
Don 'Red' Barry
Born January 11, 1912 · 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Ocean's Eleven

Johnny Got His Gun

Orca

Bandolero!

Only Angels Have Wings

Rio Lobo

From Noon Till Three

Hot Lead & Cold Feet

Flying Down to Rio

The Swarm

7 Men from Now

Hooper

Warlock

Hustle

Walk on the Wild Side

Shalako

Boss Nigger

The West Side Kid

One More Train to Rob

The Twinkle In God's Eye

The Crash of Flight 401

Alvarez Kelly

Law of the Lawless

The Sombrero Kid

The Shakiest Gun in the West

Junior Bonner

Dead End

Starsky & Hutch

The Eyes of Charles Sand

Adventures of Red Ryder

The Phantom Cowboy

I'll Cry Tomorrow

A Cry for Justice

Death Valley Outlaws

Undercover with the KKK

Hunters Are for Killing

Stagecoach Express

Incident on a Dark Street

The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West

Walk Like a Dragon

Gun Duel in Durango

Navy Blue and Gold

The Woman I Love

Town Tamer

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

The Apache Kid

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

One Man's Law

Back Roads

Madonna of the Desert

The Last Crooked Mile

The One Man Jury

Ringside

Saga of Death Valley

Frankenstein 1970

Days of Jesse James

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

The Purple Heart

The Last Mile

The Cyclone Kid

Goldie and the Boxer

The Big Operator

Ghost Valley Raiders

Jesse James, Jr.

The Plainsman and the Lady

S.O.S Tidal Wave

Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys

A Missouri Outlaw

Apache Uprising

Jack Pot

That's My Gal

The Duke of West Point

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Iron Angel

Days of Old Cheyenne

Two Gun Sheriff

Whiffs

Night Waitress
TV Shows

Mannix

Bonanza

Love, American Style

The Fugitive

The Rockford Files

The Six Million Dollar Man

Maverick

Batman

Little House on the Prairie

The Waltons

Quincy, M.E.

Emergency!

Have Gun, Will Travel

The Virginian

The F.B.I.

Charlie's Angels

Cheyenne

Daniel Boone

The Wild Wild West

Dragnet

Police Woman

Rawhide

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Gunsmoke

Lawman

Dragnet

The Rookies

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

77 Sunset Strip

Baretta

Bat Masterson

Hawaiian Eye

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Peter Gunn

The Munsters

Police Story

Mr. Novak

Surfside 6

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Laramie

Sugarfoot

The Bionic Woman

Land of the Giants

Bronco

McMillan & Wife

The Phil Silvers Show

McHale's Navy

Petrocelli

Laredo

Checkmate

Arrest and Trial

It Takes a Thief

The Deputy

Sam Benedict

Ghost Story

CHiPs

Public Defender

Screen Director's Playhouse

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

Cimarron Strip

The Roaring 20's

The Outsider

The Wonderful World of Disney

Dan August

F Troop

Bourbon Street Beat

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

The Legend of Jesse James

Hawkins

T.H.E. Cat

Barbary Coast

Hondo

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

The Immortal

240-Robert

Big John, Little John

The Dream Merchants

Mickey
More Movies

Outlaws of Santa Fe

The Man from the Rio Grande

Dead Man's Gulch

Red Tomahawk

Twilight of Honor

Calling Dr. Kildare

Beloved Enemy

Lightnin' in the Forest

The Crowd Roars

Hostile Guns

Outlaws of Pine Ridge

I Shot Billy the Kid

Doctor Dracula

The Dalton Gang

The Tulsa Kid

When's Your Birthday?

Sailor's Lady

Fort Utah

Kansas Cyclone

Carson City Cyclone

The Magnificent Stranger

Partners in Crime

China Doll

Arizona Terrors

Convict Stage

Donovan's Kid

Bells of Rosarita

Remember Pearl Harbor

Desert Bandit

Untamed Heiress

Punch and Jody

Wyoming Outlaw

Buckstone County Prison

Blazing Stewardesses

Young Dr. Kildare

War Party

The Sundown Kid

My Buddy

Sinners in Paradise

My Outlaw Brother

Saleslady

Square Dance Jubilee

Black Hills Express

Panama Patrol

Tough Assignment

The Chicago Kid

Fort Courageous

Born Reckless

California Joe

Texas Terrors

Gunfire

Bridal Bail

Wyoming Wildcat

Canyon City

Calling All Marines

The Traitor Within

Train To Tombstone

Red Desert

Jesse James' Women

Slippy McGee

Fugitive from Sonora

Frontier Vengeance

Think It Over

Border Rangers




