Tony Barry
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: August 28, 1941
Place of Birth: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Known For
One Answer to Cancer
This is a story about two cancer salves. One makes cancers worse, and can even kill. Yet it is legal. The other has been curing cancer for 2000 years, yet it is illegal, denounced by BIG PHARMA, BIG GOVERNMENT and BIG MEDICINE. Why? So they can hang on to their obscene profits.
Harrow
When a dark secret from this past threatens to be exposed, unorthodox and brilliant medical examiner, Doctor Daniel Harrow, must use all his forensic skills to keep it buried forever.
Lady Vengeance
Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.
The Time of Our Lives
The Time of Our Lives follows the lives of the extended Tivolli family as they navigate their way around relationships, raising kids, love, careers, divorce, disability and finding happiness. Elder brother Matt is a high-flying sports agent struggling with his obsessive wife Caroline. Younger brother Luce runs a much more relaxed household with long-time partner Bernadette, despite a chaotic schedule and financial pressures. Chai Li, the youngest, was adopted from Vietnam as a baby and is a successful and happy thirty-something until her world is shattered by a humiliating turn of events. Herb has known the family since childhood.
Absent Without Leave
In 1942 Wellington, Daisy Edwards, 16 and pregnant, relies totally on her just-wed husband, Ed, who is little older than she. Ed is suddenly drafted into the army and is to be sent overseas to battle while Daisy is sent to her father in Auckland. When Ed's leave is cancelled at the last minute he takes the dangerous decision to go absent without leave to be with Daisy on her journey home. As a deserter, Ed is hunted, captured and imprisoned. Life inside is bad enought without the worry of what is going on outside. The film is based upon a true story.
Shadow of the Cobra
Dramatisation of the story of notorious Indian serial killer Charles Sobhraj (b. 1944), who preyed on Western tourists throughout South East Asia during the 1970s.
BlackJack
Jack Kempson started out as an idealistic cop. Thirty years on, he remains relentless in tracking down villains, but has lost confidence in his moral barometer. He turns a blind eye to the dubious methods employed by some of his contemporaries — prepared to let dodgy means be justified by the noble end.
Dirt Game
Enter the dramatic and dangerous world of Australia's oldest and riskiest pursuit – mining. A mismatched team strive to save a struggling but proud Australian mining company, and in doing so, must overcome their own prejudice and fears while facing life-threatening situations – not only for themselves but also for the workers they employ.
The Man From Snowy River II
After a few years trying to earn money to marry Jessica Harrison, Jim Craig returns to Snowy River. But he finds that a lot of things have changed.
Faraway Downs
The story of an English aristocrat, Lady Sarah Ashley, who inherits a large cattle ranch in Australia after her husband dies. When Australian cattle barons plot to take her land, she joins forces with a cattle drover to protect her ranch.
Filmography
as Narrator
as Sergeant Callahan
as Joseph
as Willie
as Phillip Anderson
as Jack Twine
as Mr. Symonds
as Hank
as Sarge
as Ray Tivolli
as Narrator
as Murray
as Sir Frank Packer
as Ed
as Alec Nolan
as The Libertine
as Sergeant Callahan
as Bill
as UTE Driver
as Dennis Riordan
as Louis
as Jenny's Adoptive Father
as Frank Flannery
as Ralph Blue
as Joe Bueneroti
as Col Maloney
as Dr. Knuckey
as Drew Leonard
as Bob
as Mervyn
as Frank O'Hara
as Dwayne
as Father Brosnan
as Greenpeace Activist
as Bob 'Dizzy' Gillespie
as Bernard Hardwick
as James Carroll
as George Bishop
as Clarrie
as Peter
as The Minister
as Jack Rennie
as Ron Jenkins
as Clyde
as Barry Brown
as Insp. Evans
as Mad Mile
as Jacko
as Tim Curtis
as Pat
as Mick Brennan
as Bruce Logan
as Charlie
as Gaza
as Calhoun
as Father (Mr. Smith)
as Larkman
as Bert Hammond
as Frank Nelson
as Squatter
as Bushman
as Moulen
as The Sergeant
as Nipper Jackson
as Howard
as Mac
as Ozzie
as John
as Barry
as Red
as Det. John Hughes
as Black Ronnie
as Det. Const. Langdon
as Const. O'Day
as Greasy
as Rob Dalgleish
as Tommy Smith
as Policeman
as Dombey Morgan
as Joe
as Ginger