Acting

Tony Barry

Born 1941-08-28 · Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Died 2022-12-21

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.

Credits

Newest first

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