Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 28, 1941
Place of Birth:
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
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Tony Barry
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Remember Belsen | Narrator |
| 2017 | Grace | Mr. Symonds |
| 2017 | Nobody's Child | Hank |
| 2013 | Mystery Road | Sarge |
| 2013 | One Answer to Cancer | Narrator |
| 2011 | Rest for the Wicked | Murray |
| 2010 | Home by Christmas | Ed |
| 2008 | The Ballad of Betty & Joe | Joe |
| 2008 | Australia | Sergeant Callahan |
| 2007 | Cross Life | Bill |
| 2006 | Solo | Louis |
| 2006 | The Silence | Dennis Riordan |
| 2006 | Gone | UTE Driver |
| 2005 | Lady Vengeance | Jenny's Adoptive Father |
| 2005 | Hell Has Harbour Views | Frank Flannery |
| 2004 | The Widower | |
| 2003 | The Night We Called It a Day | Ralph Blue |
| 2003 | Lennie Cahill Shoots Through | Lennie |
| 2003 | BlackJack | Joe Bueneroti |
| 2001 | Mullet | Col Maloney |
| 2001 | La spagnola | Dr. Knuckey |
| 1999 | Paperback Hero | |
| 1999 | Fresh Air | Bob |
| 1999 | Change Of Heart | Mervyn |
| 1997 | The Last of the Ryans | Father Brosnan |
| 1997 | The Rainbow Warrior | Greenpeace Activist |
| 1997 | Doing Time for Patsy Cline | Dwayne |
| 1994 | The Last Tattoo | James Carroll |
| 1993 | Jack Be Nimble | Clarrie |
| 1993 | Absent Without Leave | Peter |
| 1993 | Typhon's People | The Minister |
| 1993 | Joyful and Triumphant | George Bishop |
| 1991 | Old Scores | Barry Brown |
| 1991 | Rose Against the Odds | Jack Rennie |
| 1989 | Shadow of the Cobra | |
| 1988 | The Man From Snowy River II | Jacko |
| 1988 | Never Say Die | Insp. Evans |
| 1988 | Shame | Tim Curtis |
| 1988 | Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller | Mad Mile |
| 1987 | Initiation | Pat |
| 1986 | Frog Dreaming | Gaza |
| 1986 | I Own the Racecourse | Bert Hammond |
| 1986 | Pallet on the Floor | Larkman |
| 1986 | The Surfer | Calhoun |
| 1986 | Platypus Cove | Frank Nelson |
| 1986 | BabaKiueria | Father (Mr. Smith) |
| 1986 | Two Friends | Charlie |
| 1985 | The Coca-Cola Kid | Bushman |
| 1985 | Keiron: The First Voyager | Moulen |
| 1985 | Archer's Adventure | Squatter |
| 1984 | The Settlement | The Sergeant |
| 1983 | Midnite Spares | Howard |
| 1982 | We of the Never Never | Mac |
| 1982 | Dead Easy | Ozzie |
| 1981 | Goodbye Pork Pie | John |
| 1980 | Beyond Reasonable Doubt | Det. John Hughes |
| 1980 | Hard Knocks | Barry |
| 1980 | The Earthling | Red |
| 1979 | The Odd Angry Shot | Black Ronnie |
| 1979 | Demolition | |
| 1978 | Newsfront | Greasy |
| 1978 | Little Boy Lost | Const. O'Day |
| 1978 | Puzzle | Det. Const. Langdon |
| 1978 | The Irishman | Rob Dalgleish |
| 1977 | The Picture Show Man | Policeman |
| 1977 | The Mango Tree | Tommy Smith |
| 1977 | Wild Man | Dombey Morgan |
| 1976 | Break of Day | Joe |
| 1976 | The Haunting of Hewie Dowker | Police Officer |
| Almost | Dr. Khan |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Bay of Fires | Joseph |
| 2023 | Faraway Downs | Sergeant Callahan |
| 2020 | The End | Willie |
| 2019 | Total Control | Phillip Anderson |
| 2018 | Harrow | Jack Twine |
| 2013 | The Time of Our Lives | Ray Tivolli |
| 2011 | Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo | Sir Frank Packer |
| 2009 | False Witness | The Libertine |
| 2009 | Dirt Game | Alec Nolan |
| 2000 | Grass Roots | Drew Leonard |
| 1998 | All Saints | Frank O'Hara |
| 1994 | Halifax f.p. | Bob 'Dizzy' Gillespie |
| 1994 | The Man from Snowy River | Bernard Hardwick |
| 1991 | Police Rescue | Clyde |
| 1991 | Soldier Soldier | Ron Jenkins |
| 1986 | The Flying Doctors | Bruce Logan |
| 1986 | Cyclone Tracy | Mick Brennan |
| 1983 | Scales of Justice | Nipper Jackson |
| 1976 | The Sullivans | Ginger |