Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas -- Don Barry

'Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas' is a continuing series about "six-gun heroes that performed on movie location ranches in Chatsworth, California.  For more information about Chatsworth filming locations see http://www.cowboyup.com/ to find information about my books: Rendezvous at Boulder Pass: Hollywood's Fantasyland - 2010 and Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas - 2008.

Donald "Red" Barry (1912 – 1980) was an American film actor who was originally discovered because he had been a college football star.  His film career began with small roles playing villains and henchmen at various studios before he won a role that changed his life.  In 1940 Republic cast him in the lead for its new serial Adventures of Red Ryder (1940).  It was that role that gave him the nickname "Red." 

Throughout the 1940s he acted in a series of B-Westerns, but his combative nature and oversized ego caused him to alienate many casts and crews, and by 1950 his career was pretty much in the tank.  

Barry moved to lesser companies like Lippert and Screen Guild, and continued to make low-budget Westerns (often in small supporting roles, sometimes uncredited) until the 1970s.  In 1980 he committed suicide by shooting himself.

Don "Red" Barry's Santa Susana locations filmography:

Adventures of Red Ryder (1940) - Don 'Red' Barry (Burro Flats) (Iverson Ranch) Republic [serial]

Desert Bandit (1941) - Don 'Red' Barry - Republic

Apache Kid, The (1941) - Don 'Red' Barry (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Arizona Terrors (1942) - Don 'Red' Barry - Republic

Black Hills Express (1943) - Don 'Red' Barry - Republic

Border Rangers (1950) - Don 'Red' Barry (Corriganville) Lippert

California Joe (1943) - Don 'Red' Barry - Republic

Canyon City (1943) - Don 'Red' Barry (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Carson City Cyclone (1943) - Don 'Red' Barry - Republic

Chicago Kid, The (1945) - Don 'Red' Barry - Republic

Cyclone Kid, The (1942) - Don 'Red' Barry - Republic

Dalton Gang, The (1949) - Don 'Red' Barry - Screen Guild

Days of Old Cheyenne (1943) - Don 'Red' Barry (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Dead Man's Gulch (1943) - Don 'Red' Barry - Republic

Death Valley Outlaws (1941) - Don 'Red' Barry (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Desert Bandit (1941) - Don 'Red' Barry - Republic

Frontier Vengeance (1940) - Don 'Red' Barry (Burro Flats) Republic

Fugitive from Sonora (1943) - Don 'Red' Barry - Republic

Ghost Valley Raiders (1940) - Don 'Red' Barry (Iverson Ranch)(Corriganville)  Republic

Gun Duel in Durango (1957) - George Montgomery, Don 'Red' Barry (Corriganville) United Artists

Gunfire (1950) - Don 'Red' Barry - Lippert

I Shot Billy the Kid (1950) - Don 'Red' Barry - Lippert

Jesse James, Jr. (1942) - Don 'Red' Barry - Republic 

Kansas Cyclone (1941) - Don 'Red' Barry (Iverson Ranch) Republic 

Man from the Rio Grande, The (1943) - Don 'Red' Barry (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Missouri Outlaw, A (1941) - Don 'Red' Barry (Iverson Ranch) Republic

One Man's Law (1940) - Don 'Red' Barry - Republic

Outlaws of Pine Ridge (1942) - Don 'Red' Barry - Republic

Outlaws of Santa Fe (1944) - Don 'Red' Barry - Republic

Phantom Cowboy, The (1941) - Don 'Red' Barry - Republic

Red Desert (1949) - Don 'Red' Barry - Lippert

Sombrero Kid, The (1942) - Don 'Red' Barry - Republic

Square Dance Jubilee (1949) - Don 'Red' Barry (Iverson Ranch) Screen Guild

Stagecoach Express (1942) - Don 'Red' Barry (Iverson Ranch) Republic (photo courtesy of Bruce Hickey)

Sundown Kid, The (1942) - Don 'Red' Barry - Republic

Texas Terrors (1940) - Don 'Red' Barry (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Tough Assignment (1949) - Don 'Red' Barry - Screen Guild

Train to Tombstone (1950) - Don 'Red' Barry - Lippert

Tulsa Kid, The (1940) - Don 'Red' Barry (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Two Gun Sheriff (1940) - Don 'Red' Barry (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Untamed Heiress (1954) - Judy Canova/Don 'Red' Barry - Republic

Wyoming Wildcat (1941) - Don 'Red' Barry (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Calling All Marines (1939) - Don 'Red' Barry (Imdb Iverson) Republic

Disclaimer: This list of movie titles and credits has been compiled from many sources.  It has not been independently verified.  Titles with location credits in parentheses are either movies I own or come from a source I feel has a higher level of creditability.