Don 'Red' Barry
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1912-01-11
Deathday 1980-07-17 (68 years old)
Place of Birth Houston, Texas, USA
Also Known As Donald Barry De Acosta, Donald Barry, Donald 'Red' Barry, Milton Poimboeuf, Donald M. Barry
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 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.
Known For
Actor
as Pete
as Capt. Casey
as Radio Announcer
as Ben Wright
as Virgil Hall
as Sheriff at Stagecoach
as Jeremiah Clemmons
as Helicopter Pilot
as Sheriff
as Pete Harris
as Bartender
as Warden Coley
as Devery's Foreman
as Elliot (as Donald Barry)
as Dock Worker
as Truck Driver
as Frank Taylor
as Marty Ballard
as Red Roxy
as Marshal
as (archive footage)
as Charlie Turner
as Harry Silvers
as Robert Barnes
as Airport Bartender
as Sgt. Post
as (as Don Red Barry)
as Mike Trask
as Doctor in Morgue
as Doctor in the morgue (uncredited)
as Franz Butz / Delbert Clyde Butz
as Shorty McCall
as Ted
as Lt. Bocina
as Morris
as Captain Simmonds
as Capt. Red Barnes
as Captain Barnes
as Capt. Barnes
as Vern
as Howie
as Bartender
as Miles Henderson
as Ben
as Homer Rutledge
as Trainer
as First Cowboy
as Charlie Durham
as Deputy Sheriff
as Dave Grogan
as Jody Simmons
as Sam
as Jenkins
as Feeny - Bartender (uncredited)
as Hank Phillips
as Ed Gurney
as Sam
as Policeman
as Al Karlovic
as Abner Dickens
as Buffalo
as Rev. Zachary Gant
as Jack Hawkins
as Dr. Zoral
as Charlie Bishop
as Edwin M. Kale
as Wino
as Mr. Hobbs
as Sheriff Watson
as Airline Captain (as Donald Barry)
as Harris
as Ed Johnson
as Bly
as Mr. Barlow
as Paul Farrell
as Warrant Officer Harry Wilke
as Walter Prudy
as Lt. Tom Pierce
as Capt. Dennis Barnes
as James Fremont
as Lt. Farrow
as Grist
as Morgan
as Stoddard
as The Grand Vizier
as Tarantula
as Henry Belden
as Tex
as Captain Harvey
as Sgt. Chaney
as Marshal Jethro Karnin
as Davy Harrods
as Farnsworth
as Rainey
as Sam Dixie
as Col. Donnely
as Daniels
as Red
as Reb
as Ted
as Amos Brown
as Colonel Stark
as Judson Elliot
as Anthony Gallo
as The Checker
as Snyder
as Dockery
as Capt. Kittridge
as Shorty Downs
as Dugan
as John Slaughter
as Man
as Charles Coulter
as Carstairs
as Hutton
as Jake
as Murdock
as McCoy (uncredited)
as Cabot
as Lt. Snedigar
as Kyle Horgan
as Detective Sergeant
as Edward Calhoun (uncredited)
as Drake (as Donald Barry)
as Roy Briggs
as Harry Cannon
as Utah
as Bud Claggett
as Temple
as Grut
as Bill Okie
as Douglas Row
as MSgt. Hal Foster
as Rock
as Shorty Adams
as Barnaby Allson
as Frank Sully
as Luke Short
as Shorty - Assassin
as Jim Gaylord
as Dusty McCade
as Jess Schaeffer
as Larry
as Sheriff
as Fred Leslie
as Willie Saffron
as Dishonest Abe
as Smith
as Red Doyle
as Tanner
as Arkansas
as Arkansas Ferguson
as Tom Goodfellow
as Clete
as Jerry
as Dawson
as Soldier
as Shorty Jones
as Capt. Carter (uncredited)
as McIver
as Dobson
as Jesse James
as 'Spider' Mike Lawrence (as Donald Barry)
as Sheriff (uncredited)
as Milo Martin
as Clerk
as Parker Cleaver
as Mike Armstrong
as Bob Standish posing as the Rio Kid (as Don Barry)
as Len Howard
as Frank James / Bat Fenton
as William H. Bonney / Billy the Kid (as Don Barry)
as Andy
as Martin
as Pecos Jones
as Dan Reilly
as Don Blake
as Larry West
as Mike O'Hara, "King Cobra"
as Doug Forbes (as Donald Barry)
as Stan Martin
as Tony French (as Donald Barry)
as Slippy McGee
as Benny Novak
as Feisty
as Tom Dwyer
as Joe Ferrill
as Don Barry
as Eddie Ballinger (as Donald Barry)
as Bob Conroy
as Lt. Peter Vincent
as Joe Weldon
as Terry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid
as Lee Grant
as Johnny April (as Donald Barry)
as Lon Walker
as Parson Dave Winters / Ted Winters aka Keeno Phillips
as Clint Ross
as Gilbert Phalen
as Tennessee Colby
as Red Tracy
as Sam Starr (as Donald M. Barry)
as Chips Barrett
as Jerry Holden
as Johnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson
as Johnny Barrett
as Dave Gregory
as Jim Bradley
as Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith
as Cliff Dixon
as Johnny Edwards
as Jim Randall
as Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger
as Pete Dawson aka The Apache Kid
as Jim "Sundown Kid" McKinnon / Sheriff Bruce McKinnon
as Jim Lawrence
as Bill Gannon
as Bob Millbourne aka Robert Mills
as Jim Sanders
as Tom Benton aka Tulsa Kid
as Second Paymaster
as Jack Summers
as Red Ryder
as Tim Brandon aka The Tolusa Kid (as Donald Barry)
as Bryan (uncredited)
as Jesse James
as Collins - Intern (uncredited)
as Jerry
as 'Blackie' Cross
as Will Parker
as Curly Parsons
as Tex
as Collins
as Loring
as Grady
as Dr. Collins (uncredited)
as Pete Mariola
as Henchman
as Jessup
as Babcock
as Mason (Southern Institute football player) (uncredited)
as Dr. Flynn, Intern (Uncredited)
as Michel
as Marty - Gunman (uncredited)
as Mike, I.R.A. Patriot (Uncredited)
as Mario Rigo
as Movie Usher
as Dancer (uncredited)
Writer
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Story
as Story
Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
Director
as Director