
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.
226 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 226

Perry Mason
1957

Mannix
1967

Bonanza
1959

The Fugitive
1963

Ironside
1967

Knots Landing
1979

Dragnet
1951

Batman
1966

Charlie's Angels
1976

Maverick
1957

Love, American Style
1969

Adam-12
1968

Little House on the Prairie
1974

Quincy, M.E.
1976

The Waltons
1972

The Rockford Files
1974

The Virginian
1962

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Emergency!
1972

The Six Million Dollar Man
1974

Cheyenne
1955

The F.B.I.
1965

Daniel Boone
1964

The Wild Wild West
1965

Rawhide
1959

Police Woman
1974

Lawman
1958

CHiPs
1977

The Rookies
1972

Hawaiian Eye
1959

Bat Masterson
1958

Gunsmoke
1955

Baretta
1975

Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969

77 Sunset Strip
1958

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952

Peter Gunn
1958

The Munsters
1964

Sugarfoot
1957

Surfside 6
1960

Land of the Giants
1968

Dragnet
1967

The Bionic Woman
1976

Laredo
1965

Checkmate
1960

Laramie
1959

Police Story
1973

Ghost Story
1972

McMillan & Wife
1971

F Troop
1965

Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974

Bronco
1958

Arrest and Trial
1963

Mr. Novak
1963

Petrocelli
1974

The Deputy
1959

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971

It Takes a Thief
1968

McHale's Navy
1962

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
Lux Video Theatre
1950

Bourbon Street Beat
1959

Public Defender
1954

Cimarron Strip
1967

The Outsider
1968

The Phil Silvers Show
1955

Sam Benedict
1962

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976

The Legend of Jesse James
1965

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954

Hondo
1967

The Immortal
1970

Dan August
1970

Hawkins
1973

The Roaring 20's
1960

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955

Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966

240-Robert
1979

Barbary Coast
1975

Ocean's Eleven
1960

Orca
1977

T.H.E. Cat
1966

Mickey
1964

Big John, Little John
1976

Rio Lobo
1970

Broadside
1964

Warlock
1959

Only Angels Have Wings
1939

The Dream Merchants
1980

Bandolero!
1968

The Swarm
1978

Hooper
1978

Johnny Got His Gun
1971

7 Men from Now
1956

Shalako
1968

Dead End
1937

Walk on the Wild Side
1962

Hustle
1975

Junior Bonner
1972

One More Train to Rob
1971

The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968

Alvarez Kelly
1966

Boss Nigger
1975

Hot Lead & Cold Feet
1978

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970

Flying Down to Rio
1933

Beloved Enemy
1936

Back Roads
1981

From Noon Till Three
1976

The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
1976

Whiffs
1975

Apache Uprising
1965

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978

Incident on a Dark Street
1973

The Crash of Flight 401
1978

Gun Duel in Durango
1957

The Purple Heart
1944

I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955

Calling Dr. Kildare
1939

Starsky & Hutch
1975

Red Tomahawk
1967

Sailor's Lady
1940

Wyoming Outlaw
1939

Town Tamer
1965

Fort Utah
1967

Tough Assignment
1949

Frankenstein 1970
1958

The Chicago Kid
1945

The Duke of West Point
1938

The Crowd Roars
1938

Blazing Stewardesses
1975

Law of the Lawless
1964

Fort Courageous
1965

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976

My Buddy
1944

China Doll
1958

Twilight of Honor
1963

Saga of Death Valley
1939

The Last Crooked Mile
1946

S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939

Goldie and the Boxer
1979

Hostile Guns
1967

Jack Pot
1940

Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys
1978

Border Rangers
1950

Donovan's Kid
1979

Red Desert
1949

When's Your Birthday?
1937

Days of Jesse James
1939

Canyon City
1943

Stagecoach Express
1942

Iron Angel
1964

Born Reckless
1958

Ringside
1949

Gunfire
1950

Convict Stage
1965
Train to Alcatraz
1948

The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939

Adventures of Red Ryder
1940

The West Side Kid
1943

Punch and Jody
1974

Undercover with the KKK
1979

A Missouri Outlaw
1941

Sinners in Paradise
1938

Hunters Are for Killing
1970

Untamed Heiress
1954

Young Dr. Kildare
1938

The Woman I Love
1937

The Phantom Cowboy
1941

Death Valley Outlaws
1941

The Dalton Gang
1949

Navy Blue and Gold
1937

The Man from the Rio Grande
1943

Partners in Crime
1973

Dead Man's Gulch
1943

The Last Mile
1959

Doctor Dracula
1978

Outlaws of Pine Ridge
1942

Fugitive from Sonora
1943

The Eyes of Charles Sand
1972

Panama Patrol
1939

Black Hills Express
1943

The Cyclone Kid
1942

The Plainsman and the Lady
1946

The Big Operator
1959

The Twinkle In God's Eye
1955

Arizona Terrors
1942

The Sundown Kid
1942

Night Waitress
1936

Kansas Cyclone
1941

Ghost Valley Raiders
1940

Buffalo Gun
1961

Wyoming Wildcat
1941

The Sombrero Kid
1942

Walk Like a Dragon
1960

A Cry For Justice
1979

Madonna of the Desert
1948

Lightnin' in the Forest
1948

Square Dance Jubilee
1949

Carson City Cyclone
1943

Bells of Rosarita
1945

War Party
1965

Remember Pearl Harbor
1942

Desert Bandit
1941

Texas Terrors
1940

The Magnificent Stranger
1966

I Shot Billy the Kid
1950

Saleslady
1938

Jesse James' Women
1954

The Apache Kid
1941

Buckstone County Prison
1978

Train To Tombstone
1950

Bridal Bail
1934

Two Gun Sheriff
1941

Days of Old Cheyenne
1943

Slippy McGee
1948

Outlaws of Santa Fe
1944

Calling All Marines
1939

One Man's Law
1940

The Traitor Within
1942

Frontier Vengeance
1940

Think It Over
1938

California Joe
1943
That's My Gal
1947

Jesse James, Jr.
1942

The Tulsa Kid
1940