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

1981
Back Roads

as Pete

1980
The Dream Merchants

as Capt. Casey

1979
Goldie and the Boxer

as Radio Announcer

1979
1979
A Cry For Justice

as Virgil Hall

1979
Donovan's Kid

as Sheriff at Stagecoach

1979
Knots Landing

as Jeremiah Clemmons

1978
The Crash of Flight 401

as Helicopter Pilot

1978
Hooper

as Sheriff

1978
The Swarm

as Pete Harris

1978
1978
Buckstone County Prison

as Warden Coley

1978
1978
Doctor Dracula

as Elliot (as Donald Barry)

1977
Orca

as Dock Worker

1977
CHiPs

as Truck Driver

1977
CHiPs

as Frank Taylor

1977
CHiPs

as Marty Ballard

1976
1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

as (archive footage)

1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Charlie Turner

1976
Charlie's Angels

as Harry Silvers

1976
1975
Hustle

as Airport Bartender

1975
Whiffs

as Sgt. Post

1975
Boss Nigger

as (as Don Red Barry)

1975
Blazing Stewardesses

as Mike Trask

1975
Starsky & Hutch

as Doctor in Morgue

1975
Starsky & Hutch

as Doctor in the morgue (uncredited)

1974
Punch and Jody

as Franz Butz / Delbert Clyde Butz

1974
The Rockford Files

as Shorty McCall

1974
Police Woman

as Lt. Bocina

1974
Police Woman

as Capt. Barnes

1974
1974
Police Woman

as Capt. Red Barnes

1974
Police Woman

as Captain Simmonds

1974
Police Woman

as Morris

1974
Police Woman

as Captain Barnes

1974
Petrocelli

as Vern

1973
Partners in Crime

as Bartender

1973
Incident on a Dark Street

as Miles Henderson

1973
Hawkins

as Ben

1972
Junior Bonner

as Homer Rutledge

1972
Ghost Story

as First Cowboy

1972
Ghost Story

as Charlie Durham

1972
The Waltons

as Deputy Sheriff

1972
Emergency!

as Dave Grogan

1971
Johnny Got His Gun

as Jody Simmons

1970
Rio Lobo

as Feeny - Bartender (uncredited)

1970
Hunters Are for Killing

as Hank Phillips

1970
Dan August

as Ed Gurney

1969
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Al Karlovic

1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Abner Dickens

1968
Shalako

as Buffalo

1968
The Shakiest Gun in the West

as Rev. Zachary Gant

1968
Bandolero!

as Jack Hawkins

1968
Land of the Giants

as Dr. Zoral

1968
Adam-12

as Charlie Bishop

1968
Adam-12

as Edwin M. Kale

1968
Adam-12

as Mr. Hobbs

1968
Adam-12

as Wino

1968
The Outsider

as Sheriff Watson

1968
It Takes a Thief

as Airline Captain (as Donald Barry)

1967
Fort Utah

as Harris

1967
Hostile Guns

as Ed Johnson

1967
1967
Mannix

as Mr. Barlow

1967
1967
Ironside

as Paul Farrell

1967
Ironside

as Capt. Dennis Barnes

1967
Ironside

as Warrant Officer Harry Wilke

1967
Ironside

as Lt. Tom Pierce

1967
Ironside

as Walter Prudy

1967
Dragnet

as James Fremont

1966
Alvarez Kelly

as Lt. Farrow

1966
T.H.E. Cat

as Stoddard

1966
T.H.E. Cat

as Morgan

1966
Batman

as The Grand Vizier

1966
Batman

as Tarantula

1965
Apache Uprising

as Henry Belden

1965
Town Tamer

as Tex

1965
Fort Courageous

as Captain Harvey

1965
War Party

as Sgt. Chaney

1965
Convict Stage

as Marshal Jethro Karnin

1965
The F.B.I.

as Davy Harrods

1965
The Wild Wild West

as Farnsworth

1965
1965
Laredo

as Sam Dixie

1965
F Troop

as Col. Donnely

1964
Iron Angel

as Reb

1964
1964
Daniel Boone

as Amos Brown

1964
Broadside

as Colonel Stark

1964
1963
Twilight of Honor

as Judson Elliot

1963
Mr. Novak

as Anthony Gallo

1963
The Fugitive

as The Checker

1963
1962
1962
McHale's Navy

as Capt. Kittridge

1962
The Virginian

as Shorty Downs

1962
The Virginian

as Dugan

1962
The Virginian

as John Slaughter

1962
1962
The Virginian

as Charles Coulter

1962
The Virginian

as Carstairs

1962
1962
The Virginian

as Hutton

1961
Buffalo Gun

as Murdock

1960
Ocean's Eleven

as McCoy (uncredited)

1960
1960
Surfside 6

as Lt. Snedigar

1960
Checkmate

as Kyle Horgan

1959
The Big Operator

as Detective Sergeant

1959
Warlock

as Edward Calhoun (uncredited)

1959
The Last Mile

as Drake (as Donald Barry)

1959
Hawaiian Eye

as Roy Briggs

1959
Hawaiian Eye

as Harry Cannon

1959
The Deputy

as Utah

1959
Bonanza

as Bud Claggett

1959
Bonanza

as Temple

1959
Rawhide

as Grut

1958
Born Reckless

as Bill Okie

1958
Frankenstein 1970

as Douglas Row

1958
China Doll

as MSgt. Hal Foster

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Shorty Adams

1958
1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Barnaby Allson

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Frank Sully

1958
Bat Masterson

as Luke Short

1958
Lawman

as Shorty - Assassin

1958
Lawman

as Dusty McCade

1958
Lawman

as Jim Gaylord

1958
Lawman

as Jess Schaeffer

1958
1957
1957
Maverick

as Dishonest Abe

1957
Maverick

as Fred Leslie

1957
Maverick

as Willie Saffron

1957
Maverick

as Sheriff

1957
Maverick

as Smith

1957
Perry Mason

as Red Doyle

1957
Sugarfoot

as Tanner

1957
Sugarfoot

as Arkansas

1957
Sugarfoot

as Arkansas Ferguson

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel

as Tom Goodfellow

1956
1955
1955
Cheyenne

as Shorty Jones

1955
The Phil Silvers Show

as Capt. Carter (uncredited)

1955
Gunsmoke

as McIver

1955
Gunsmoke

as Dobson

1954
Jesse James' Women

as Jesse James

1954
Untamed Heiress

as 'Spider' Mike Lawrence (as Donald Barry)

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney

as Sheriff (uncredited)

1954
Public Defender

as Milo Martin

1951
Dragnet

as Mike Armstrong

1951
Dragnet

as Parker Cleaver

1950
Border Rangers

as Bob Standish posing as the Rio Kid (as Don Barry)

1950
Train To Tombstone

as Len Howard

1950
Gunfire

as Frank James / Bat Fenton

1950
I Shot Billy the Kid

as William H. Bonney / Billy the Kid (as Don Barry)

1950
1950
1949
Red Desert

as Pecos Jones

1949
Tough Assignment

as Dan Reilly

1949
1949
The Dalton Gang

as Larry West

1949
Ringside

as Mike O'Hara, "King Cobra"

1948
Train to Alcatraz

as Doug Forbes (as Donald Barry)

1948
1948
Madonna of the Desert

as Tony French (as Donald Barry)

1948
Slippy McGee

as Slippy McGee

1947
That's My Gal

as Benny Novak

1946
1945
The Chicago Kid

as Joe Ferrill

1945
Bells of Rosarita

as Don Barry

1944
My Buddy

as Eddie Ballinger (as Donald Barry)

1944
Outlaws of Santa Fe

as Bob Conroy

1944
The Purple Heart

as Lt. Peter Vincent

1943
California Joe

as Joe Weldon

1943
Canyon City

as Terry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid

1943
The West Side Kid

as Johnny April (as Donald Barry)

1943
Black Hills Express

as Lon Walker

1943
Fugitive from Sonora

as Parson Dave Winters / Ted Winters aka Keeno Phillips

1943
Days of Old Cheyenne

as Clint Ross

1943
Carson City Cyclone

as Gilbert Phalen

1943
Dead Man's Gulch

as Tennessee Colby

1942
The Sundown Kid

as Red Tracy

1942
The Traitor Within

as Sam Starr (as Donald M. Barry)

1942
Outlaws of Pine Ridge

as Chips Barrett

1942
The Sombrero Kid

as Jerry Holden

1942
The Cyclone Kid

as Johnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson

1942
Jesse James, Jr.

as Johnny Barrett

1942
Stagecoach Express

as Dave Gregory

1942
Arizona Terrors

as Jim Bradley

1942
Remember Pearl Harbor

as Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith

1941
A Missouri Outlaw

as Cliff Dixon

1941
Death Valley Outlaws

as Johnny Edwards

1941
Kansas Cyclone

as Jim Randall

1941
Desert Bandit

as Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger

1941
The Apache Kid

as Pete Dawson aka The Apache Kid

1941
Two Gun Sheriff

as Jim "Sundown Kid" McKinnon / Sheriff Bruce McKinnon

1941
The Phantom Cowboy

as Jim Lawrence

1941
Wyoming Wildcat

as Bill Gannon

1940
Texas Terrors

as Bob Millbourne aka Robert Mills

1940
Frontier Vengeance

as Jim Sanders

1940
The Tulsa Kid

as Tom Benton aka Tulsa Kid

1940
Sailor's Lady

as Second Paymaster

1940
One Man's Law

as Jack Summers

1940
1940
Ghost Valley Raiders

as Tim Brandon aka The Tolusa Kid (as Donald Barry)

1940
Jack Pot

as Bryan (uncredited)

1939
Days of Jesse James

as Jesse James

1939
The Secret of Dr. Kildare

as Collins - Intern (uncredited)

1939
Calling All Marines

as 'Blackie' Cross

1939
Wyoming Outlaw

as Will Parker

1939
S.O.S Tidal Wave

as Curly Parsons

1939
1939
Panama Patrol

as Loring

1938
Young Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Collins (uncredited)

1938
The Crowd Roars

as Pete Mariola

1938
Think It Over

as Henchman

1938
1938
Saleslady

as Babcock

1937
Navy Blue and Gold

as Mason (Southern Institute football player) (uncredited)

1937
Dead End

as Dr. Flynn, Intern (Uncredited)

1937
1937
When's Your Birthday?

as Marty - Gunman (uncredited)

1936
Beloved Enemy

as Mike, I.R.A. Patriot (Uncredited)

1936
Night Waitress

as Mario Rigo

1934
Bridal Bail

as Movie Usher

1933
Flying Down to Rio

as Dancer (uncredited)

Writer

1965
Convict Stage

as Writer

1954
Jesse James' Women

as Screenplay

1950
1949
Red Light

as Story

Producer

1954
Jesse James' Women

as Producer

1949
Red Desert

as Executive Producer

Director

1954
Jesse James' Women

as Director