
Don 'Red' Barry
Known for ActingBorn 1912-01-11Died 1980-07-17Houston, 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.Read more
Movies & web series
That's My Gal
★ 10.0View details →
That's My Gal
1947 · Movie
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The Chicago Kid
1945 · Movie
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Days of Old Cheyenne
1943 · Movie
★ 10.0View details →
The Traitor Within
1942 · Movie
★ 10.0View details →
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
1942 · Movie
★ 10.0View details →
Kansas Cyclone
1941 · Movie
★ 10.0View details →
One Man's Law
1940 · Movie
★ 10.0View details →
Calling All Marines
1939 · Movie
★ 9.0View details →
A Cry For Justice
1979 · Movie
★ 9.0View details →
Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys
1978 · Movie
★ 9.0View details →
Punch and Jody
1974 · Movie
★ 9.0View details →
Buffalo Gun
1961 · Movie
★ 9.0View details →
Border Rangers
1950 · Movie
★ 9.0View details →
My Buddy
1944 · Movie
★ 9.0View details →
The Sundown Kid
1942 · Movie
★ 9.0View details →
Death Valley Outlaws
1941 · Movie
★ 9.0View details →
The Apache Kid
1941 · Movie
★ 9.0View details →
Desert Bandit
1941 · Movie
★ 8.5View details →
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976 · Movie
★ 8.3View details →
The Crash of Flight 401
1978 · Movie
★ 8.3View details →
Barbary Coast
1975 · Series
★ 8.3View details →
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976 · Series
★ 8.3View details →
Arrest and Trial
1963 · Series
★ 7.9View details →
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · Series
★ 7.9View details →
Emergency!
1972 · Series
★ 7.9View details →
The Munsters
1964 · Series
★ 7.8View details →
Hawkins
1973 · Series
★ 8.0View details →
Madonna of the Desert
1948 · Movie
★ 8.0View details →
Outlaws of Santa Fe
1944 · Movie
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California Joe
1943 · Movie
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Canyon City
1943 · Movie
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The Man from the Rio Grande
1943 · Movie
★ 7.9View details →
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Series
★ 8.0View details →
The Phantom Cowboy
1941 · Movie
★ 8.0View details →
Wyoming Wildcat
1941 · Movie
★ 8.0View details →
Ghost Valley Raiders
1940 · Movie
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Saleslady
1938 · Movie
★ 7.6View details →
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · Series
★ 7.6View details →
The Rockford Files
1974 · Series
★ 7.5View details →
Donovan's Kid
1979 · Movie
★ 7.5View details →
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Series
★ 7.7View details →
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
★ 7.6View details →
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966 · Series
★ 7.6View details →
The Wild Wild West
1965 · Series
★ 7.5View details →
Johnny Got His Gun
1971 · Movie
★ 7.4View details →
Ghost Story
1972 · Series
★ 7.5View details →
Iron Angel
1964 · Movie
★ 7.5View details →
Bonanza
1959 · Series