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

The Sullivans

The Flying Doctors

All Saints

Soldier Soldier

Harrow

Police Rescue

The Man from Snowy River

Halifax f.p.

All Movies (71)

• Remember Belsen2025 · as Narrator
• Grace2017 · as Mr. Symonds
• Nobody's Child2017 · as Hank
• Mystery Road2013 · as Sarge
• One Answer to Cancer2013 · as Narrator
• Rest for the Wicked2011 · as Murray
• Home by Christmas2010 · as Ed
• Australia2008 · as Sergeant Callahan
• The Ballad of Betty & Joe2008 · as Joe
• Cross Life2007 · as Bill
• Gone2006 · as UTE Driver
• The Silence2006 · as Dennis Riordan
• Solo2006 · as Louis
• Lady Vengeance2005 · as Jenny's Adoptive Father
• Hell Has Harbour Views2005 · as Frank Flannery
• The Widower2004
• Lennie Cahill Shoots Through2003 · as Lennie
• The Night We Called It a Day2003 · as Ralph Blue
• Ned2003 · as Bartender
• BlackJack2003 · as Joe Bueneroti
• Mullet2001 · as Col Maloney
• La spagnola2001 · as Dr. Knuckey
• Fresh Air1999 · as Bob
• Paperback Hero1999
• Change Of Heart1999 · as Mervyn
• Doing Time for Patsy Cline1997 · as Dwayne
• The Last of the Ryans1997 · as Father Brosnan
• The Rainbow Warrior1997 · as Greenpeace Activist
• The Last Tattoo1994 · as James Carroll
• Joyful and Triumphant1993 · as George Bishop
• Jack Be Nimble1993 · as Clarrie
• Absent Without Leave1993 · as Peter
• Typhon's People1993 · as The Minister
• Rose Against the Odds1991 · as Jack Rennie
• Old Scores1991 · as Barry Brown
• Shadow of the Cobra1989
• Never Say Die1988 · as Insp. Evans
• Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller1988 · as Mad Mile
• The Man From Snowy River II1988 · as Jacko
• Shame1988 · as Tim Curtis
• Initiation1987 · as Pat
• Two Friends1986 · as Charlie
• Frog Dreaming1986 · as Gaza
• The Surfer1986 · as Calhoun
• I Own the Racecourse1986 · as Bert Hammond
• Pallet on the Floor1986 · as Larkman
• Platypus Cove1986 · as Frank Nelson
• BabaKiueria1986 · as Father (Mr. Smith)
• Archer's Adventure1985 · as Squatter
• The Coca-Cola Kid1985 · as Bushman
• Keiron: The First Voyager1985 · as Moulen
• The Settlement1984 · as The Sergeant
• Midnite Spares1983 · as Howard
• We of the Never Never1982 · as Mac
• Dead Easy1982 · as Ozzie
• Goodbye Pork Pie1981 · as John
• Hard Knocks1980 · as Barry
• The Earthling1980 · as Red
• Beyond Reasonable Doubt1980 · as Det. John Hughes
• Demolition1979
• The Odd Angry Shot1979 · as Black Ronnie
• Puzzle1978 · as Det. Const. Langdon
• Little Boy Lost1978 · as Const. O'Day
• Newsfront1978 · as Greasy
• The Irishman1978 · as Rob Dalgleish
• The Mango Tree1977 · as Tommy Smith
• The Picture Show Man1977 · as Policeman
• Wild Man1977 · as Dombey Morgan
• Break of Day1976 · as Joe
• The Haunting of Hewie Dowker1976 · as Police Officer
• Almost— · as Dr. Khan

All TV Shows (19)

• Faraway Downs2023 · as Sergeant Callahan
• Bay of Fires2023 · as Joseph
• The End2020 · as Willie
• Total Control2019 · as Phillip Anderson
• Harrow2018 · as Jack Twine
• The Time of Our Lives2013 · as Ray Tivolli
• Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo2011 · as Sir Frank Packer
• Dirt Game2009 · as Alec Nolan
• False Witness2009 · as The Libertine
• Grass Roots2000 · as Drew Leonard
• All Saints1998 · as Frank O'Hara
• Halifax f.p.1994 · as Bob 'Dizzy' Gillespie
• The Man from Snowy River1994 · as Bernard Hardwick
• Soldier Soldier1991 · as Ron Jenkins
• Police Rescue1991 · as Clyde
• Cyclone Tracy1986 · as Mick Brennan
• The Flying Doctors1986 · as Bruce Logan
• Scales of Justice1983 · as Nipper Jackson
• The Sullivans1976 · as Ginger