Don 'Red' Barry
1912-01-11 ( 113 years old ) in Houston, 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.

Movies

Back Roads 1981-03-13
Goldie and the Boxer 1979-12-30
Undercover with the KKK 1979-10-23
A Cry For Justice 1979-05-23
Donovan's Kid 1979-01-07
The Crash of Flight 401 1978-10-29
Hooper 1978-07-28
The Swarm 1978-07-14
Hot Lead & Cold Feet 1978-07-05
Buckstone County Prison 1978-07-01
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid 1978-05-26
Doctor Dracula 1978-03-02
Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys 1978-02-01
Orca 1977-07-22
From Noon Till Three 1976-08-01
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West 1976-08-01
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch 1976-05-01
Hustle 1975-12-25
Whiffs 1975-10-15
Boss Nigger 1975-08-17
Blazing Stewardesses 1975-06-01
Starsky & Hutch 1975-05-01
Punch and Jody 1974-11-26
Partners in Crime 1973-03-24
Incident on a Dark Street 1973-01-13
Junior Bonner 1972-08-02
The Eyes of Charles Sand 1972-02-29
Johnny Got His Gun 1971-08-04
One More Train to Rob 1971-02-19
Rio Lobo 1970-04-01
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County 1970-04-01
Hunters Are for Killing 1970-03-12
Shalako 1968-09-26
The Shakiest Gun in the West 1968-07-10
Bandolero! 1968-06-01
Fort Utah 1967-09-01
Hostile Guns 1967-07-01
Red Tomahawk 1967-01-01
Alvarez Kelly 1966-10-06
The Magnificent Stranger 1966-08-26
Apache Uprising 1965-12-29
Town Tamer 1965-07-07
Fort Courageous 1965-05-01
War Party 1965-03-01
Convict Stage 1965-01-01
Law of the Lawless 1964-05-13
Iron Angel 1964-02-01
Twilight of Honor 1963-11-13
Walk on the Wild Side 1962-03-21
Buffalo Gun 1961-07-01
Ocean's Eleven 1960-08-10
Walk Like a Dragon 1960-06-01
The Big Operator 1959-08-01
Warlock 1959-05-15
The Last Mile 1959-02-18
Born Reckless 1958-11-02
Frankenstein 1970 1958-07-20
China Doll 1958-06-06
Gun Duel In Durango 1957-05-01
Seven Men from Now 1956-07-24
I'll Cry Tomorrow 1955-12-25
The Twinkle In God's Eye 1955-10-13
Jesse James' Women 1954-09-04
Untamed Heiress 1954-03-31
Border Rangers 1950-10-05
Train To Tombstone 1950-09-16
Gunfire 1950-08-12
I Shot Billy the Kid 1950-07-27
Red Desert 1949-12-17
Tough Assignment 1949-11-15
Square Dance Jubilee 1949-11-11
The Dalton Gang 1949-10-20
Ringside 1949-07-14
Train to Alcatraz 1948-06-28
Lightnin' in the Forest 1948-03-25
Madonna of the Desert 1948-02-23
Slippy McGee 1948-01-15
That's My Gal 1947-05-15
The Plainsman and the Lady 1946-11-11
The Last Crooked Mile 1946-08-09
The Chicago Kid 1945-06-29
Bells of Rosarita 1945-06-19
My Buddy 1944-10-12
Outlaws of Santa Fe 1944-04-04
The Purple Heart 1944-02-25
California Joe 1943-12-29
Canyon City 1943-11-24
The Man from the Rio Grande 1943-10-18
The West Side Kid 1943-08-23
Black Hills Express 1943-08-15
Fugitive from Sonora 1943-06-30
Days of Old Cheyenne 1943-03-15
Carson City Cyclone 1943-03-03
Dead Man's Gulch 1943-02-12
The Sundown Kid 1942-12-28
The Traitor Within 1942-12-16
Outlaws of Pine Ridge 1942-10-27
The Sombrero Kid 1942-07-31
The Cyclone Kid 1942-05-31
Jesse James, Jr. 1942-03-25
Stagecoach Express 1942-03-06
Arizona Terrors 1942-01-13
Remember Pearl Harbor 1942-01-02
A Missouri Outlaw 1941-11-25
Death Valley Outlaws 1941-09-26
Kansas Cyclone 1941-06-24
Desert Bandit 1941-05-24
The Apache Kid 1941-04-11
Two Gun Sheriff 1941-04-09
The Phantom Cowboy 1941-02-14
Wyoming Wildcat 1941-01-06
Texas Terrors 1940-11-22
Frontier Vengeance 1940-10-10
The Tulsa Kid 1940-08-16
Sailor's Lady 1940-07-05
One Man's Law 1940-06-29
Adventures of Red Ryder 1940-06-28
Ghost Valley Raiders 1940-03-23
Jack Pot 1940-03-09
Days of Jesse James 1939-12-20
The Secret of Dr. Kildare 1939-11-24
Saga of Death Valley 1939-11-17
Calling All Marines 1939-09-20
Wyoming Outlaw 1939-06-27
S.O.S Tidal Wave 1939-06-02
Only Angels Have Wings 1939-05-15
Calling Dr. Kildare 1939-04-28
Panama Patrol 1939-03-20
The Duke of West Point 1938-12-29
Young Dr. Kildare 1938-10-14
The Crowd Roars 1938-08-06
Think It Over 1938-07-24
Sinners in Paradise 1938-05-19
Saleslady 1938-01-27
Navy Blue and Gold 1937-11-19
Dead End 1937-08-27
The Woman I Love 1937-04-15
When's Your Birthday? 1937-02-19
Beloved Enemy 1936-12-25
Night Waitress 1936-12-18
Bridal Bail 1934-02-09
Flying Down to Rio 1933-12-22

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