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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 11, 1912
Died
July 17, 1980
Place of Birth
Houston, Texas, USA
Also Known As
- Donald Barry De Acosta
- Donald Barry
- Donald 'Red' Barry
- Milton Poimboeuf
- Donald M. Barry
Don 'Red' Barry
0.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.3
Pete
Back Roads
1981
4.5
Capt. Casey
The Dream Merchants
1980
4.5
Radio Announcer
Goldie and the Boxer
1979
6.7
Jeremiah Clemmons
Knots Landing
1979
3.2
Ben Wright
Undercover with the KKK
1979
5.5
240-Robert
1979
8.0
Virgil Hall
A Cry For Justice
1979
6.0
Sheriff at Stagecoach
Donovan's Kid
1979
7.5
Helicopter Pilot
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
6.3
Sheriff
Hooper
1978
Credits
Back Roads
as Pete
1981
5.3
The Dream Merchants
as Capt. Casey
1980
4.5
Goldie and the Boxer
as Radio Announcer
1979
4.5
Knots Landing
as Jeremiah Clemmons
1979
6.7
Undercover with the KKK
as Ben Wright
1979
3.2
240-Robert
1979
5.5
A Cry For Justice
as Virgil Hall
1979
8.0
Donovan's Kid
as Sheriff at Stagecoach
1979
6.0
The Crash of Flight 401
as Helicopter Pilot
1978
7.5
Hooper
as Sheriff
1978
6.3
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
as Bartender
1978
5.8
Buckstone County Prison
as Warden Coley
1978
0.0
The Swarm
as Pete Harris
1978
5.0
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
as Devery's Foreman
1978
5.0
Doctor Dracula
as Elliot
1978
4.1
Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys
1978
0.0
CHiPs
as Truck Driver
1977
6.8
CHiPs
as Frank Taylor
1977
6.8
CHiPs
as Marty Ballard
1977
6.8
Orca
as Dock Worker
1977
6.2
Quincy, M.E.
as Charlie Turner
1976
7.5
Charlie's Angels
as Harry Silvers
1976
6.7
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
as Robert Barnes
1976
8.6
Big John, Little John
as Lionel P. Crabtree
1976
6.8
From Noon Till Three
as Red Roxy
1976
5.9
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
as Marshal
1976
4.8
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
1976
9.0
The Bionic Woman
1976
6.9
Hustle
as Airport Bartender
1975
5.6
Whiffs
as Sgt. Post
1975
7.1
Barbary Coast
1975
7.5
Boss Nigger
1975
6.7
Blazing Stewardesses
as Mike Trask
1975
2.9
Starsky & Hutch
as Doctor in Morgue
1975
6.7
Baretta
1975
6.4
Punch and Jody
as Franz Butz / Delbert Clyde Butz
1974
0.0
The Rockford Files
as Shorty McCall
1974
7.6
Police Woman
as Ted
1974
6.2
Police Woman
as Lt. Bocina
1974
6.2
Police Woman
as Morris
1974
6.2
Police Woman
as Captain Simmonds
1974
6.2
Police Woman
as Captain Barnes
1974
6.2
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Tyrell Security Guard
1974
7.6
Little House on the Prairie
as Larabee
1974
7.9
Petrocelli
as Vern
1974
7.2
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Howie
1974
7.3
Partners in Crime
as Bartender
1973
2.0
Police Story
1973
6.9
Hawkins
as Ben
1973
7.2
Incident on a Dark Street
as Miles Henderson
1973
5.0
Ghost Story
as First Cowboy
1972
7.1
Ghost Story
as Charlie Durham
1972
7.1
The Waltons
as Deputy Sheriff
1972
7.2
The Rookies
1972
6.8
Junior Bonner
as Homer Rutledge
1972
6.1
The Eyes of Charles Sand
as Trainer
1972
5.3
Emergency!
as Dave Grogan
1972
7.8
McMillan & Wife
as Sam
1971
6.9
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Jenkins
1971
6.3
Johnny Got His Gun
as Jody Simmons
1971
7.5
One More Train to Rob
as Charlie
1971
5.4
The Immortal
1970
7.4
Dan August
as Ed Gurney
1970
6.8
Rio Lobo
as Feeny - Bartender (uncredited)
1970
6.5
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Rusty
1970
6.2
Hunters Are for Killing
as Hank Phillips
1970
4.5
Love, American Style
as Sam
1969
6.1
Love, American Style
as Policeman
1969
6.1
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Al Karlovic
1969
6.5
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Abner Dickens
1969
6.5
Shalako
as Buffalo
1968
5.7
Land of the Giants
as Dr. Zoral
1968
6.7
Adam-12
as Charlie Bishop
1968
7.0
Adam-12
as Edwin M. Kale
1968
7.0
Adam-12
as Wino
1968
7.0
Adam-12
as Mr. Hobbs
1968
7.0
The Outsider
as Sheriff Watson
1968
5.2
The Shakiest Gun in the West
as Rev. Zachary Gant
1968
6.3
Bandolero!
as Jack Hawkins
1968
6.5
It Takes a Thief
as Airline Captain
1968
7.2
Mannix
as Mr. Barlow
1967
6.7
Hondo
1967
6.5
Cimarron Strip
1967
5.5
Fort Utah
as Harris
1967
3.6
Hostile Guns
as Ed Johnson
1967
5.1
Ironside
as Paul Farrell
1967
6.8
Ironside
as Warrant Officer Harry Wilke
1967
6.8
Ironside
as Walter Prudy
1967
6.8
Ironside
as Lt. Tom Pierce
1967
6.8
Ironside
as Capt. Dennis Barnes
1967
6.8
Dragnet
as James Fremont
1967
6.9
Red Tomahawk
as Bly
1967
6.4
Alvarez Kelly
as Lt. Farrow
1966
6.1
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
7.5
T.H.E. Cat
as Morgan
1966
7.2
T.H.E. Cat
as Stoddard
1966
7.2
The Magnificent Stranger
as Grist
1966
6.7
Batman
as The Grand Vizier
1966
7.3
Batman
as Tarantula
1966
7.3
Apache Uprising
as Henry Belden
1965
6.2
The F.B.I.
as Davy Harrods
1965
5.4
The Wild Wild West
as Farnsworth
1965
7.6
The Wild Wild West
as Rainey
1965
7.6
Laredo
as Sam Dixie
1965
6.3
F Troop
as Col. Donnely
1965
6.2
The Legend of Jesse James
as Daniels
1965
4.8
Town Tamer
as Tex
1965
6.5
Fort Courageous
as Captain Harvey
1965
4.9
War Party
as Sgt. Chaney
1965
5.5
Convict Stage
as Marshal Jethro Karnin
1965
6.1
The Munsters
as Ted
1964
7.9
Daniel Boone
as Amos Brown
1964
7.0
Broadside
as Colonel Stark
1964
6.0
Mickey
1964
6.0
Law of the Lawless
as Red
1964
6.1
Iron Angel
as Reb
1964
6.0
Twilight of Honor
as Judson Elliot
1963
6.1
Mr. Novak
as Anthony Gallo
1963
6.5
The Fugitive
as The Checker
1963
7.2
Arrest and Trial
as Snyder
1963
7.7
McHale's Navy
as Capt. Kittridge
1962
6.6
The Virginian
as Shorty Downs
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Dugan
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as John Slaughter
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Man
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Charles Coulter
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Carstairs
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Hutton
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Jake
1962
6.4
Sam Benedict
1962
6.0
Walk on the Wild Side
as Dockery
1962
6.5
Buffalo Gun
as Murdock
1961
0.0
The Roaring 20's
1960
0.0
Surfside 6
as Lt. Snedigar
1960
5.0
Checkmate
as Kyle Horgan
1960
4.1
Ocean's Eleven
as McCoy (uncredited)
1960
6.4
Walk Like a Dragon
as Cabot
1960
5.0
Hawaiian Eye
as Roy Briggs
1959
5.2
Hawaiian Eye
as Harry Cannon
1959
5.2
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
5.0
Laramie
1959
6.6
Bonanza
as Bud Claggett
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Temple
1959
7.5
The Deputy
as Utah
1959
6.2
The Big Operator
as Detective Sergeant
1959
5.8
Warlock
as Edward Calhoun (uncredited)
1959
6.7
The Last Mile
as Drake
1959
6.3
Rawhide
as Grut
1959
7.2
Born Reckless
as Bill Okie
1958
3.4
77 Sunset Strip
as Rock
1958
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Shorty Adams
1958
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Barnaby Allson
1958
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Frank Sully
1958
6.7
Bat Masterson
as Luke Short
1958
6.1
Lawman
as Shorty - Assassin
1958
5.6
Lawman
as Jim Gaylord
1958
5.6
Lawman
as Dusty McCade
1958
5.6
Lawman
as Jess Schaeffer
1958
5.6
Bronco
1958
5.9
Peter Gunn
1958
6.4
Frankenstein 1970
as Douglas Row
1958
5.3
China Doll
as MSgt. Hal Foster
1958
6.8
Maverick
as Sheriff
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Fred Leslie
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Willie Saffron
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Dishonest Abe
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Smith
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Red Doyle
1957
7.7
Sugarfoot
as Tanner
1957
4.8
Sugarfoot
as Arkansas
1957
4.8
Sugarfoot
as Arkansas Ferguson
1957
4.8
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Tom Goodfellow
1957
7.3
Gun Duel in Durango
as Larry
1957
5.4
Seven Men from Now
as Clete
1956
6.8
I'll Cry Tomorrow
as Jerry
1955
6.1
The Twinkle In God's Eye
as Dawson
1955
7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Soldier
1955
6.5
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
6.3
Cheyenne
as Shorty Jones
1955
6.0
The Phil Silvers Show
as Capt. Carter (uncredited)
1955
7.0
Gunsmoke
as McIver
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Dobson
1955
6.6
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Sheriff (uncredited)
1954
7.8
Jesse James' Women
as Jesse James
1954
4.0
Untamed Heiress
as Mike Lawrence
1954
6.0
Public Defender
as Milo Martin
1954
5.7
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Clerk
1952
5.9
Dragnet
as Parker Cleaver
1951
6.4
Dragnet
as Mike Armstrong
1951
6.4
Border Rangers
as Bob Standish
1950
0.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Andy
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Martin
1950
6.3
Train To Tombstone
as Len Howard
1950
1.0
Gunfire
as Frank James / Bat Fenton
1950
5.0
I Shot Billy the Kid
as Billy the Kid
1950
4.0
Red Desert
as Pecos Jones
1949
0.0
Tough Assignment
as Dan Reilly
1949
6.0
Square Dance Jubilee
as Don Blake
1949
4.0
The Dalton Gang
as Larry West
1949
3.0
Ringside
as Mike O'Hara, "King Cobra"
1949
4.2
🎬
Train to Alcatraz
as Doug Forbes
1948
6.0
Lightnin' in the Forest
as Stan Martin
1948
3.0
Madonna of the Desert
as Tony French
1948
6.0
Slippy McGee
as Slippy McGee
1948
0.0
🎬
That's My Gal
as Benny Novak
1947
0.0
The Plainsman and the Lady
as Feisty
1946
3.0
The Last Crooked Mile
as Tom Dwyer
1946
5.1
The Chicago Kid
as Joe Ferrill
1945
0.0
Bells of Rosarita
as Don Barry
1945
5.4
My Buddy
as Eddie Ballinger
1944
0.0
Outlaws of Santa Fe
as Bob Conroy
1944
0.0
The Purple Heart
as Lt. Peter Vincent
1944
6.0
California Joe
as Joe Weldon
1943
0.0
Canyon City
as Terry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid
1943
0.0
The Man from the Rio Grande
as Lee Grant
1943
0.0
The West Side Kid
as Johnny April
1943
0.0
Black Hills Express
as Lon Walker
1943
6.0
Fugitive from Sonora
as Dave Winters / Ted Winters
1943
0.0
Days of Old Cheyenne
as Clint Ross
1943
0.0
Carson City Cyclone
as Gilbert Phalen
1943
0.0
Dead Man's Gulch
as Tennessee Colby
1943
0.0
The Sundown Kid
as Red Tracy
1942
0.0
The Traitor Within
as Sam Starr
1942
0.0
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
as Chips Barrett
1942
0.0
The Sombrero Kid
as Jerry Holden
1942
3.0
The Cyclone Kid
as Johnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson
1942
0.0
Jesse James, Jr.
as Johnny Barrett
1942
2.0
Stagecoach Express
as Dave Gregory
1942
5.7
Arizona Terrors
as Jim Bradley
1942
0.0
Remember Pearl Harbor
as Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith
1942
6.0
A Missouri Outlaw
as Cliff Dixon
1941
0.0
Death Valley Outlaws
as Johnny Edwards
1941
0.0
Kansas Cyclone
as Jim Randall
1941
0.0
Desert Bandit
as Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger
1941
0.0
The Apache Kid
as Pete Dawson aka The Apache Kid
1941
0.0
Two Gun Sheriff
as Jim "Sundown Kid" McKinnon / Sheriff Bruce McKinnon
1941
6.0
The Phantom Cowboy
as Jim Lawrence
1941
6.0
Wyoming Wildcat
as Bill Gannon
1941
0.0
Texas Terrors
as Bob Millbourne aka Robert Mills
1940
4.3
Frontier Vengeance
as Jim Sanders
1940
0.0
The Tulsa Kid
as Tom Benton aka Tulsa Kid
1940
6.0
Sailor's Lady
as Second Paymaster
1940
4.0
One Man's Law
as Jack Summers
1940
0.0
Adventures of Red Ryder
as Red Ryder
1940
5.5
Ghost Valley Raiders
as Tim Brandon
1940
6.0
Jack Pot
as Bryan (uncredited)
1940
6.4
Days of Jesse James
as Jesse James
1939
4.7
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Collins - Intern (uncredited)
1939
5.6
Saga of Death Valley
as Jerry
1939
6.2
Calling All Marines
as 'Blackie' Cross
1939
0.0
Wyoming Outlaw
as Will Parker
1939
5.6
S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Curly Parsons
1939
5.7
Only Angels Have Wings
as Tex
1939
7.3
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Collins
1939
6.1
Panama Patrol
as Loring
1939
5.0
The Duke of West Point
as Grady
1938
4.0
Young Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Collins (uncredited)
1938
6.5
The Crowd Roars
as Pete Mariola
1938
6.5
Think It Over
as Henchman
1938
6.3
Sinners in Paradise
as Jessup
1938
5.1
Saleslady
as Babcock
1938
0.0
Navy Blue and Gold
as Mason (Southern Institute football player) (uncredited)
1937
5.3
Dead End
as Dr. Flynn, Intern (Uncredited)
1937
7.0
The Woman I Love
as Michel
1937
0.0
When's Your Birthday?
as Marty - Gunman (uncredited)
1937
4.0
Beloved Enemy
as Mike, I.R.A. Patriot (Uncredited)
1936
6.1
Night Waitress
as Mario Rigo
1936
5.8
Bridal Bail
as Movie Usher
1934
3.0
Flying Down to Rio
as Dancer (uncredited)
1933
6.2