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Donald "Red" Barry De Acosta or more probably Milton Poimboeuf (January 11, 1912 – July 17, 1980) was an American film actor who got his nickname "Red" after appearing as the first Red Ryder in the highly successful 1940 film Adventures of Red Ryder; the character was played in later films by "Wild Bill" Elliott and Allan Lane. Barry went on to bigger budget films following the success of Red Ryder, but none reached the success of the Ryder film series. By the 1950s, Barry was a supporting actor instead of playing leads in westerns; one more or less typical example of his work was as a... MORE

Donald "Red" Barry De Acosta or more probably Milton Poimboeuf (January 11, 1912 – July 17, 1980) was an American film actor who got his nickname "Red" after appearing as the first Red Ryder in the highly successful 1940 film Adventures of Red Ryder; the character was played in later films by "Wild Bill" Elliott and Allan Lane. Barry went on to bigger budget films following the success of Red Ryder, but none reached the success of the Ryder film series. By the 1950s, Barry was a supporting actor instead of playing leads in westerns; one more or less typical example of his work was as a black-clad gunfighter in a 1961 episode of the western television series Maverick with Jack Kelly and Buddy Ebsen called "Last Stop: Oblivion." He played "Clete" in the 1956 Western film Seven Men from Now starring Randolph Scott. On January 13, 1965, he appeared in the final episode of the short-lived Mickey sitcom starring Mickey Rooney. Barry was cast as a freeloading friend who had saved Mickey's life in World War II. Barry played Confederate soldier "Lt. Farrow" in the Western film Alvarez Kelly (1966). Barry played a supporting role in Shalako in 1968 with Sean Connery. Barry played supporting LESS