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Don Barry

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  • 1912 - 1980

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.

Birthday: 1912-01-11

Born At: Houston, Texas, USA

Casted In:

Frankenstein 1970
3164
Junior Bonner
5927
From Noon Till Three
6476
Orca: The Killer Whale
12707
Hooper
16214
Johnny Got His Gun
16328
The Shakiest Gun in the West
20238
Seven Men from Now
26502
Boss Nigger
26905
Dead End
27973
Flying Down to Rio
28293
I'll Cry Tomorrow
28575
Blazing Stewardesses
29418
Shalako
39209
Only Angels Have Wings
43832
Beloved Enemy
43871
The Swarm
46878
Bells of Rosarita
53114
Alvarez Kelly
60285
The Purple Heart
60550
Walk on the Wild Side
60792
Back Roads
61653
Incident on a Dark Street
64770
The Last Crooked Mile
70306
The Last Mile
72002
Tough Assignment
110941
Train to Alcatraz
126944
Think It Over
130722
Sinners in Paradise
139788
Doctor Dracula
141127
Young Dr. Kildare
153161
Calling Dr. Kildare
153162
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
153163
Born Reckless
167101
California Joe
168307
Carson City Cyclone
169335
Town Tamer
169828
Outlaws of Santa Fe
171844
Days of Jesse James
171893
The Chicago Kid
174174
Fort Utah
177681
Walk Like a Dragon
180286
China Doll
180290
Texas Terrors
180697
Gun Duel In Durango
180762
Whiffs
180929
Wyoming Outlaw
181491
The Twinkle In God's Eye
182506
Jack Pot
188038
Convict Stage
189084
Navy Blue and Gold
190071
The Duke Of West Point
190411
Death Valley Outlaws
192443
Dead Man's Gulch
193096
Train To Tombstone
199377
One Man's Law
200951
Iron Angel
202487
Saleslady
208924
Frontier Vengeance
209316
Law of the Lawless
210885
Hostile Guns
210955
Night Waitress
218563
The Big Operator
239000
Jesse James' Women
239738
The Plainsman and the Lady
241793
Buckstone County Prison
251458
Saga of Death Valley
252284
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
253590
Adventures of Red Ryder
254504
Panama Patrol
257429
The Woman I Love
259325
The Crowd Roars
268718
Remember Pearl Harbor
274827
Hunters Are for Killing
279654
S.O.S Tidal Wave
280579
The Cyclone Kid
281267
Wyoming Wildcat
281494
Gunfire
288157
The Dalton Gang
288811
I Shot Billy the Kid
290511
Fort Courageous
292190
Arizona Terrors
342393
Canyon City
352253
Untamed Heiress
354347
Calling All Marines
355070
Jesse James, Jr.
355751
Days of Old Cheyenne
357839
A Missouri Outlaw
358673
The Apache Kid
358676
The Man from the Rio Grande
373160
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
373215
My Buddy
387871
Red Desert
388933
The West Side Kid
389955
The Traitor Within
389965
Ghost Valley Raiders
440871
The Tulsa Kid
442592
Black Hills Express
442607
Kansas Cyclone
444096
Square Dance Jubilee
456563

Crewed In:

Red Light
25807
Convict Stage
189084
Train To Tombstone
199377
Jesse James' Women
239738
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