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Don 'Red' Barry (Donald Barry de Acosta) was born on 11 January, 1912 in Houston, Texas, U.S., is an American actor (1912–1980). Discover Don 'Red' Barry's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

Popular As Donald Barry de Acosta
Occupation Actor, writer
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 11 January 1912
Birthday 11 January
Birthplace Houston, Texas, U.S.
Date of death 17 July, 1980
Died Place North Hollywood, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Don 'Red' Barry Height, Weight & Measurements

At 68 years old, Don 'Red' Barry height is 5' 4½" (1.64 m) .

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Height 5' 4½" (1.64 m)
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Who Is Don 'Red' Barry's Wife?

His wife is Peggy Stewart (m. 1940-1944) Ona-Dell Ward (m. 1947; div. before 1952) Barbara Patin (m. 1963)

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Wife Peggy Stewart (m. 1940-1944) Ona-Dell Ward (m. 1947; div. before 1952) Barbara Patin (m. 1963)
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Children 2

Don 'Red' Barry Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Don 'Red' Barry worth at the age of 68 years old? Don 'Red' Barry’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Don 'Red' Barry's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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Timeline

1909

The year has been disputed, with estimates ranging between 1909 and 1912.

He attended Allen Academy and the Texas School of Mines.

Prior to acting, Barry had been a high school and college football player.

He went to Los Angeles, California, to work in advertising.

1912

Don "Red" Barry ( Milton Poimboeuf; January 11, 1912 – July 17, 1980), also known as Red Barry was an American film and television actor.

1930

Barry's initial venture into acting was in a production of Tobacco Road on stage in New York in the late 1930s.

Barry first entered films as an extra and in small roles.

He was discovered by John Wayne during a football game with Wayne providing Barry introductions to producers.

1940

He was nicknamed "Red" after appearing as the first Red Ryder in the highly successful 1940 film Adventures of Red Ryder with Noah Beery Sr.; the character was played in later films by "Wild Bill" Elliott and Allan Lane.

Barry went on to bigger budget films following Red Ryder, but none reached his previous level of success.

He appeared in a variety of roles before he found his forte and nickname "Red" in the Republic Pictures serial The Adventures of Red Ryder (1940).

Though Barry was short and stocky rather than the lean and lanky hero of the Red Ryder comic strip, studio head Herbert J. Yates demanded Barry play the role.

Yates thought Barry's appearance similar to James Cagney with Barry unsuccessfully asking Yates to cast him in gangster films.

1942

Barry continued in Western roles and made two war films Remember Pearl Harbor (1942) for Republic as well as being loaned out to 20th Century Fox for The Purple Heart (1944).

He continued making Westerns for Republic and other studios.

1944

During the height of his Red Ryder fame, he married B-movie actress Peggy Stewart, they divorced on April 12, 1944.

1947

He married Ona-Dell Ward on October 6, 1947.

1949

In addition to acting, Barry was also a writer, writing the stories upon which the films Red Light (1949) starring George Raft and Virginia Mayo, Train to Tombstone (1950), and Convict Stage (1965) were based, and co-writing the screenplay as well as directing and playing the leading role of Jesse James in Jesse James' Women (1954).

1950

By the 1950s, Barry was a supporting actor instead of playing leads in westerns.

1952

They divorced sometime before 1952.

1955

Early in 1955, he appeared as the bandit Milt Sharp in an episode of the syndicated series, Stories of the Century, starring and narrated by Jim Davis.

In early November 1955, Susan Hayward got into a physical altercation with another woman who caught her visiting Barry's apartment reportedly for an early morning coffee, which made the tabloids and became the source of insider jokes.

1956

Barry played "Clete" in the 1956 western film Seven Men from Now, starring Randolph Scott.

1958

In 1958 he appeared (credited as Donald Barry) on the TV western Cheyenne in the episode "Dead to Rights".

He guest starred as Tanner in the 1958 episode "Bullet Proof" of the ABC/Warner Brothers series Sugarfoot, starring Will Hutchins; he was cast as Arkansas in the 1959 Sugarfoot episode "The Return of the Canary Kid".

Barry appeared four times in the ABC/WB western Colt .45.

1960

Barry continued making Westerns as part of the ensemble casts of A.C. Lyles Paramount second feature Westerns in the mid 1960s.

He appeared eight times on the long-running NBC series, The Virginian, in the 1960s.

He appeared in six episodes of Michael Landon's Little House on the Prairie as racist farmer Judd Larrabee, and appeared in all-star TV miniseries, such as Rich Man, Poor Man Book II and The Dream Merchants.

1961

Barry was cast as black-clad gunfighter in a 1961 episode, "Last Stop: Oblivion", of the ABC/WB western series, Maverick with Jack Kelly and fellow guest star Buddy Ebsen, as well as an even larger titular role in a James Garner episode set in New Orleans titled "The Resurrection of Joe November."

In 1961 Barry appeared as Dusty McCade in the TV western Lawman in the episode titled "Hassayampa."

Barry's voice in the television Westerns sounded much like that of the character actor Dub Taylor.

About this time, he also guest starred on two other ABC/WB dramas, Bourbon Street Beat and The Roaring 20s.

He appeared as well in the syndicated crime drama, U.S. Marshal, starring John Bromfield, and the NBC education drama series, Mr. Novak, starring James Franciscus.

1964

He played Red Doyle in the 1964 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Simple Simon".

Barry was born Milton Poimboeuf in Houston, Texas, to parents Louis Leonce Poimboeuf and Emma Murray Poimboeuf.

1966

In 1966, Barry played Confederate soldier "Lt. Farrow" in the Western film Alvarez Kelly with William Holden and a one-eyed Richard Widmark.

1968

Barry played a supporting role in the 1968 film, Shalako with Sean Connery, as well as in the television series Dragnet.

1972

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Barry played supporting roles in dozens of television series, particularly Westerns.