Tony Barry
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Tony Barry (1941 - 2022) 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
Remember Belsen
2025
as Narrator
Bay of Fires
2023
as Joseph
Faraway Downs
2023
as Sergeant Callahan
The End
2020
as Willie
Total Control
2019
as Phillip Anderson
Harrow
2018
as Jack Twine
Grace
2017
as Mr. Symonds
Nobody's Child
2017
as Hank
Mystery Road
2013
as Sarge
One Answer to Cancer
2013
as Narrator
The Time of Our Lives
2013
as Ray Tivolli
Rest for the Wicked
2011
as Murray
Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo
2011
as Sir Frank Packer
Home by Christmas
2010
as Ed
False Witness
2009
as The Libertine
Dirt Game
2009
as Alec Nolan
The Ballad of Betty & Joe
2008
as Joe
Australia
2008
as Sergeant Callahan
Cross Life
2007
as Bill
Solo
2006
as Louis
The Silence
2006
as Dennis Riordan
Gone
2006
as UTE Driver
Lady Vengeance
2005
as Jenny's Adoptive Father
Hell Has Harbour Views
2005
as Frank Flannery
The Widower
2004
The Night We Called It a Day
2003
as Ralph Blue
Lennie Cahill Shoots Through
2003
as Lennie
BlackJack
2003
as Joe Bueneroti
Ned
2003
as Bartender
Mullet
2001
as Col Maloney
La spagnola
2001
as Dr. Knuckey
Grass Roots
2000
as Drew Leonard
Paperback Hero
1999
Fresh Air
1999
as Bob
Change Of Heart
1999
as Mervyn
All Saints
1998
as Frank O'Hara
The Last of the Ryans
1997
as Father Brosnan
The Rainbow Warrior
1997
as Greenpeace Activist
Doing Time for Patsy Cline
1997
as Dwayne
The Last Tattoo
1994
as James Carroll
Halifax f.p.
1994
as Bob 'Dizzy' Gillespie
The Man from Snowy River
1994
as Bernard Hardwick
Jack Be Nimble
1993
as Clarrie
Absent Without Leave
1993
as Peter
Typhon's People
1993
as The Minister
Joyful and Triumphant
1993
as George Bishop
Old Scores
1991
as Barry Brown
Rose Against the Odds
1991
as Jack Rennie
Police Rescue
1991
as Clyde
Soldier Soldier
1991
as Ron Jenkins
Shadow of the Cobra
1989
The Man From Snowy River II
1988
as Jacko
Never Say Die
1988
as Insp. Evans
Shame
1988
as Tim Curtis
Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller
1988
as Mad Mile
Initiation
1987
as Pat
Frog Dreaming
1986
as Gaza
I Own the Racecourse
1986
as Bert Hammond
Pallet on the Floor
1986
as Larkman
The Surfer
1986
as Calhoun
Platypus Cove
1986
as Frank Nelson
BabaKiueria
1986
as Father (Mr. Smith)
Two Friends
1986
as Charlie
The Flying Doctors
1986
as Bruce Logan
Cyclone Tracy
1986
as Mick Brennan
The Coca-Cola Kid
1985
as Bushman
Keiron: The First Voyager
1985
as Moulen
Archer's Adventure
1985
as Squatter
The Settlement
1984
as The Sergeant
Midnite Spares
1983
as Howard
Scales of Justice
1983
as Nipper Jackson
We of the Never Never
1982
as Mac
Dead Easy
1982
as Ozzie
Goodbye Pork Pie
1981
as John
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
1980
as Det. John Hughes
Hard Knocks
1980
as Barry
The Earthling
1980
as Red
The Odd Angry Shot
1979
as Black Ronnie
Demolition
1979
Newsfront
1978
as Greasy
Little Boy Lost
1978
as Const. O'Day
Puzzle
1978
as Det. Const. Langdon
The Irishman
1978
as Rob Dalgleish
The Picture Show Man
1977
as Policeman
The Mango Tree
1977
as Tommy Smith
Wild Man
1977
as Dombey Morgan
Break of Day
1976
as Joe
The Haunting of Hewie Dowker
1976
as Police Officer
The Sullivans
1976
as Ginger