Don "Red" Barry starring in the "Adventures of Red Ryder" (1940) 

Don "Red" Barry as "Red Ryder" 
and Tommy Cook  as "Little Beaver"
Born - Barry De Acosta - 1/11/1912 - Houston, Tx
Died in Holywood Ca - 7/18/1980
College Football star went into show business performing on stage and got into movies in 1936 playing heavies. Played bit roles till 
 an outing in a John Wayne western in 1939 titled "Wyoming Outlaw" Donald Barry came to the attention of Repulic Pictures studio head Herbert J. Yates. Having secured the rights to the comic book hero "Red Ryder" , Yates talked a reluctant Don Barry into starring in a 
12 part serial titled "Adventures of Red Ryder" tagged him with a name change of Don "Red" Barry. After this sucess Don wanted no part of the redhead role and went to make twentry nine action features for Republic. Don in his personal life was married a number of times among his brides was one of his co-stars the lovely Peggy Stewart. Don stayed in show business made guest appearances in TV shows made for TV movies. Don had a fairly long career from late 30's to 80's. Tragically after a domestic disturbance in which the police were called. Don met the police answering disturbance call
by taking his life with his own gun. 
Excerpted in part from "The Thrill Of It All" by Alan G.Barbour
First Collier Books Edition, 1971

Filmography of Don "Red" Barry
 
 

Title	Rep=Republic Lip=Lippert UA=United Artists 20TH=20th Centruy-Fox	Release Date =1940
ADVENTURES OF RED RYDER	Rep	1940
APACHE KID	Rep	1941
ARIZONA TERRORS	Rep	1942
BLACK HILLS EXPRESS	Rep	1943
BLACK HILLS EXPRESS	Rep	1943
BORDER RANGERS	LIP	1950
CALIFORNIA JOE	Rep	1943
CANYON CITY	Rep	1943
CARSON CITY CYCLONE	Rep	1943
CYCLONE KID	Rep	1942
DALTON GANG, THE	LIP	1949
DAYS OF OLD CHEYENNE	Rep	1943
DEATH VALLEY OUTLAWS	Rep	1941
DESERT BANDIT	Rep	1941
FRONTIER VENGEANCE	Rep	1940
FUGITIVE FROM SONORA	Rep	1943
GHOST VALLEY RAIDERS	Rep	1940
GUNFIRE	Rep	1950
I SHOT BILLY THE KID	LIP	1950
JESSE JAMES JR.	Rep	1942
JESSE JAMES WOMEN	UA	1954
KANSAS CYCLONE	Rep	1941
MADONNA OF THE DESERT	Rep	1948
MAN FROM RIO GRANDE	Rep	1943
MISSOURI OUTLAW	Rep	1941
ONE MAN`S LAW	Rep	1940
OUTLAW GANG - AKA	Rep	1949
OUTLAWS OF PINE RIDGE	Rep	1942
OUTLAWS OF SANTA FE	Rep	1944
PHANTOM COWBOY	Rep	1941
RED DESERT	LIP	1949
SQUARE DANCES JUBILEE	LIP	1949
STAGE COACH EXPRESS	Rep	1942
SUNDOWN FURY  - AKA	Rep	1942
SOMBRERO KID, THE Order Now From Amazon.com Our Price  $4.46	Rep	1942
SUNDOWN KID	Rep	1943
TEXAS TERRORS	Rep	1940
TOUGH ASSIGNMENT	LIP	1949
TRAIN TO TOMBSTONE	LIP	1950
TULSA KID	Rep	1940
TWO-GUN SHERIFF	Rep	1941
WAR PARTY	20TH	1965
WYOMING WILDCAT	Rep	1941

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