Don Barry
from Houston, Texas, USA
from 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.
Pete
Sheriff at Stagecoach
Virgil Hall
Ben Wright
Radio Announcer
(Unknown)
Elliot
Devery's Foreman
Pete Harris
Warden Coley
Bartender
Sheriff
Sgt. Murphy
Helicopter Pilot
Dock Worker
(archive footage)
Marshal
Red Roxy
Doctor in Morgue
Mike Trask
(Unknown)
Sgt. Post
Airport Bartender
Franz Butz / Delbert Clyde Butz
Miles Henderson
Bartender
Trainer
Homer Rutledge
Charlie
Jody Simmons
Hank Phillips
Rusty
Feeny - Bartender (uncredited)
Jack Hawkins
Rev. Zachary Gant
Buffalo
Bly
Ed Johnson
Harris
Grist
Lt. Farrow
Marshal Jethro Karnin
Sgt. Chaney
Captain Harvey
Tex
Henry Belden
Reb
Red
Judson Elliot
Dockery
Murdock
Cabot
McCoy (uncredited)
Drake
Edward Calhoun (uncredited)
Detective Sergeant
MSgt. Hal Foster
Douglas Row
Bill Okie
Larry
Clete
Dawson
Jerry
Mike Lawrence
Jesse James
Hank
Billy the Kid
Frank James / Bat Fenton
Len Howard
Bob Standish
Mike O'Hara, "King Cobra"
Larry West
Don Blake
Dan Reilly
Pecos Jones
Story
Slippy McGee
Tony French
Stan Martin
Train to Alcatraz
Doug Forbes
Benny Novak
Tom Dwyer
Feisty
Don Barry
Joe Ferrill
Lt. Peter Vincent
Bob Conroy
Eddie Ballinger
Tennessee Colby
Gilbert Phalen
Clint Ross
Dave Winters / Ted Winters
Lon Walker
Johnny April
Lee Grant
Terry Reynolds posing as the Nevada Kid
Joe Weldon
Pvt. Steve 'Lucky' Smith
Jim Bradley
Dave Gregory
Johnny Barrett
Johnny "Cyclone Kid" Dawson
Jerry Holden
Chips Barrett
Sam Starr
Red Tracy
Bill Gannon
Jim Lawrence
Jim "Sundown Kid" McKinnon / Sheriff Bruce McKinnon
Pete Dawson aka The Apache Kid
Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger
Jim Randall
Johnny Edwards
Cliff Dixon
Bryan (uncredited)
Tim Brandon
Red Ryder
Jack Summers
Second Paymaster
Tom Benton aka Tulsa Kid
Jim Sanders
Bob Millbourne aka Robert Mills
Loring
Collins
Tex
Curly Parsons
Will Parker
'Blackie' Cross
Jerry
Collins (uncredited)
Jesse James
Babcock
Jessup
Henchman
Pete Mariola
Dr. Collins (uncredited)
Cadet Grady
Marty - Gunman (uncredited)
Michel
Dr. Flynn, Intern (uncredited)
Mason (Southern Institute football player) (uncredited)
Mario Rigo
Mike, I.R.A. Patriot (Uncredited)
Movie Usher
Dancer (uncredited)