as Pete Dawson aka The Apache Kid

1979

Goldie and the Boxer

as Radio Announcer

1979

1960

1978

The Swarm

as Pete Harris

1978

1942

Stagecoach Express

as Dave Gregory

1966

Alvarez Kelly

as Lt. Farrow

1948

Madonna of the Desert

as Tony French (as Donald Barry)

1949

Red Desert

as Pecos Jones

1944

My Buddy

as Eddie Ballinger (as Donald Barry)

1943

The West Side Kid

as Johnny April (as Donald Barry)

1942

The Traitor Within

as Sam Starr (as Donald M. Barry)

1940

Jack Pot

as Bryan (uncredited)

1967

Fort Utah

as Harris

1941

The Phantom Cowboy

as Jim Lawrence

1979

A Cry For Justice

as Virgil Hall

1950

Border Rangers

as Bob Standish posing as the Rio Kid (as Don Barry)

1950

Gunfire

as Frank James / Bat Fenton

1942

The Cyclone Kid

as Johnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson

1940

Ghost Valley Raiders

as Tim Brandon aka The Tolusa Kid (as Donald Barry)

1940

Texas Terrors

as Bob Millbourne aka Robert Mills

1940

The Tulsa Kid

as Tom Benton aka Tulsa Kid

1943

Black Hills Express

as Lon Walker

1942

Outlaws of Pine Ridge

as Chips Barrett

1941

Wyoming Wildcat

as Bill Gannon

1942

The Sombrero Kid

as Jerry Holden

1942

The Sundown Kid

as Red Tracy

1940

Frontier Vengeance

as Jim Sanders

1941

Two Gun Sheriff

as Jim "Sundown Kid" McKinnon / Sheriff Bruce McKinnon

1941

Desert Bandit

as Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger

1941

Kansas Cyclone

as Jim Randall

1945

Bells of Rosarita

as Don Barry

1944

Outlaws of Santa Fe

as Bob Conroy

1949

The Dalton Gang

as Larry West

1949

1961

Buffalo Gun

as Murdock

1934

Bridal Bail

as Movie Usher

1973

Incident on a Dark Street

as Miles Henderson

1978

1949

Ringside

as Mike O'Hara, "King Cobra"

1975

Whiffs

as Sgt. Post

1940

Sailor's Lady

as Second Paymaster

1958

China Doll

as MSgt. Hal Foster

1948

Slippy McGee

as Slippy McGee

1974

Punch and Jody

as Franz Butz / Delbert Clyde Butz

1973

Partners in Crime

as Bartender

1975

Hustle

as Airport Bartender

1963

Twilight of Honor

as Judson Elliot

1971

Production

1949

Red Light

as Story

1954

1965

Convict Stage

as Writer

1950

1954

1954

Jesse James' Women

as Screenplay

1949

Red Desert

as Executive Producer

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