Don 'Red' Barry

Biography: A football star in his high school and college days, Donald Barry forsook an advertising career in favor of a stage acting job with a stock company. This barnstorming work led to movie bit parts, the first of which was in RKO's Night Waitress (1936). Barry's short stature, athletic build and pugnacious facial features made him a natural for bad guy parts in Westerns, but he was lucky enough to star in the 1940 Republic serial The Adventures of Red Ryder; this and subsequent appearance as "Lone Ranger" clone Red Ryder earned the actor the permanent sobriquet Donald "Red" Barry. Republic promoted the actor to bigger-budget features in the 1940s, casting him in the sort of roles James Cagney might have played had the studio been able to afford Cagney. Barry produced as well as starred in a number of Westerns, but this venture ultimately failed, and the actor, whose private life was tempestuous in the best of times, was consigned to supporting roles before the 1950s were over. ByA football star in his high school and college days, Donald Barry forsook an advertising career in favor of a stage acting job with a stock company. This barnstorming work led to movie bit parts, the first of which was in RKO's Night Waitress (1936). Barry's short stature, athletic build and pugnacious facial features made him a natural for bad guy parts in Westerns, but he was lucky enough to star in the 1940 Republic serial The Adventures of Red Ryder; this and subsequent appearance as "Lone Ranger" clone Red Ryder earned the actor the permanent sobriquet Donald "Red" Barry. Republic promoted the actor to bigger-budget features in the 1940s, casting him in the sort of roles James Cagney might have played had the studio been able to afford Cagney. Barry produced as well as starred in a number of Westerns, but this venture ultimately failed, and the actor, whose private life was tempestuous in the best of times, was consigned to supporting roles before the 1950s were over. By the late 1960s, Barry was compelled to publicly entreat his fans to contribute one dollar apiece for a new series of Westerns. Saving the actor from further self-humiliation were such Barry aficionados as actor Burt Reynolds and director Don Siegel, who saw to it that Don was cast in prominent supporting roles during the 1970s, notably a telling role in Hustle (1976). In 1980, Don "Red" Barry killed himself -- a sad end to an erratic life and career. Expand

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Title: Year: Credit: User score:
tbd CHiPs: Season 3 Sep 22, 1979 Ballard tbd
tbd Charlie's Angels (1977): Season 4 Sep 12, 1979 Don 'Red' Barry / Silvers tbd
tbd The Rockford Files (1974): Season 5 Sep 22, 1978 Shorty McCall tbd
tbd CHiPs: Season 2 Sep 16, 1978 Frank Taylor tbd
tbd Little House on the Prairie: Season 5 Sep 11, 1978 Larrabee / Jud Larabee / Jud Larrabee tbd
tbd Police Woman (1978): Season 4 Oct 25, 1977 Captain Red Barnes tbd
tbd Little House on the Prairie: Season 4 Sep 12, 1977 Larabee / Jud Larabee tbd
tbd The Bionic Woman (1976): Season 2 Sep 29, 1976 Woody tbd
tbd Police Woman (1978): Season 3 Sep 28, 1976 Recurring Role tbd
tbd Little House on the Prairie: Season 3 Sep 27, 1976 Larrabee / Rufe Parsons / Rufe Parsons tbd
tbd Police Woman (1978): Season 2 Sep 12, 1975 Lt. Bocin tbd
tbd Little House on the Prairie: Season 2 Sep 10, 1975 Larabee tbd
tbd Baretta: Season 2 Sep 10, 1975 Don "Red" Barry / Eddie tbd
tbd Police Woman (1978): Season 1 Sep 13, 1974 Recurring Role / Ted tbd
tbd Ironside: Season 8 Sep 12, 1974 Capt. Dennis Barnes / Don "Red" Barry tbd
tbd The Waltons: Season 3 Sep 12, 1974 Deputy Sheriff tbd
tbd Little House on the Prairie: Season 1 Sep 11, 1974 Rufe Parsons 9.0
tbd Emergency!: Season 3 Sep 22, 1973 Dave Grogan tbd
tbd Ironside: Season 7 Sep 13, 1973 Don "Red" Barry / Lt. Pierce / Prudy tbd
tbd Ironside: Season 5 Sep 14, 1971 Don "Red" Barry / Harry Wilke tbd
tbd Ironside: Season 3 Sep 18, 1969 Don "Red" Barry / Paul Farrell tbd
tbd Laredo: Season 2 Sep 16, 1966 Actor tbd
tbd Bonanza: Season 8 Sep 11, 1966 Temple tbd
tbd The Munsters: Season 2 Sep 16, 1965 Don "Red" Barry / Ted tbd
tbd F Troop: Season 1 Sep 14, 1965 Col. Donnelly / Don "Red" Barry tbd
tbd Bonanza: Season 6 Sep 20, 1964 Bud tbd
tbd Perry Mason: Season 7 Sep 26, 1963 Red Doyle tbd