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.
Frankenstein 1970
(Douglas Row)
Warlock
(Edward Calhoun (uncredited))
The Shakiest Gun in the West
(Rev. Zachary Gant)
From Noon Till Three
(Red Roxy)
Lightnin' in the Forest
(Stan Martin)
Boss Nigger
Seven Men from Now
(Clete)
Orca
(Dock Worker)
The Crash of Flight 401
(Helicopter Pilot)
Dead End
(Dr. Flynn, Intern (Uncredited))
Flying Down to Rio
(Dancer (uncredited))
I'll Cry Tomorrow
(Jerry)
The Magnificent Stranger
(Grist)
Blazing Stewardesses
(Mike Trask)
The Purple Heart
(Lt. Peter Vincent)
Walk on the Wild Side
(Dockery)
Only Angels Have Wings
(Tex)
Hooper
(Sheriff)
Johnny Got His Gun
(Jody Simmons)
Shalako
(Buffalo)
Starsky & Hutch
(Doctor in Morgue)
The Last Crooked Mile
(Tom Dwyer)
War Party
(Sgt. Chaney)
The Last Mile
(Drake)
Rio Lobo
(Feeny - Bartender (uncredited))
Apache Uprising
(Henry Belden)
Donovan's Kid
(Sheriff at Stagecoach)
Doctor Dracula
(Elliot)
Train to Alcatraz
(Doug Forbes)
Tough Assignment
(Dan Reilly)
Think It Over
(Henchman)
Gun Duel in Durango
(Larry)
The Duke of West Point
(Grady)
Sinners in Paradise
(Jessup)
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
(Marshal)
The Twinkle In God's Eye
(Dawson)
One Man's Law
(Jack Summers)
Carson City Cyclone
(Gilbert Phalen)
Born Reckless
(Bill Okie)
Iron Angel
(Reb)
California Joe
(Joe Weldon)
Days of Jesse James
(Jesse James)
The Chicago Kid
(Joe Ferrill)
Convict Stage
(Marshal Jethro Karnin)
Saleslady
(Babcock)
Train To Tombstone
(Len Howard)
Saga of Death Valley
(Jerry)
Buckstone County Prison
(Warden Coley)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
((archive footage))
The Big Operator
(Detective Sergeant)
Jesse James' Women
(Jesse James)
The Plainsman and the Lady
(Feisty)
Adventures of Red Ryder
(Red Ryder)
Panama Patrol
(Loring)
Junior Bonner
(Homer Rutledge)
Hostile Guns
(Ed Johnson)
When's Your Birthday?
(Marty - Gunman (uncredited))
The Crowd Roars
(Pete Mariola)
That's My Gal
(Benny Novak)
Remember Pearl Harbor
(Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith)
The Woman I Love
(Michel)
Hunters Are for Killing
(Hank Phillips)
Back Roads
(Pete)
S.O.S Tidal Wave
(Curly Parsons)
Town Tamer
(Tex)
Ocean's Eleven
(McCoy (uncredited))
Night Waitress
(Mario Rigo)
Fort Courageous
(Captain Harvey)
Young Dr. Kildare
(Dr. Collins (uncredited))
Beloved Enemy
(Mike, I.R.A. Patriot (Uncredited))
Red Tomahawk
(Bly)
I Shot Billy the Kid
(Billy the Kid)
Calling Dr. Kildare
(Collins)
Navy Blue and Gold
(Mason (Southern Institute football player) (uncredited))
Wyoming Outlaw
(Will Parker)
Arizona Terrors
(Jim Bradley)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
(Collins - Intern (uncredited))
Death Valley Outlaws
(Johnny Edwards)
Dead Man's Gulch
(Tennessee Colby)
Canyon City
(Terry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid)
Jesse James, Jr.
(Johnny Barrett)
Untamed Heiress
(Mike Lawrence)
Bandolero!
(Jack Hawkins)
Calling All Marines
('Blackie' Cross)
Days of Old Cheyenne
(Clint Ross)
Fugitive from Sonora
(Dave Winters / Ted Winters)
A Missouri Outlaw
(Cliff Dixon)
The Apache Kid
(Pete Dawson aka The Apache Kid)
Goldie and the Boxer
(Radio Announcer)
Undercover with the KKK
(Ben Wright)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
(Rusty)
Walk Like a Dragon
(Cabot)
The Swarm
(Pete Harris)
The Man from the Rio Grande
(Lee Grant)
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
(Devery's Foreman)
Stagecoach Express
(Dave Gregory)
Alvarez Kelly
(Lt. Farrow)
Madonna of the Desert
(Tony French)
Red Desert
(Pecos Jones)
My Buddy
(Eddie Ballinger)
The Traitor Within
(Sam Starr)
The West Side Kid
(Johnny April)
Jack Pot
(Bryan (uncredited))
Fort Utah
(Harris)
The Phantom Cowboy
(Jim Lawrence)
A Cry For Justice
(Virgil Hall)
Border Rangers
(Bob Standish)
Gunfire
(Frank James / Bat Fenton)
The Cyclone Kid
(Johnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson)
Ghost Valley Raiders
(Tim Brandon)
Texas Terrors
(Bob Millbourne aka Robert Mills)
Black Hills Express
(Lon Walker)
The Tulsa Kid
(Tom Benton aka Tulsa Kid)
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
(Chips Barrett)
Wyoming Wildcat
(Bill Gannon)
The Sombrero Kid
(Jerry Holden)
The Sundown Kid
(Red Tracy)
Frontier Vengeance
(Jim Sanders)
Desert Bandit
(Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger)
Two Gun Sheriff
(Jim "Sundown Kid" McKinnon / Sheriff Bruce McKinnon)
Kansas Cyclone
(Jim Randall)
Bells of Rosarita
(Don Barry)
Outlaws of Santa Fe
(Bob Conroy)
The Dalton Gang
(Larry West)
Square Dance Jubilee
(Don Blake)
Buffalo Gun
(Murdock)
Law of the Lawless
(Red)
Bridal Bail
(Movie Usher)
Incident on a Dark Street
(Miles Henderson)
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
(Bartender)
Ringside
(Mike O'Hara, "King Cobra")
Whiffs
(Sgt. Post)
Sailor's Lady
(Second Paymaster)
China Doll
(MSgt. Hal Foster)
Slippy McGee
(Slippy McGee)
Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys
The Eyes of Charles Sand
(Trainer)
Punch and Jody
(Franz Butz / Delbert Clyde Butz)
Partners in Crime
(Bartender)
Hustle
(Airport Bartender)
Twilight of Honor
(Judson Elliot)
One More Train to Rob
(Charlie)
CHiPs
(Truck Driver)
Cheyenne
(Shorty Jones)
The Rookies
Bourbon Street Beat
F Troop
(Col. Donnely)
Little House on the Prairie
(Larabee)
The Bionic Woman
Batman
(The Grand Vizier)
The Munsters
(Ted)
Quincy, M.E.
(Charlie Turner)
Baretta
The Fugitive
(The Checker)
240-Robert
Hawkins
(Ben)
Land of the Giants
(Dr. Zoral)
Charlie's Angels
(Harry Silvers)
Knots Landing
(Jeremiah Clemmons)
Big John, Little John
(Lionel P. Crabtree)
Gunsmoke
(McIver)
Perry Mason
(Red Doyle)
Emergency!
(Dave Grogan)
Mickey
The Waltons
(Deputy Sheriff)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
(Tyrell Security Guard)
Laredo
(Sam Dixie)
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Sam Benedict
The Immortal
Have Gun, Will Travel
(Tom Goodfellow)
Cimarron Strip
Daniel Boone
(Amos Brown)
Police Story
The Virginian
(Shorty Downs)
Peter Gunn
Lux Video Theatre
(Andy)
Bronco
Hondo
Lawman
(Shorty - Assassin)
Sugarfoot
(Tanner)
Bat Masterson
(Luke Short)
Laramie
Barbary Coast
Mr. Novak
(Anthony Gallo)
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
The Legend of Jesse James
(Daniels)
The Roaring 20's
Ghost Story
(First Cowboy)
Ghost Story
(Charlie Durham)
The Wild Wild West
(Farnsworth)
Arrest and Trial
(Snyder)
It Takes a Thief
(Airline Captain)
Sugarfoot
(Arkansas)
Sugarfoot
(Arkansas Ferguson)
Ironside
(Paul Farrell)
The Virginian
(Dugan)
The Virginian
(John Slaughter)
The Virginian
(Man)
The Virginian
(Charles Coulter)
Gunsmoke
(Dobson)
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
(Robert Barnes)
Checkmate
(Kyle Horgan)
The Six Million Dollar Man
(Howie)
CHiPs
(Frank Taylor)
CHiPs
(Marty Ballard)
Dan August
(Ed Gurney)
Love, American Style
(Sam)
Love, American Style
(Policeman)
Ironside
(Warrant Officer Harry Wilke)
Ironside
(Walter Prudy)
Ironside
(Lt. Tom Pierce)
Ironside
(Capt. Dennis Barnes)
77 Sunset Strip
(Rock)
77 Sunset Strip
(Shorty Adams)
Maverick
(Sheriff)
Maverick
(Fred Leslie)
Maverick
(Willie Saffron)
Maverick
(Dishonest Abe)
Maverick
(Smith)
The Phil Silvers Show
(Capt. Carter (uncredited))
Public Defender
(Milo Martin)
Dragnet
(Parker Cleaver)
Dragnet
(Mike Armstrong)
Lux Video Theatre
(Martin)
The Rockford Files
(Shorty McCall)
The Dream Merchants
(Capt. Casey)
Screen Director's Playhouse
(Soldier)
The Deputy
(Utah)
Batman
(Tarantula)
Adam-12
(Charlie Bishop)
Rawhide
(Grut)
Lawman
(Jim Gaylord)
Lawman
(Dusty McCade)
Lawman
(Jess Schaeffer)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
(Clerk)
Surfside 6
(Lt. Snedigar)
The F.B.I.
(Davy Harrods)
77 Sunset Strip
(Barnaby Allson)
77 Sunset Strip
(Frank Sully)
Hawaiian Eye
(Roy Briggs)
Hawaiian Eye
(Harry Cannon)
McHale's Navy
(Capt. Kittridge)
Broadside
(Colonel Stark)
Marcus Welby, M.D.
(Al Karlovic)
Marcus Welby, M.D.
(Abner Dickens)
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
(Jenkins)
Bonanza
(Bud Claggett)
Bonanza
(Temple)
T.H.E. Cat
(Morgan)
T.H.E. Cat
(Stoddard)
Dragnet
(James Fremont)
McMillan & Wife
(Sam)
The Wild Wild West
(Rainey)
Mannix
(Mr. Barlow)
Adam-12
(Edwin M. Kale)
Adam-12
(Wino)
Adam-12
(Mr. Hobbs)
The Virginian
(Carstairs)
The Virginian
(Hutton)
The Virginian
(Jake)
Police Woman
(Ted)
Police Woman
(Lt. Bocina)
Police Woman
(Morris)
Police Woman
(Captain Simmonds)
Police Woman
(Captain Barnes)
The Wonderful World of Disney
(Sheriff (uncredited))
The Outsider
(Sheriff Watson)
Petrocelli
(Vern)
