Tony Barry (28 August 1941 – 21 December 2022) was an Australian actor known for television and film roles.

Personal life Barry was born in Ipswich, Queensland, on 28 August 1941. He had one son. Barry is the only Australian to be featured on a New Zealand postage stamp. He took part in political rallies, was a volunteer for indigenous rights groups and visited high schools to promote environmentalism.

Health Barry was diagnosed with melanoma in the early 2000s. In 2014, between seasons of the television drama series The Time of Our Lives, Barry had his left leg amputated above the knee due to the illness. The loss of his leg was written into the storyline. Due to this illness, he died on 21 December 2022, at age 81, in Murwillumbah, New South Wales.

Career Barry performed in nearly 60 feature films and over 45 television series, across a five-decade career, in both Australia and New Zealand. The longevity of Barry's acting career was recognised when he received the 2014 Film Critics Circle of Australia award for his "extraordinary contribution to the Australian film industry".

After acting in the television series The Box from 1975 to 1976, Barry began his film career in 1977 with The Mango Tree. Roles followed in a range of Australian and New Zealand films, including Newsfront, Goodbye Pork Pie, The Odd Angry Shot, We of the Never Never, Australia and Home for Christmas, for which he won Best Actor in the 2010 New Zealand Film and TV Awards.

Barry's last television appearance was in season one of ABC drama Bay of Fires in 2023.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1976 Break of Day Joe Feature film1977 The Mango Tree Tommy Smith Feature film 1978 Newsfront "Greasy" Feature film 1978 Little Boy Lost Constable O'Day Feature film 1979 The Odd Angry Shot Black Ronnie Feature film 1980 Beyond Reasonable Doubt Detective John Hughes Feature film 1980 Hard Knocks Barry Feature film 1980 The Earthling 'Red' Feature film 1981 Goodbye Pork Pie John Feature film 1982 We of the Never Never Mac Feature film 1982 With Prejudice Adams Feature film 1982 Now and Then Marina manager 1982 Dead Easy Ozzie Feature film 1982 The Settlement Sergeant Crow Feature film 1982 Midnite Spares Detective Howard Feature film 1984 Pallet on the Floor Larkman Feature film 1985 Shout! The Story of Johnny O'Keefe Alan Heffernan TV movie 1985 Archer's Adventure Squatter TV movie 1985 The Coca-Cola Kid Bushman Feature film 1986 The Surfer Calhoun Feature film 1986 Two Friends Charlie Feature film 1986 I Own the Racecourse Bert Hammond TV movie 1986 BabaKiueria Father (Mr. Smith) Feature film 1986 Frog Dreaming Gazza Feature film 1987 Initiation Pat Feature film 1988 Shame Tim Curtis Feature film 1988 Never Say Die Det Insp Bill Evans Feature film 1988 The Man from Snowy River II Jacko Feature film 1990 Breaking Through Rob, Ann's husband TV film 1991 Old Scores Barry Brown TV movie 1992 Deadly Deputy Commissioner Graham Stewart Feature film 1993 Absent Without Leave Peter Feature film 1993 Jack Be Nimble Clarrie Feature film 1993 Rainbow Warrior Greenpeace activist TV movie 1994 The Last Tattoo James Patrick Carroll Feature film 1994 Country Life Logger Feature film 1995 Vacant Possession Salvation Army man Feature film 1997 Road to Nhill Jim Feature film 1997 Doing Time for Patsy Cline Dwayne Feature film 1999 Paperback Hero Mack Feature film 1999 Fresh Air Bob Feature film 2000 Mullet Col Maloney Feature film 2003 The Night We Called It a Day Ralph Blue Feature film 2003 BlackJack: Murder Archive Joe Bueneroti TV film 2005 Lady Vengeance Jenny's adoptive father Feature film 2006 Home by Christmas 2006 Solo Louis Feature film 2006 Final Call Boss Short film2006 Hunt Angels Burly Detective Feature film 2006 Pleasance Errol2006 Gone Ute driver 2007 Cross Life Bill 2007 AlmostDr Khan 2008 Battle of Coal Ben Chifley TV movie 2008 Australia Sergeant Callaghan Feature film 2009 The Ballard of Betty and Joe Joe Short film2009 Devotion Short film2009 Devotion Narrator Short film2010 Home By Christmas Ed 2010 Providence Park Man with Flowers Short film2011 Rest for the Wicked Murray 2013 The Caretaker The Promoter Short film 2013 Mystery Road Sarge Feature film 2017 Nobody's Child Hank Short film2018 Grace Mr Symonds Short film 2022 Seriously Red Gramps

Television Year Title Role Notes 1968 Skippy TV series 1972 Behind the Legend TV series 1971-72 Pukemanu Dan Harrigan TV series, 6 episodes1973 Certain Women TV series 1974 Buck House Joe Donovan TV series, 6 episodes1975 Armchair Cinema Mack TV series, 1 episode 1975–76 The Box Doug Jackson TV series, 2 episodes 1976 Blerta Morgan TV series, 4 episodes1976 Luke's Kingdom Man at Inn TV series, 3 episodes1976 Power Without Glory Maurice TV series, 1 episode 1981 I Can Jump Puddles Alan's father TV series 1982 A Country Practice Bernie Peterson TV series, 2 episodes 1983 Scales of Justice "Nipper" Jackson TV miniseries 1983 The Dismissal Press Secretary TV miniseries 1983 Cyclone Tracy Mick Brennan TV miniseries 1989 Shadow of the Cobra TV miniseries 1995 Rose Against the Odds Jack Rennie TV miniseries 1996 Crocadoo Rufus B. Hardacare TV series Halifax f.p. TV series 2002 Heroes' Mountain Steve Diver TV movie 2003 All The Way TV series 1996-06 All Saints Ross / Frank TV series, 4 episodes2009 The Diplomat The Libertine TV movie2009 Dirt Game Alec Nolan TV series, 3 episodes2011 Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo Sir Frank Packer TV series, 2 episodes2011 Wild Boys George Jenkins TV series, 2 episodes2012 Rake Father McGuire TV series, 2 episodes 2013-14 The Time of Our Lives Ray Tivoli TV series, 16 episodes 2014 Lessons from the Grave Ghost TV series, 1 episode 2018-20 Harrow Jack Twine TV series, 6 episodes 2019 Total Control Phillip Anderson TV series, 2 episodes 2020 The End Willie TV series, 4 episodes 2023 Bay of Fires Joseph TV series, 4 episodes

Live theatre Year Title Role Notes 2004 A Local Man Former Prime Minister Ben Chifley One-person drama on Chifley's last nightKeenan, Catherine. "Unearthing our history " The Age, 6 November 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2015"Ben Chifley on stage in his home town ". Charles Sturt University News, 21 July 2004. Retrieved 27 January 2015

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