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 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.
Acted in
Back Roads
1981
as Pete
The Dream Merchants
1980
as Capt. Casey
Goldie and the Boxer
1979
as Radio Announcer
Knots Landing
1979
as Jeremiah Clemmons
Undercover with the KKK
1979
as Ben Wright
240-Robert
1979
A Cry For Justice
1979
as Virgil Hall
Donovan's Kid
1979
as Sheriff at Stagecoach
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
as Helicopter Pilot
Hooper
1978
as Sheriff
The Swarm
1978
as Pete Harris
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
1978
as Bartender
Buckstone County Prison
1978
as Warden Coley
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978
as Devery's Foreman
Doctor Dracula
1978
as Elliot (as Donald Barry)
Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys
1978
CHiPs
1977
as Truck Driver
CHiPs
1977
as Frank Taylor
CHiPs
1977
as Marty Ballard
Orca
1977
as Dock Worker
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Charlie Turner
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Harry Silvers
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
as Robert Barnes
Big John, Little John
1976
From Noon Till Three
1976
as Red Roxy
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
1976
as Marshal
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
The Bionic Woman
1976
Hustle
1975
as Airport Bartender
Whiffs
1975
as Sgt. Post
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Doctor in the morgue (uncredited)
Barbary Coast
1975
Boss Nigger
1975
as (as Don Red Barry)
Blazing Stewardesses
1975
as Mike Trask
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Doctor in Morgue
Baretta
1975
Punch and Jody
1974
as Franz Butz / Delbert Clyde Butz
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
The Rockford Files
1974
as Shorty McCall
Police Woman
1974
as Lt. Bocina
Police Woman
1974
as Capt. Barnes
Police Woman
1974
as Ted
Police Woman
1974
as Capt. Red Barnes
Police Woman
1974
as Captain Simmonds
Police Woman
1974
as Morris
Police Woman
1974
as Captain Barnes
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Petrocelli
1974
as Vern
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Howie
Partners in Crime
1973
as Bartender
Police Story
1973
Hawkins
1973
as Ben
Incident on a Dark Street
1973
as Miles Henderson
Ghost Story
1972
as First Cowboy
Ghost Story
1972
as Charlie Durham
The Waltons
1972
as Deputy Sheriff
The Rookies
1972
Junior Bonner
1972
as Homer Rutledge
The Eyes of Charles Sand
1972
as Trainer
Emergency!
1972
as Dave Grogan
McMillan and Wife
1971
as Sam
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Jenkins
Johnny Got His Gun
1971
as Jody Simmons
The Immortal
1970
Dan August
1970
as Ed Gurney
Rio Lobo
1970
as Feeny - Bartender (uncredited)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
as Rusty
Hunters Are for Killing
1970
as Hank Phillips
Love, American Style
1969
as Sam
Love, American Style
1969
as Policeman
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Al Karlovic
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Abner Dickens
Shalako
1968
as Buffalo
Land of the Giants
1968
as Dr. Zoral
Adam-12
1968
as Charlie Bishop
Adam-12
1968
as Edwin M. Kale
Adam-12
1968
as Mr. Hobbs
Adam-12
1968
as Wino
The Outsider
1968
as Sheriff Watson
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968
as Rev. Zachary Gant
Bandolero!
1968
as Jack Hawkins
It Takes a Thief
1968
as Airline Captain (as Donald Barry)
Mannix
1967
as Mr. Barlow
Hondo
1967
Cimarron Strip
1967
Fort Utah
1967
as Harris
Hostile Guns
1967
as Ed Johnson
Ironside
1967
as Paul Farrell
Ironside
1967
as Capt. Dennis Barnes
Ironside
1967
as Warrant Officer Harry Wilke
Ironside
1967
as Lt. Tom Pierce
Ironside
1967
as Walter Prudy
Dragnet
1967
as James Fremont
Red Tomahawk
1967
as Bly
Alvarez Kelly
1966
as Lt. Farrow
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
T.H.E. Cat
1966
as Stoddard
T.H.E. Cat
1966
as Morgan
The Magnificent Stranger
1966
as Grist
Batman
1966
as The Grand Vizier
Batman
1966
as Tarantula
Apache Uprising
1965
as Henry Belden
The F.B.I.
1965
as Davy Harrods
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Farnsworth
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Rainey
Laredo
1965
as Sam Dixie
F Troop
1965
as Col. Donnely
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Daniels
Town Tamer
1965
as Tex
Fort Courageous
1965
as Captain Harvey
War Party
1965
as Sgt. Chaney
Convict Stage
1965
as Marshal Jethro Karnin
The Munsters
1964
as Ted
Daniel Boone
1964
as Amos Brown
Broadside
1964
as Colonel Stark
Mickey
1964
Law of the Lawless
1964
as Red
Iron Angel
1964
as Reb
Twilight of Honor
1963
as Judson Elliot
Mr. Novak
1963
as Anthony Gallo
The Fugitive
1963
as The Checker
Arrest and Trial
1963
as Snyder
McHale's Navy
1962
as Capt. Kittridge
The Virginian
1962
as Shorty Downs
The Virginian
1962
as Dugan
The Virginian
1962
as John Slaughter
The Virginian
1962
as Man
The Virginian
1962
as Charles Coulter
The Virginian
1962
as Carstairs
The Virginian
1962
as Jake
The Virginian
1962
as Hutton
Sam Benedict
1962
Walk on the Wild Side
1962
as Dockery
Buffalo Gun
1961
as Murdock
The Roaring 20's
1960
Surfside 6
1960
as Lt. Snedigar
Checkmate
1960
as Kyle Horgan
Ocean's Eleven
1960
as McCoy (uncredited)
Walk Like a Dragon
1960
as Cabot
Hawaiian Eye
1959
as Roy Briggs
Hawaiian Eye
1959
as Harry Cannon
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Laramie
1959
The Deputy
1959
as Utah
Bonanza
1959
as Bud Claggett
Bonanza
1959
as Temple
The Big Operator
1959
as Detective Sergeant
Warlock
1959
as Edward Calhoun (uncredited)
The Last Mile
1959
as Drake (as Donald Barry)
Rawhide
1959
as Grut
Born Reckless
1958
as Bill Okie
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Shorty Adams
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Rock
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Barnaby Allson
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Frank Sully
Bat Masterson
1958
as Luke Short
Lawman
1958
as Shorty - Assassin
Lawman
1958
as Dusty McCade
Lawman
1958
as Jim Gaylord
Lawman
1958
as Jess Schaeffer
Bronco
1958
Peter Gunn
1958
Frankenstein 1970
1958
as Douglas Row
China Doll
1958
as MSgt. Hal Foster
Maverick
1957
as Dishonest Abe
Maverick
1957
as Fred Leslie
Maverick
1957
as Willie Saffron
Maverick
1957
as Sheriff
Maverick
1957
as Smith
Perry Mason
1957
as Red Doyle
Sugarfoot
1957
as Tanner
Sugarfoot
1957
as Arkansas
Sugarfoot
1957
as Arkansas Ferguson
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Tom Goodfellow
Gun Duel In Durango
1957
as Larry
7 Men from Now
1956
as Clete
I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955
as Jerry
The Twinkle In God's Eye
1955
as Dawson
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Soldier
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
Cheyenne
1955
as Shorty Jones
The Phil Silvers Show
1955
as Capt. Carter (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
1955
as McIver
Gunsmoke
1955
as Dobson
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Jesse James' Women
1954
as Jesse James
Untamed Heiress
1954
as 'Spider' Mike Lawrence (as Donald Barry)
Public Defender
1954
as Milo Martin
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952
as Clerk
Dragnet
1951
as Mike Armstrong
Dragnet
1951
as Parker Cleaver
Border Rangers
1950
as Bob Standish posing as the Rio Kid (as Don Barry)
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Andy
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Martin
Train To Tombstone
1950
as Len Howard
Gunfire
1950
as Frank James / Bat Fenton
I Shot Billy the Kid
1950
as William H. Bonney / Billy the Kid (as Don Barry)
Red Desert
1949
as Pecos Jones
Tough Assignment
1949
as Dan Reilly
Square Dance Jubilee
1949
as Don Blake
The Dalton Gang
1949
as Larry West
Ringside
1949
as Mike O'Hara, "King Cobra"
Train to Alcatraz
1948
as Doug Forbes (as Donald Barry)
Lightnin' in the Forest
1948
as Stan Martin
Madonna of the Desert
1948
as Tony French (as Donald Barry)
Slippy McGee
1948
as Slippy McGee
That's My Gal
1947
as Benny Novak
The Plainsman and the Lady
1946
as Feisty
The Last Crooked Mile
1946
as Tom Dwyer
The Chicago Kid
1945
as Joe Ferrill
Bells of Rosarita
1945
as Don Barry
My Buddy
1944
as Eddie Ballinger (as Donald Barry)
Outlaws of Santa Fe
1944
as Bob Conroy
The Purple Heart
1944
as Lt. Peter Vincent
California Joe
1943
as Joe Weldon
Canyon City
1943
as Terry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid
The Man from the Rio Grande
1943
as Lee Grant
The West Side Kid
1943
as Johnny April (as Donald Barry)
Black Hills Express
1943
as Lon Walker
Fugitive from Sonora
1943
as Parson Dave Winters / Ted Winters aka Keeno Phillips
Days of Old Cheyenne
1943
as Clint Ross
Carson City Cyclone
1943
as Gilbert Phalen
Dead Man's Gulch
1943
as Tennessee Colby
The Sundown Kid
1942
as Red Tracy
The Traitor Within
1942
as Sam Starr (as Donald M. Barry)
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
1942
as Chips Barrett
The Sombrero Kid
1942
as Jerry Holden
The Cyclone Kid
1942
as Johnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson
Jesse James, Jr.
1942
as Johnny Barrett
Stagecoach Express
1942
as Dave Gregory
Arizona Terrors
1942
as Jim Bradley
Remember Pearl Harbor
1942
as Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith
A Missouri Outlaw
1941
as Cliff Dixon
Death Valley Outlaws
1941
as Johnny Edwards
Kansas Cyclone
1941
as Jim Randall
Desert Bandit
1941
as Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger
The Apache Kid
1941
as Pete Dawson aka The Apache Kid
Two Gun Sheriff
1941
as Jim "Sundown Kid" McKinnon / Sheriff Bruce McKinnon
The Phantom Cowboy
1941
as Jim Lawrence
Wyoming Wildcat
1941
as Bill Gannon
Texas Terrors
1940
as Bob Millbourne aka Robert Mills
Frontier Vengeance
1940
as Jim Sanders
The Tulsa Kid
1940
as Tom Benton aka Tulsa Kid
Sailor's Lady
1940
as Second Paymaster
One Man's Law
1940
as Jack Summers
Adventures of Red Ryder
1940
as Red Ryder
Ghost Valley Raiders
1940
as Tim Brandon aka The Tolusa Kid (as Donald Barry)
Jack Pot
1940
as Bryan (uncredited)
Days of Jesse James
1939
as Jesse James
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
as Collins - Intern (uncredited)
Saga of Death Valley
1939
as Jerry
Calling All Marines
1939
as 'Blackie' Cross
Wyoming Outlaw
1939
as Will Parker
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
as Curly Parsons
Only Angels Have Wings
1939
as Tex
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
as Collins
Panama Patrol
1939
as Loring
The Duke of West Point
1938
as Grady
Young Dr. Kildare
1938
as Dr. Collins (uncredited)
The Crowd Roars
1938
as Pete Mariola
Think It Over
1938
as Henchman
Sinners in Paradise
1938
as Jessup
Saleslady
1938
as Babcock
Navy Blue and Gold
1937
as Mason (Southern Institute football player) (uncredited)
Dead End
1937
as Dr. Flynn, Intern (Uncredited)
The Woman I Love
1937
as Michel
When's Your Birthday?
1937
as Marty - Gunman (uncredited)
Beloved Enemy
1936
as Mike, I.R.A. Patriot (Uncredited)
Night Waitress
1936
as Mario Rigo
Bridal Bail
1934
as Movie Usher
Flying Down to Rio
1933
as Dancer (uncredited)