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Tony Barry

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Tony Barry

Born August 28, 1941 in Ipswich, Queensland, AustraliaDied December 21, 202271 films

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.

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Lady Vengeance posterFirst watchLady Vengeance20057.5as Jenny's Adoptive FatherReleased after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.View film

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Filmography

71 films as actor
  1. TBAAlmostDr. Khan
  2. 2025Remember BelsenNarrator
  3. 2017GraceMr. Symonds
  4. 2017Nobody's ChildHank
  5. 2013Mystery RoadSarge
  6. 2013One Answer to CancerNarrator
  7. 2011Rest for the WickedMurray
  8. 2010Home by ChristmasEd
  9. 2008AustraliaSergeant Callahan
  10. 2008The Ballad of Betty & JoeJoe
  11. 2007Cross LifeBill
  12. 2006GoneUTE Driver
  13. 2006The SilenceDennis Riordan
  14. 2006SoloLouis
  15. 2005Lady VengeanceJenny's Adoptive Father
  16. 2005Hell Has Harbour ViewsFrank Flannery
  17. 2004The Widower
  18. 2003Lennie Cahill Shoots ThroughLennie
  19. 2003The Night We Called It a DayRalph Blue
  20. 2003NedBartender
  21. 2003BlackJackJoe Bueneroti
  22. 2001MulletCol Maloney
  23. 2001La spagnolaDr. Knuckey
  24. 1999Fresh AirBob
  25. 1999Paperback Hero
  26. 1999Change Of HeartMervyn
  27. 1997Doing Time for Patsy ClineDwayne
  28. 1997The Last of the RyansFather Brosnan
  29. 1997The Rainbow WarriorGreenpeace Activist
  30. 1994The Last TattooJames Carroll
  31. 1993Joyful and TriumphantGeorge Bishop
  32. 1993Jack Be NimbleClarrie
  33. 1993Absent Without LeavePeter
  34. 1993Typhon's PeopleThe Minister
  35. 1991Rose Against the OddsJack Rennie
  36. 1991Old ScoresBarry Brown
  37. 1989Shadow of the Cobra
  38. 1988Never Say DieInsp. Evans
  39. 1988Tommy Tricker and the Stamp TravellerMad Mile
  40. 1988The Man From Snowy River IIJacko
  41. 1988ShameTim Curtis
  42. 1987InitiationPat
  43. 1986Two FriendsCharlie
  44. 1986Frog DreamingGaza
  45. 1986The SurferCalhoun
  46. 1986I Own the RacecourseBert Hammond
  47. 1986Pallet on the FloorLarkman
  48. 1986Platypus CoveFrank Nelson
  49. 1986BabaKiueriaFather (Mr. Smith)
  50. 1985Archer's AdventureSquatter
  51. 1985The Coca-Cola KidBushman
  52. 1985Keiron: The First VoyagerMoulen
  53. 1984The SettlementThe Sergeant
  54. 1983Midnite SparesHoward
  55. 1982We of the Never NeverMac
  56. 1982Dead EasyOzzie
  57. 1981Goodbye Pork PieJohn
  58. 1980Hard KnocksBarry
  59. 1980The EarthlingRed
  60. 1980Beyond Reasonable DoubtDet. John Hughes
  61. 1979Demolition
  62. 1979The Odd Angry ShotBlack Ronnie
  63. 1978PuzzleDet. Const. Langdon
  64. 1978Little Boy LostConst. O'Day
  65. 1978NewsfrontGreasy
  66. 1978The IrishmanRob Dalgleish
  67. 1977The Mango TreeTommy Smith
  68. 1977The Picture Show ManPoliceman
  69. 1977Wild ManDombey Morgan
  70. 1976Break of DayJoe
  71. 1976The Haunting of Hewie DowkerPolice Officer