Tony Barry

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Tony Barry

Acting August 28, 1941

Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

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…

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Australia

Australia

6.6 2008 Movie
Lady Vengeance

Lady Vengeance

7.5 2005 Movie
The Sullivans

The Sullivans

5.4 1976 TV Show
Harrow

Harrow

7.6 2018 TV Show
The Flying Doctors

The Flying Doctors

6.6 1986 TV Show
All Saints

All Saints

6.2 1998 TV Show
Mystery Road

Mystery Road

6.2 2013 Movie
Soldier Soldier

Soldier Soldier

6.9 1991 TV Show
The Man from Snowy River

The Man from Snowy River

7.1 1994 TV Show
Police Rescue

Police Rescue

6.7 1991 TV Show
Faraway Downs

Faraway Downs

6.9 2023 TV Show
Gone

Gone

5.1 2006 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Remember Belsen

    Movie Narrator

  2. 2023
    Faraway Downs

    TV show Sergeant Callahan

  3. 2023
    Bay of Fires

    TV show Joseph

  4. 2020
    The End

    TV show Willie

  5. 2019
    Total Control

    TV show Phillip Anderson

  6. 2018
    Harrow

    TV show Jack Twine

  7. 2017
    Grace

    Movie Mr. Symonds

  8. 2017
    Nobody's Child

    Movie Hank

  9. 2013
    Mystery Road

    Movie Sarge

  10. 2013
    The Time of Our Lives

    TV show Ray Tivolli

  11. 2013
    One Answer to Cancer

    Movie Narrator

  12. 2011
    Rest for the Wicked

    Movie Murray

  13. 2011
    Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo

    TV show Sir Frank Packer

  14. 2010
    Home by Christmas

    Movie Ed

  15. 2009
    Dirt Game

    TV show Alec Nolan

  16. 2009
    False Witness

    TV show The Libertine

More credits
  1. 2008
    Australia

    Movie Sergeant Callahan

  2. 2008
    The Ballad of Betty & Joe

    Movie Joe

  3. 2007
    Cross Life

    Movie Bill

  4. 2006
    Gone

    Movie UTE Driver

  5. 2006
    The Silence

    Movie Dennis Riordan

  6. 2006
    Solo

    Movie Louis

  7. 2005
    Lady Vengeance

    Movie Jenny's Adoptive Father

  8. 2005
    Hell Has Harbour Views

    Movie Frank Flannery

  9. 2004
    The Widower

    Movie

  10. 2003
    Lennie Cahill Shoots Through

    Movie Lennie

  11. 2003
    The Night We Called It a Day

    Movie Ralph Blue

  12. 2003
    Ned

    Movie Bartender

  13. 2003
    BlackJack

    Movie Joe Bueneroti

  14. 2001
    Mullet

    Movie Col Maloney

  15. 2001
    La spagnola

    Movie Dr. Knuckey

  16. 2000
    Grass Roots

    TV show Drew Leonard

  17. 1999
    Fresh Air

    Movie Bob

  18. 1999
    Paperback Hero

    Movie

  19. 1999
    Change Of Heart

    Movie Mervyn

  20. 1998
    All Saints

    TV show Frank O'Hara

  21. 1997
    Doing Time for Patsy Cline

    Movie Dwayne

  22. 1997
    The Last of the Ryans

    Movie Father Brosnan

  23. 1997
    The Rainbow Warrior

    Movie Greenpeace Activist

  24. 1994
    Halifax f.p.

    TV show Bob 'Dizzy' Gillespie