Tony Barry

Personal Info

Birthday

August 28, 1941

Day of Death

2022-12-21

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

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

Police Rescue

The Flying Doctors

Soldier Soldier

The Sullivans

The Man from Snowy River

Harrow

Bay of Fires

All Saints

Filmography

2025
Remember Belsen
as Narrator
2017
Grace
as Mr. Symonds
Nobody's Child
as Hank
2013
Mystery Road
as Sarge
One Answer to Cancer
as Narrator
2011
Rest for the Wicked
as Murray
2010
Home by Christmas
as Ed
2008
Australia
as Sergeant Callahan
The Ballad of Betty & Joe
as Joe
2007
Cross Life
as Bill
2006
Gone
as UTE Driver
The Silence
as Dennis Riordan
Solo
as Louis
2005
Lady Vengeance
as Jenny's Adoptive Father
Hell Has Harbour Views
as Frank Flannery
2003
Lennie Cahill Shoots Through
as Lennie
The Night We Called It a Day
as Ralph Blue
BlackJack
as Joe Bueneroti
2001
Mullet
as Col Maloney
La spagnola
as Dr. Knuckey
1999
Fresh Air
as Bob
Change Of Heart
as Mervyn
1997
Doing Time for Patsy Cline
as Dwayne
The Last of the Ryans
as Father Brosnan
The Rainbow Warrior
as Greenpeace Activist
1994
The Last Tattoo
as James Carroll
1993
Joyful and Triumphant
as George Bishop
Jack Be Nimble
as Clarrie
Absent Without Leave
as Peter
Typhon's People
as The Minister
1991
Rose Against the Odds
as Jack Rennie
Old Scores
as Barry Brown
1988
Never Say Die
as Insp. Evans
Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller
as Mad Mile
The Man From Snowy River II
as Jacko
Shame
as Tim Curtis
1987
Initiation
as Pat
1986
Two Friends
as Charlie
Frog Dreaming
as Gaza
The Surfer
as Calhoun
Pallet on the Floor
as Larkman
BabaKiueria
as Father (Mr. Smith)
Platypus Cove
as Frank Nelson
I Own the Racecourse
as Bert Hammond
1985
Archer's Adventure
as Squatter
The Coca-Cola Kid
as Bushman
Keiron: The First Voyager
as Moulen
1984
The Settlement
as The Sergeant
1983
Midnite Spares
as Howard
1982
We of the Never Never
as Mac
Dead Easy
as Ozzie
1981
Goodbye Pork Pie
as John
1980
Hard Knocks
as Barry
The Earthling
as Red
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
as Det. John Hughes
1979
The Odd Angry Shot
as Black Ronnie
1978
Puzzle
as Det. Const. Langdon
Little Boy Lost
as Const. O'Day
Newsfront
as Greasy
The Irishman
as Rob Dalgleish
1977
The Mango Tree
as Tommy Smith
The Picture Show Man
as Policeman
Wild Man
as Dombey Morgan
1976
Break of Day
as Joe
The Haunting of Hewie Dowker
as Police Officer