Tony Barry
Born: 1941-08-28 in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Died: 2022-12-21
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Remember Belsen as Narrator
2023
- Faraway Downs as Sergeant Callahan
- Bay of Fires as Joseph
2020
- The End as Willie
2019
- Total Control as Phillip Anderson
2018
- Harrow as Jack Twine
2017
- Grace as Mr. Symonds
- Nobody's Child as Hank
2013
- Mystery Road as Sarge
- The Time of Our Lives as Ray Tivolli
- One Answer to Cancer as Narrator
2011
- Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo as Sir Frank Packer
- Rest for the Wicked as Murray
2010
- Home by Christmas as Ed
2009
- False Witness as The Libertine
- Dirt Game as Alec Nolan
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
2004
2003
- The Night We Called It a Day as Ralph Blue
- Ned as Bartender
- BlackJack as Joe Bueneroti
- Lennie Cahill Shoots Through as Lennie
2001
- Mullet as Col Maloney
- La spagnola as Dr. Knuckey
2000
- Grass Roots as Drew Leonard
1999
- Paperback Hero
- Fresh Air as Bob
- Change Of Heart as Mervyn
1998
- All Saints as Frank O'Hara
1997
- The Rainbow Warrior as Greenpeace Activist
- Doing Time for Patsy Cline as Dwayne
- The Last of the Ryans as Father Brosnan
1994
- The Man from Snowy River as Bernard Hardwick
- Halifax f.p. as Bob 'Dizzy' Gillespie
- The Last Tattoo as James Carroll
1993
- Typhon's People as The Minister
- Jack Be Nimble as Clarrie
- Joyful and Triumphant as George Bishop
- Absent Without Leave as Peter
1991
- Soldier Soldier as Ron Jenkins
- Police Rescue as Clyde
- Old Scores as Barry Brown
- Rose Against the Odds as Jack Rennie
1989
1988
- The Man From Snowy River II as Jacko
- Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller as Mad Mile
- Never Say Die as Insp. Evans
- Shame as Tim Curtis
1987
- Initiation as Pat
1986
- The Flying Doctors as Bruce Logan
- Frog Dreaming as Gaza
- Cyclone Tracy as Mick Brennan
- Two Friends as Charlie
- BabaKiueria as Father (Mr. Smith)
- I Own the Racecourse as Bert Hammond
- The Surfer as Calhoun
- Platypus Cove as Frank Nelson
- Pallet on the Floor as Larkman
1985
- The Coca-Cola Kid as Bushman
- Archer's Adventure as Squatter
- Keiron: The First Voyager as Moulen
1984
- The Settlement as The Sergeant
1983
- Scales of Justice as Nipper Jackson
- Midnite Spares as Howard
1982
- We of the Never Never as Mac
- Dead Easy as Ozzie
1981
- Goodbye Pork Pie as John
1980
- The Earthling as Red
- Beyond Reasonable Doubt as Det. John Hughes
- Hard Knocks as Barry
1979
- The Odd Angry Shot as Black Ronnie
- Demolition
1978
- Newsfront as Greasy
- Puzzle as Det. Const. Langdon
- Little Boy Lost as Const. O'Day
- The Irishman as Rob Dalgleish
1977
- The Picture Show Man as Policeman
- The Mango Tree as Tommy Smith
- Wild Man as Dombey Morgan
1976
- The Sullivans as Ginger
- The Haunting of Hewie Dowker as Police Officer
- Break of Day as Joe