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 wa ... s 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.
Organization | Category | Movie |
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Surfside 6
as Lt. Snedigar
Episodes: 28
First Aired: Oct 06, 1960
Sugarfoot
as Arkansas
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 17, 1957
The Dream Merchants
as Capt. Casey
Episodes: 3
First Aired: May 12, 1980
Batman
as The Grand Vizier
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 12, 1966
Batman
as Tarantula
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 12, 1966
Police Woman
as Captain Barnes
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 13, 1974
CHiPs
as Truck Driver
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1977
Cheyenne
as Shorty Jones
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1955
F Troop
as Col. Donnely
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1965
The Munsters
as Ted
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1964
Quincy, M.E.
as Charlie Turner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1976
The Fugitive
as The Checker
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1963
Hawkins
as Ben
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 13, 1973
Land of the Giants
as Dr. Zoral
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1968
Charlie's Angels
as Harry Silvers
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1976
Knots Landing
as Jeremiah Clemmons
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 27, 1979
Perry Mason
as Red Doyle
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Gunsmoke
as McIver
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Emergency!
as Dave Grogan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 22, 1972
The Waltons
as Deputy Sheriff
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1972
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Tyrell Security Guard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1974
Laredo
as Sam Dixie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1965
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Tom Goodfellow
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1957
Daniel Boone
as Amos Brown
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1964
The Virginian
as Shorty Downs
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
Lux Video Theatre
as Andy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1950
Petrocelli
as Vern
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1974
Lawman
as Shorty - Assassin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1958
Sugarfoot
as Tanner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1957
Bat Masterson
as Luke Short
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 08, 1958
Mr. Novak
as Anthony Gallo
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1963
The Legend of Jesse James
as Daniels
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1965
Ghost Story
as First Cowboy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1972
Ghost Story
as Charlie Durham
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1972
Arrest and Trial
as Snyder
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1963
The Wild Wild West
as Farnsworth
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1965
It Takes a Thief
as Airline Captain (as Donald Barry)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1968
Sugarfoot
as Arkansas Ferguson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1957
Ironside
as Paul Farrell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 28, 1967
The Virginian
as Dugan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
The Virginian
as John Slaughter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
The Virginian
as Man
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
The Virginian
as Charles Coulter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
Gunsmoke
as Dobson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
as Robert Barnes
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1976
Checkmate
as Kyle Horgan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1960
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Howie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 18, 1974
CHiPs
as Frank Taylor
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1977
CHiPs
as Marty Ballard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1977
Love, American Style
as Sam
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1969
Love, American Style
as Policeman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1969
Dan August
as Ed Gurney
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1970
Ironside
as Capt. Dennis Barnes
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 28, 1967
Ironside
as Walter Prudy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 28, 1967
Ironside
as Lt. Tom Pierce
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 28, 1967
Ironside
as Warrant Officer Harry Wilke
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 28, 1967
The Phil Silvers Show
as Capt. Carter (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1955
Public Defender
as Milo Martin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 11, 1954
Maverick
as Willie Saffron
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1957
Dragnet
as Mike Armstrong
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 16, 1951
Maverick
as Fred Leslie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1957
77 Sunset Strip
as Rock
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 1958
Maverick
as Dishonest Abe
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1957
Dragnet
as Parker Cleaver
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 16, 1951
Maverick
as Smith
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1957
77 Sunset Strip
as Shorty Adams
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 1958
Maverick
as Sheriff
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1957
Lux Video Theatre
as Martin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1950
The Rockford Files
as Shorty McCall
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1974
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Soldier
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1955
The Deputy
as Utah
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1959
Adam-12
as Charlie Bishop
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1968
Rawhide
as Grut
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1959
Lawman
as Jim Gaylord
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1958
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Clerk
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1952
Lawman
as Dusty McCade
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1958
Lawman
as Jess Schaeffer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1958
77 Sunset Strip
as Frank Sully
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 1958
The F.B.I.
as Davy Harrods
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1965
Hawaiian Eye
as Harry Cannon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1959
McHale's Navy
as Capt. Kittridge
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 11, 1962
77 Sunset Strip
as Barnaby Allson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 1958
Hawaiian Eye
as Roy Briggs
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1959
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Abner Dickens
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1969
Broadside
as Colonel Stark
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1964
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Jenkins
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1971
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Al Karlovic
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1969
T.H.E. Cat
as Morgan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1966
Bonanza
as Temple
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1959
Bonanza
as Bud Claggett
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1959
Dragnet
as James Fremont
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 12, 1967
T.H.E. Cat
as Stoddard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1966
Starsky & Hutch
as Doctor in the morgue (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1975
McMillan & Wife
as Sam
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1971
Mannix
as Mr. Barlow
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1967
The Wild Wild West
as Rainey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1965
Adam-12
as Mr. Hobbs
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1968
Adam-12
as Wino
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1968
Adam-12
as Edwin M. Kale
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1968
The Virginian
as Hutton
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
The Virginian
as Carstairs
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
The Virginian
as Jake
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
Police Woman
as Capt. Barnes
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1974
Police Woman
as Lt. Bocina
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1974
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 27, 1954
Police Woman
as Ted
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1974
Police Woman
as Morris
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1974
Police Woman
as Capt. Red Barnes
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1974
Police Woman
as Captain Simmonds
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1974
The Outsider
as Sheriff Watson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1968
Police Woman
as Barnes
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1974
Little House on the Prairie
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Sep 11, 1974
Bronco
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Sep 23, 1958
The Rookies
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 11, 1972
Police Story
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 20, 1973
Bourbon Street Beat
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1959
The Bionic Woman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 14, 1976
Baretta
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 17, 1975
240-Robert
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 28, 1979
Big John, Little John
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1976
Mickey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1964
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1966
Sam Benedict
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1962
The Immortal
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1970
Cimarron Strip
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 07, 1967
Peter Gunn
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1958
Hondo
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1967
Barbary Coast
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1975
Laramie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1959
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1955
The Roaring 20's
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1960
Popularity History
Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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2024 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 7 |
2024 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 9 |
2024 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 5 |
2024 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 2 |
2024 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 2 |
2024 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 3 |
2024 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 5 |
2025 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 4 |
2025 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
2025 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2025 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 0 |