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