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Tony Barry

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Aug 28, 1941 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

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

Acting
2025Remember BelsenNarrator
2023Bay of FiresJoseph
2023Faraway DownsSergeant Callahan
2020The EndWillie
2019Total ControlPhillip Anderson
2018HarrowJack Twine
2017GraceMr. Symonds
2017Nobody's ChildHank
2013Mystery RoadSarge
2013One Answer to CancerNarrator
2013The Time of Our LivesRay Tivolli
2011Rest for the WickedMurray
2011Paper Giants: The Birth of CleoSir Frank Packer
2010Home by ChristmasEd
2009False WitnessThe Libertine
2009Dirt GameAlec Nolan
2008The Ballad of Betty & JoeJoe
2008AustraliaSergeant Callahan
2007Cross LifeBill
2006SoloLouis
2006The SilenceDennis Riordan
2006GoneUTE Driver
2005Lady VengeanceJenny's Adoptive Father
2005Hell Has Harbour ViewsFrank Flannery
2004The Widower
2003The Night We Called It a DayRalph Blue
2003Lennie Cahill Shoots ThroughLennie
2003BlackJackJoe Bueneroti
2003NedBartender
2001MulletCol Maloney
2001La spagnolaDr. Knuckey
2000Grass RootsDrew Leonard
1999Paperback Hero
1999Fresh AirBob
1999Change Of HeartMervyn
1998All SaintsFrank O'Hara
1997The Last of the RyansFather Brosnan
1997The Rainbow WarriorGreenpeace Activist
1997Doing Time for Patsy ClineDwayne
1994The Last TattooJames Carroll
1994Halifax f.p.Bob 'Dizzy' Gillespie
1994The Man from Snowy RiverBernard Hardwick
1993Jack Be NimbleClarrie
1993Absent Without LeavePeter
1993Typhon's PeopleThe Minister
1993Joyful and TriumphantGeorge Bishop
1991Old ScoresBarry Brown
1991Rose Against the OddsJack Rennie
1991Police RescueClyde
1991Soldier SoldierRon Jenkins
1989Shadow of the Cobra
1988The Man From Snowy River IIJacko
1988Never Say DieInsp. Evans
1988ShameTim Curtis
1988Tommy Tricker and the Stamp TravellerMad Mile
1987InitiationPat
1986Frog DreamingGaza
1986I Own the RacecourseBert Hammond
1986Pallet on the FloorLarkman
1986The SurferCalhoun
1986Platypus CoveFrank Nelson
1986BabaKiueriaFather (Mr. Smith)
1986Two FriendsCharlie
1986The Flying DoctorsBruce Logan
1986Cyclone TracyMick Brennan
1985The Coca-Cola KidBushman
1985Keiron: The First VoyagerMoulen
1985Archer's AdventureSquatter
1984The SettlementThe Sergeant
1983Midnite SparesHoward
1983Scales of JusticeNipper Jackson
1982We of the Never NeverMac
1982Dead EasyOzzie
1981Goodbye Pork PieJohn
1980Beyond Reasonable DoubtDet. John Hughes
1980Hard KnocksBarry
1980The EarthlingRed
1979The Odd Angry ShotBlack Ronnie
1979Demolition
1978NewsfrontGreasy
1978Little Boy LostConst. O'Day
1978PuzzleDet. Const. Langdon
1978The IrishmanRob Dalgleish
1977The Picture Show ManPoliceman
1977The Mango TreeTommy Smith
1977Wild ManDombey Morgan
1976Break of DayJoe
1976The Haunting of Hewie DowkerPolice Officer
1976The SullivansGinger
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