9.0
9.0
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
Don 'Red' Barry
Also known as: Donald Barry de Acosta, Milton Poimboeuf, Don Barry...
Acting
Born:January 11, 1912
Died:July 17, 1980(aged 68)
Birthplace:Houston, Texas, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Allen Academy
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (134 movies)
8.0
8.0
A Cry For Justice
1979
as Virgil Hall
7.5
7.5
Johnny Got His Gun
1971
as Jody Simmons
7.3
7.3
Only Angels Have Wings
1939
as Tex
7.1
7.1
Whiffs
1975
as Sgt. Post
7.0
7.0
The Twinkle In God's Eye
1955
as Dawson
6.8
6.8
Seven Men from Now
1956
as Clete
6.8
6.8
China Doll
1958
as MSgt. Hal Foster
6.7
6.7
Warlock
1959
as Edward Calhoun (uncredited)
6.7
6.7
The Magnificent Stranger
1966
as Grist
6.7
6.7
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Doctor in Morgue
6.7
6.7
Boss Nigger
1975
6.5
6.5
Bandolero!
1968
as Jack Hawkins
6.5
6.5
Walk on the Wild Side
1962
as Dockery
6.5
6.5
The Crowd Roars
1938
as Pete Mariola
6.5
6.5
Young Dr. Kildare
1938
as Dr. Collins (uncredited)
6.4
6.4
Rio Lobo
1970
as Feeny - Bartender (uncredited)
6.4
6.4
Red Tomahawk
1967
as Bly
6.4
6.4
Jack Pot
1940
as Bryan (uncredited)
6.4
6.4
Town Tamer
1965
as Tex
6.3
6.3
Think It Over
1938
as Henchman
6.3
6.3
The Last Mile
1959
as Drake
6.3
6.3
Hooper
1978
as Sheriff
6.2
6.2
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
as Rusty
6.2
6.2
Saga of Death Valley
1939
as Jerry
6.2
6.2
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968
as Rev. Zachary Gant
6.2
6.2
Apache Uprising
1965
as Henry Belden
6.2
6.2
Flying Down to Rio
1933
as Dancer (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
Orca
1977
as Dock Worker
6.1
6.1
Alvarez Kelly
1966
as Lt. Farrow
6.1
6.1
Twilight of Honor
1963
as Judson Elliot
6.1
6.1
Law of the Lawless
1964
as Red
6.1
6.1
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
as Collins
6.1
6.1
Convict Stage
1965
Writer
6.1
6.1
Junior Bonner
1972
as Homer Rutledge
6.1
6.1
I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955
as Jerry
6.0
6.0
Iron Angel
1964
as Reb
6.0
6.0
Tough Assignment
1949
as Dan Reilly
6.0
6.0
Train to Alcatraz
1948
as Doug Forbes
6.0
6.0
Untamed Heiress
1954
as Mike Lawrence
6.0
6.0
Madonna of the Desert
1948
as Tony French
6.0
6.0
Two Gun Sheriff
1941
as Jim "Sundown Kid" McKinnon / Sheriff Bruce McKinnon
6.0
6.0
The Phantom Cowboy
1941
as Jim Lawrence
6.0
6.0
Ghost Valley Raiders
1940
as Tim Brandon
6.0
6.0
The Tulsa Kid
1940
as Tom Benton aka Tulsa Kid
6.0
6.0
Black Hills Express
1943
as Lon Walker
6.0
6.0
The Purple Heart
1944
as Lt. Peter Vincent
6.0
6.0
Remember Pearl Harbor
1942
as Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith
5.9
5.9
From Noon Till Three
1976
as Red Roxy
5.8
5.8
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
1978
as Bartender
5.8
5.8
The Big Operator
1959
as Detective Sergeant
5.8
5.8
Night Waitress
1936
as Mario Rigo
5.7
5.7
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
as Curly Parsons
5.7
5.7
Stagecoach Express
1942
as Dave Gregory
5.7
5.7
Shalako
1968
as Buffalo
5.6
5.6
Wyoming Outlaw
1939
as Will Parker
5.6
5.6
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
as Collins - Intern (uncredited)
5.5
5.5
Adventures of Red Ryder
1940
as Red Ryder
5.5
5.5
War Party
1965
as Sgt. Chaney
5.4
5.4
Gun Duel in Durango
1957
as Larry
5.4
5.4
Bells of Rosarita
1945
as Don Barry
5.3
5.3
Frankenstein 1970
1958
as Douglas Row
5.3
5.3
The Eyes of Charles Sand
1972
as Trainer
5.3
5.3
Back Roads
1981
as Pete
5.3
5.3
Navy Blue and Gold
1937
as Mason (Southern Institute football player) (uncredited)
5.1
5.1
The Last Crooked Mile
1946
as Tom Dwyer
5.1
5.1
Hostile Guns
1967
as Ed Johnson
5.1
5.1
Sinners in Paradise
1938
as Jessup
5.0
5.0
Panama Patrol
1939
as Loring
5.0
5.0
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978
as Devery's Foreman
5.0
5.0
Walk Like a Dragon
1960
as Cabot
5.0
5.0
Gunfire
1950
as Frank James / Bat Fenton
5.0
5.0
The Swarm
1978
as Pete Harris
4.9
4.9
Fort Courageous
1965
as Captain Harvey
4.8
4.8
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
1976
as Marshal
4.7
4.7
Days of Jesse James
1939
as Jesse James
4.5
4.5
Hunters Are for Killing
1970
as Hank Phillips
4.5
4.5
Goldie and the Boxer
1979
as Radio Announcer
4.3
4.3
Texas Terrors
1940
as Bob Millbourne aka Robert Mills
4.2
4.2
Ringside
1949
as Mike O'Hara, "King Cobra"
4.1
4.1
Doctor Dracula
1978
as Elliot
4.0
4.0
Square Dance Jubilee
1949
as Don Blake
4.0
4.0
I Shot Billy the Kid
1950
as Billy the Kid
4.0
4.0
The Duke of West Point
1938
as Grady
4.0
4.0
Jesse James' Women
1954
Screenplay
4.0
4.0
When's Your Birthday?
1937
as Marty - Gunman (uncredited)
4.0
4.0
Sailor's Lady
1940
as Second Paymaster
3.6
3.6
Fort Utah
1967
as Harris
3.4
3.4
Born Reckless
1958
as Bill Okie
3.2
3.2
Undercover with the KKK
1979
as Ben Wright
3.0
3.0
The Sombrero Kid
1942
as Jerry Holden
3.0
3.0
Lightnin' in the Forest
1948
as Stan Martin
3.0
3.0
Bridal Bail
1934
as Movie Usher
3.0
3.0
The Plainsman and the Lady
1946
as Feisty
3.0
3.0
The Dalton Gang
1949
as Larry West
2.9
2.9
Blazing Stewardesses
1975
as Mike Trask
2.0
2.0
Jesse James, Jr.
1942
as Johnny Barrett
2.0
2.0
Partners in Crime
1973
as Bartender
1.0
1.0
Train To Tombstone
1950
as Len Howard
That's My Gal
1947
as Benny Novak
Death Valley Outlaws
1941
as Johnny Edwards
Dead Man's Gulch
1943
as Tennessee Colby
Slippy McGee
1948
as Slippy McGee
One Man's Law
1940
as Jack Summers
The Cyclone Kid
1942
as Johnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson
Wyoming Wildcat
1941
as Bill Gannon
Saleslady
1938
as Babcock
Frontier Vengeance
1940
as Jim Sanders
The Apache Kid
1941
as Pete Dawson aka The Apache Kid
A Missouri Outlaw
1941
as Cliff Dixon
California Joe
1943
as Joe Weldon
Carson City Cyclone
1943
as Gilbert Phalen
Outlaws of Santa Fe
1944
as Bob Conroy
The Chicago Kid
1945
as Joe Ferrill
Buckstone County Prison
1978
as Warden Coley
Fugitive from Sonora
1943
as Dave Winters / Ted Winters
Days of Old Cheyenne
1943
as Clint Ross
The Woman I Love
1937
as Michel
Arizona Terrors
1942
as Jim Bradley
Canyon City
1943
as Terry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid
Calling All Marines
1939
as 'Blackie' Cross
The Man from the Rio Grande
1943
as Lee Grant
My Buddy
1944
as Eddie Ballinger
Red Desert
1949
Executive Producer
The West Side Kid
1943
as Johnny April
The Traitor Within
1942
as Sam Starr
Border Rangers
1950
as Bob Standish
Desert Bandit
1941
as Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger
Kansas Cyclone
1941
as Jim Randall
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
1942
as Chips Barrett
The Sundown Kid
1942
as Red Tracy
Buffalo Gun
1961
as Murdock
Punch and Jody
1974
as Franz Butz / Delbert Clyde Butz
Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys
1978
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