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