Don 'Red' Barry

Also Known As: Donald Barry De Acosta, Donald Barry, Donald 'Red' Barry, Milton Poimboeuf, Donald M. Barry

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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, USA

Birthday: January 11, 1912

Deathday: July 17, 1980

Adult: No

Gender: Male

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Known For:

Frankenstein 1970
Warlock
The Shakiest Gun in the West
From Noon Till Three
Lightnin' in the Forest
Boss Nigger
7 Men from Now
Orca
The Crash of Flight 401
Dead End
Flying Down to Rio
I'll Cry Tomorrow
The Magnificent Stranger
Blazing Stewardesses
The Purple Heart
Walk on the Wild Side
Only Angels Have Wings
Hooper
Johnny Got His Gun
Shalako
Starsky & Hutch
The Last Crooked Mile
War Party
The Last Mile
Rio Lobo
Apache Uprising
Donovan's Kid
Doctor Dracula
Train to Alcatraz
Tough Assignment
Think It Over
Gun Duel In Durango
The Duke of West Point
Sinners in Paradise
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
The Twinkle In God's Eye
One Man's Law
Carson City Cyclone
Born Reckless
Iron Angel
California Joe
Days of Jesse James
The Chicago Kid
Convict Stage
Saleslady
Train To Tombstone
Saga of Death Valley
Buckstone County Prison
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
The Big Operator
Jesse James' Women
The Plainsman and the Lady
Adventures of Red Ryder
Panama Patrol
Junior Bonner
Hostile Guns
When's Your Birthday?
The Crowd Roars
That's My Gal
Remember Pearl Harbor
The Woman I Love
Hunters Are for Killing
Back Roads
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Town Tamer
Ocean's Eleven
Night Waitress
Fort Courageous
Young Dr. Kildare
Beloved Enemy
Red Tomahawk
I Shot Billy the Kid
Navy Blue and Gold
Calling Dr. Kildare
Wyoming Outlaw
Arizona Terrors
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Death Valley Outlaws
Dead Man's Gulch
Jesse James, Jr.
Canyon City
Untamed Heiress
Bandolero!
Calling All Marines
Days of Old Cheyenne
Fugitive from Sonora
A Missouri Outlaw
The Apache Kid
Goldie and the Boxer
Undercover with the KKK
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Walk Like a Dragon
The Swarm
The Man from the Rio Grande
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Stagecoach Express
Alvarez Kelly
Madonna of the Desert
Red Desert
My Buddy
The West Side Kid
The Traitor Within
Jack Pot
Fort Utah
The Phantom Cowboy
A Cry For Justice
Border Rangers
Gunfire
The Cyclone Kid
Ghost Valley Raiders
Texas Terrors
The Tulsa Kid
Black Hills Express
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
Wyoming Wildcat
The Sombrero Kid
The Sundown Kid
Frontier Vengeance
Two Gun Sheriff
Desert Bandit
Kansas Cyclone
Bells of Rosarita
Outlaws of Santa Fe
The Dalton Gang
Square Dance Jubilee
Buffalo Gun
Law of the Lawless
Bridal Bail
Incident on a Dark Street
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Ringside
Whiffs
Sailor's Lady
China Doll
Slippy McGee
Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys
The Eyes of Charles Sand
Punch and Jody
Partners in Crime
Hustle
Twilight of Honor
One More Train to Rob