Person
Tony Barry
Acting · 1941–2022 · Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Biography
Tony Barry (born 28 August 1941) was an Australian tough-looking actor and activist who performed in nearly 60 feature films and over 45 television series, across a five-decade career, in both Australia and New Zealand. Barry was for a number of years afflicted by melanoma, culminating in a 2013 leg amputation. He nonetheless battled on and continued his acting career right up to his death on 21 December 2022, at the age of 81.
Known for
The Sullivans
Ginger
The Flying Doctors
Bruce Logan
Police Rescue
Clyde
All Saints
Frank O'Hara
Harrow
Jack Twine
Soldier Soldier
Ron Jenkins
The Man from Snowy River
Bernard Hardwick
Halifax f.p.
Bob 'Dizzy' Gillespie
Total Control
Phillip Anderson
Faraway Downs
Sergeant Callahan
Filmography
- 2025Remember BelsenNarrator
- 2023Faraway DownsSergeant Callahan
- 2023Bay of FiresJoseph
- 2020The EndWillie
- 2019Total ControlPhillip Anderson
- 2018HarrowJack Twine
- 2017GraceMr. Symonds
- 2017Nobody's ChildHank
- 2013Mystery RoadSarge
- 2013The Time of Our LivesRay Tivolli
- 2013One Answer to CancerNarrator
- 2011Rest for the WickedMurray
- 2011Paper Giants: The Birth of CleoSir Frank Packer
- 2010Home by ChristmasEd
- 2009Dirt GameAlec Nolan
- 2009False WitnessThe Libertine
- 2008AustraliaSergeant Callahan
- 2008The Ballad of Betty & JoeJoe
- 2007Cross LifeBill
- 2006GoneUTE Driver
- 2006The SilenceDennis Riordan
- 2006SoloLouis
- 2005Lady VengeanceJenny's Adoptive Father
- 2005Hell Has Harbour ViewsFrank Flannery
- 2004The Widower
- 2003Lennie Cahill Shoots ThroughLennie
- 2003The Night We Called It a DayRalph Blue
- 2003NedBartender
- 2003BlackJackJoe Bueneroti
- 2001MulletCol Maloney
- 2001La spagnolaDr. Knuckey
- 2000Grass RootsDrew Leonard
- 1999Fresh AirBob
- 1999Paperback Hero
- 1999Change Of HeartMervyn
- 1998All SaintsFrank O'Hara
- 1997Doing Time for Patsy ClineDwayne
- 1997The Last of the RyansFather Brosnan
- 1997The Rainbow WarriorGreenpeace Activist
- 1994Halifax f.p.Bob 'Dizzy' Gillespie
- 1994The Man from Snowy RiverBernard Hardwick
- 1994The Last TattooJames Carroll
- 1993Joyful and TriumphantGeorge Bishop
- 1993Jack Be NimbleClarrie
- 1993Absent Without LeavePeter
- 1993Typhon's PeopleThe Minister
- 1991Rose Against the OddsJack Rennie
- 1991Soldier SoldierRon Jenkins
- 1991Police RescueClyde
- 1991Old ScoresBarry Brown
- 1989Shadow of the Cobra
- 1988Never Say DieInsp. Evans
- 1988Tommy Tricker and the Stamp TravellerMad Mile
- 1988The Man From Snowy River IIJacko
- 1988ShameTim Curtis
- 1987InitiationPat
- 1986Cyclone TracyMick Brennan
- 1986The Flying DoctorsBruce Logan
- 1986Two FriendsCharlie
- 1986Frog DreamingGaza
- 1986The SurferCalhoun
- 1986I Own the RacecourseBert Hammond
- 1986Pallet on the FloorLarkman
- 1986Platypus CoveFrank Nelson
- 1986BabaKiueriaFather (Mr. Smith)
- 1985Archer's AdventureSquatter
- 1985The Coca-Cola KidBushman
- 1985Keiron: The First VoyagerMoulen
- 1984The SettlementThe Sergeant
- 1983Scales of JusticeNipper Jackson
- 1983Midnite SparesHoward
- 1982We of the Never NeverMac
- 1982Dead EasyOzzie
- 1981Goodbye Pork PieJohn
- 1980Hard KnocksBarry
- 1980The EarthlingRed
- 1980Beyond Reasonable DoubtDet. John Hughes
- 1979Demolition
- 1979The Odd Angry ShotBlack Ronnie
- 1978PuzzleDet. Const. Langdon
- 1978Little Boy LostConst. O'Day
- 1978NewsfrontGreasy
- 1978The IrishmanRob Dalgleish
- 1977The Mango TreeTommy Smith
- 1977The Picture Show ManPoliceman
- 1977Wild ManDombey Morgan
- 1976Break of DayJoe
- 1976The SullivansGinger
- 1976The Haunting of Hewie DowkerPolice Officer
- —AlmostDr. Khan
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