Tony Barry
Known for acting · Born 28 August 1941 · Died 21 December 2022 · aged 81 · Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
90 credits
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.
Known for
Mystery Road
2013
Frog Dreaming
1986
Harrow
2018
Goodbye Pork Pie
1981
The Time of Our Lives
2013
Faraway Downs
2023
Shame
1988
Jack Be Nimble
1993
Bay of Fires
2023
Gone
2006
We of the Never Never
1982
Home by Christmas
2010
Acting (90)
2025Remember BelsenNarratorFilm
2023Faraway DownsSergeant Callahan · 6 episodesSeries
2023Bay of FiresJoseph · 8 episodesSeries
2020The EndWillie · 4 episodesSeries
2019Total ControlPhillip Anderson · 2 episodesSeries
2018HarrowJack Twine · 6 episodesSeries
2017GraceMr. SymondsFilm
2017Nobody's ChildHankFilm
2013Mystery RoadSargeFilm
2013The Time of Our LivesRay Tivolli · 21 episodesSeries
2013One Answer to CancerNarratorFilm
2011Paper Giants: The Birth of CleoSir Frank Packer · 2 episodesSeries
2011Rest for the WickedMurrayFilm
2010Home by ChristmasEdFilm
2009False WitnessThe Libertine · 2 episodesSeries
2009Dirt GameAlec Nolan · 3 episodesSeries
2008AustraliaSergeant CallahanFilm
2008The Ballad of Betty & JoeJoeFilm
2007Cross LifeBillFilm
2006GoneUTE DriverFilm
2006The SilenceDennis RiordanFilm
2006SoloLouisFilm
2005Lady VengeanceJenny's Adoptive FatherFilm
2005Hell Has Harbour ViewsFrank FlanneryFilm
2004The WidowerFilm
2003The Night We Called It a DayRalph BlueFilm
2003NedBartenderFilm
2003BlackJackJoe BuenerotiFilm
2003Lennie Cahill Shoots ThroughLennieFilm
2001La spagnolaDr. KnuckeyFilm
2001MulletCol MaloneyFilm
2000Grass RootsDrew LeonardSeries
1999Paperback HeroFilm
1999Fresh AirBobFilm
1999Change Of HeartMervynFilm
1998All SaintsFrank O'Hara · 3 episodesSeries
1997Doing Time for Patsy ClineDwayneFilm
1997The Rainbow WarriorGreenpeace ActivistFilm
1997The Last of the RyansFather BrosnanFilm
1994The Man from Snowy RiverBernard Hardwick · 3 episodesSeries
1994The Last TattooJames CarrollFilm
1994Halifax f.p.Bob 'Dizzy' GillespieSeries
1993Jack Be NimbleClarrieFilm
1993Absent Without LeavePeterFilm
1993Typhon's PeopleThe MinisterFilm
1993Joyful and TriumphantGeorge BishopFilm
1991Soldier SoldierRon JenkinsSeries
1991Police RescueClydeSeries
1991Old ScoresBarry BrownFilm
1991Rose Against the OddsJack RennieFilm
1989Shadow of the CobraFilm
1988The Man From Snowy River IIJackoFilm
1988ShameTim CurtisFilm
1988Tommy Tricker and the Stamp TravellerMad MileFilm
1988Never Say DieInsp. EvansFilm
1987InitiationPatFilm
1986Frog DreamingGazaFilm
1986The Flying DoctorsBruce LoganSeries
1986Two FriendsCharlieFilm
1986BabaKiueriaFather (Mr. Smith)Film
1986Pallet on the FloorLarkmanFilm
1986The SurferCalhounFilm
1986I Own the RacecourseBert HammondFilm
1986Platypus CoveFrank NelsonFilm
1986Cyclone TracyMick Brennan · 3 episodesSeries
1985The Coca-Cola KidBushmanFilm
1985Archer's AdventureSquatterFilm
1985Keiron: The First VoyagerMoulenFilm
1984The SettlementThe SergeantFilm
1983Midnite SparesHowardFilm
1983Scales of JusticeNipper Jackson · 3 episodesSeries
1982We of the Never NeverMacFilm
1982Dead EasyOzzieFilm
1981Goodbye Pork PieJohnFilm
1980The EarthlingRedFilm
1980Beyond Reasonable DoubtDet. John HughesFilm
1980Hard KnocksBarryFilm
1979The Odd Angry ShotBlack RonnieFilm
1979DemolitionFilm
1978NewsfrontGreasyFilm
1978Little Boy LostConst. O'DayFilm
1978PuzzleDet. Const. LangdonFilm
1978The IrishmanRob DalgleishFilm
1977The Picture Show ManPolicemanFilm
1977The Mango TreeTommy SmithFilm
1977Wild ManDombey MorganFilm
1976The SullivansGingerSeries
1976Break of DayJoeFilm
1976The Haunting of Hewie DowkerPolice OfficerFilm
—AlmostDr. KhanFilm