Tony Barry

Tony Barry

Acting

Tony Barry (born 28 August 1941) 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

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Remember Belsen Remember Belsen 2025 Faraway Downs ★ 6.9 Faraway Downs 2023 Bay of Fires ★ 5.9 Bay of Fires 2023 The End ★ 6.2 The End 2020 Total Control ★ 5.6 Total Control 2019 Harrow ★ 7.6 Harrow 2018 Grace Grace 2017 Nobody's Child Nobody's Child 2017 Mystery Road ★ 6.2 Mystery Road 2013 The Time of Our Lives ★ 7.3 The Time of Our Lives 2013 One Answer to Cancer ★ 10.0 One Answer to Cancer 2013 Rest for the Wicked ★ 6.5 Rest for the Wicked 2011 Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo ★ 3.3 Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo 2011 Home by Christmas ★ 3.7 Home by Christmas 2010 Dirt Game ★ 7.0 Dirt Game 2009 False Witness ★ 4.5 False Witness 2009 Australia ★ 6.6 Australia 2008 The Ballad of Betty & Joe The Ballad of Betty & Joe 2008 Cross Life Cross Life 2007 Gone ★ 5.1 Gone 2006 The Silence ★ 6.3 The Silence 2006 Solo ★ 6.3 Solo 2006 Lady Vengeance ★ 7.5 Lady Vengeance 2005 Hell Has Harbour Views ★ 3.7 Hell Has Harbour Views 2005 The Widower ★ 8.0 The Widower 2004 Lennie Cahill Shoots Through ★ 9.0 Lennie Cahill Shoots Through 2003 The Night We Called It a Day ★ 5.1 The Night We Called It a Day 2003 Ned ★ 7.8 Ned 2003 BlackJack ★ 7.0 BlackJack 2003 Mullet ★ 5.4 Mullet 2001 La spagnola ★ 5.3 La spagnola 2001 Grass Roots ★ 10.0 Grass Roots 2000 Fresh Air ★ 4.7 Fresh Air 1999 Paperback Hero ★ 6.2 Paperback Hero 1999 Change Of Heart ★ 5.5 Change Of Heart 1999 All Saints ★ 6.2 All Saints 1998 Doing Time for Patsy Cline ★ 6.3 Doing Time for Patsy Cline 1997 The Last of the Ryans ★ 8.0 The Last of the Ryans 1997 The Rainbow Warrior ★ 5.4 The Rainbow Warrior 1997 Halifax f.p. ★ 6.2 Halifax f.p. 1994 The Man from Snowy River ★ 6.8 The Man from Snowy River 1994 The Last Tattoo ★ 5.6 The Last Tattoo 1994 Joyful and Triumphant Joyful and Triumphant 1993 Jack Be Nimble ★ 5.0 Jack Be Nimble 1993 Absent Without Leave ★ 8.0 Absent Without Leave 1993 Typhon's People ★ 7.0 Typhon's People 1993 Rose Against the Odds ★ 7.0 Rose Against the Odds 1991 Soldier Soldier ★ 6.8 Soldier Soldier 1991 Police Rescue ★ 6.4 Police Rescue 1991 Old Scores ★ 8.0 Old Scores 1991 Shadow of the Cobra ★ 8.5 Shadow of the Cobra 1989 Never Say Die ★ 4.6 Never Say Die 1988 Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller ★ 6.1 Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller 1988 The Man From Snowy River II ★ 6.8 The Man From Snowy River II 1988 Shame ★ 6.2 Shame 1988 Initiation ★ 5.5 Initiation 1987 Cyclone Tracy ★ 9.0 Cyclone Tracy 1986 The Flying Doctors ★ 6.6 The Flying Doctors 1986 Two Friends ★ 6.2 Two Friends 1986 Frog Dreaming ★ 5.6 Frog Dreaming 1986 The Surfer ★ 7.5 The Surfer 1986 I Own the Racecourse ★ 7.0 I Own the Racecourse 1986 Pallet on the Floor ★ 6.5 Pallet on the Floor 1986 Platypus Cove ★ 10.0 Platypus Cove 1986 BabaKiueria ★ 6.6 BabaKiueria 1986 Archer's Adventure ★ 5.4 Archer's Adventure 1985 The Coca-Cola Kid ★ 5.4 The Coca-Cola Kid 1985 Keiron: The First Voyager ★ 10.0 Keiron: The First Voyager 1985 The Settlement ★ 8.0 The Settlement 1984 Scales of Justice ★ 7.0 Scales of Justice 1983 Midnite Spares ★ 6.3 Midnite Spares 1983 We of the Never Never ★ 5.9 We of the Never Never 1982 Dead Easy ★ 6.7 Dead Easy 1982 Goodbye Pork Pie ★ 6.7 Goodbye Pork Pie 1981 Hard Knocks ★ 7.0 Hard Knocks 1980 The Earthling ★ 6.2 The Earthling 1980 Beyond Reasonable Doubt ★ 6.7 Beyond Reasonable Doubt 1980 Demolition ★ 3.8 Demolition 1979 The Odd Angry Shot ★ 6.1 The Odd Angry Shot 1979 Puzzle ★ 10.0 Puzzle 1978