Wesley Barry


Wesley Barry

Biography

Actor Wesley Barry got his start in acting when he was just ten years old. In his early acting career, Barry appeared in such films as "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" (1917), "Daddy Long Legs" (1919) with Mary Pickford and "Male and Female" (1919). He also appeared in "Bob Hampton of Placer" (1921). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the twenties and the thirties, appearin...

Biography

Actor Wesley Barry got his start in acting when he was just ten years old. In his early acting career, Barry appeared in such films as "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" (1917), "Daddy Long Legs" (1919) with Mary Pickford and "Male and Female" (1919). He also appeared in "Bob Hampton of Placer" (1921). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the twenties and the thirties, appearing in "Heroes of the Street" (1922), "The Printer's Devil" (1923) and "The Thoroughbred" (1930). He also appeared in the romance "The Life of Vergie Winters" (1934) with Ann Harding. Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in the dramatic adaptation "The Plough and the Stars" (1936) with Barbara Stanwyck and the Patsy Kelly musical comedy "Pick a Star" (1937). Barry more recently directed "The Creation of the Humanoids" (1962) with Don Megowan. Barry passed away in April 1994 at the age of 87.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

The Outlaw's Daughter (1954)
Director
Racing Blood (1954)
Director
Trail Blazers (1953)
Director
The Steel Fist (1952)
Director
Rhythm Inn (1951)
Assistant Director
Navy Bound (1951)
Assistant Director
Ghost Chasers (1951)
Assistant Director
The Hidden City (1950)
Assistant Director
Killer Shark (1950)
Assistant Director
Sideshow (1950)
Assistant Director
The Lost Volcano (1950)
Assistant Director
A Modern Marriage (1950)
Assistant Director
Blue Grass of Kentucky (1950)
Assistant Director
Lucky Losers (1950)
Assistant Director
The Sky Dragon (1949)
Assistant Director
Tuna Clipper (1949)
Assistant Director
Black Midnight (1949)
Assistant Director
Mississippi Rhythm (1949)
Assistant Director
Leave It to Henry (1949)
Assistant Director
The Wolf Hunters (1949)
Assistant Director
Trail of the Yukon (1949)
Assistant Director
Shanghai Chest (1948)
Assistant Director
Angels' Alley (1948)
Assistant Director
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948)
Assistant Director
Rocky (1948)
Assistant Director
Song of My Heart (1948)
Assistant Director
Kidnapped (1948)
Assistant Director
Jinx Money (1948)
Assistant Director
Smugglers' Cove (1948)
Assistant Director
The Golden Eye (1948)
Assistant Director
Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947)
Assistant Director
Buffalo Bill Rides Again (1947)
Assistant Director
Queen of the Amazons (1947)
Assistant Director
Ridin' Down the Trail (1947)
Assistant Director
News Hounds (1947)
Assistant Director
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1946)
Assistant Director
Dangerous Money (1946)
Assistant Director
Mr. Hex (1946)
Assistant Director
The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
2nd Assistant to Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Ladies' Day (1943)
Reporter
Stunt Pilot (1939)
Glen
Man About Town (1939)
Messenger boy
Spring Madness (1938)
Dartmouth college boy
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938)
First sophomore
The Mexicali Kid (1938)
Mexicali Kid
Battle of Broadway (1938)
Bellhop
Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937)
Delivery boy
Wild Money (1937)
Orvil
Rich Relations (1937)
Albert
The Plough and the Stars (1937)
Sniper
Pick a Star (1937)
Assistant director
Lady Be Careful (1936)
Texas
Night Life of the Gods (1935)
Alfred, Jr.
Men of the Hour (1935)
Dick Williams
Let 'Em Have It (1935)
Walton
Enlighten Thy Daughter (1934)
Wes
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)
Herbert Somerby
Get That Venus (1933)
Hell Bent for Frisco (1931)
The newsboy
Border Romance (1930)
Victor Hamlin
Sunny Skies (1930)
Sturrle
The Thoroughbred (1930)
Tod Taylor
Top Sergeant Mulligan (1928)
Mickey Neilan
Wild Geese (1927)
Martin Gare
In Old Kentucky (1927)
"Skippy" Lowry
The Fighting Cub (1925)
Thomas Patrick O'Toole
My Home Town (1925)
Battling Bunyon (1925)
["Aiken"] Battling Bunyon
The Midshipman (1925)
Ted Lawrence
His Own Law (1924)
George Washington, Jr. (1924)
George Belgrave, "George Washington, Jr."
The Printer's Devil (1923)
Brick Hubbard
The Country Kid (1923)
Ben Applegate
The Lotus Eater (1922)
Jocko
Penrod (1922)
Penrod
Rags to Riches (1922)
Marmaduke Clarke
Heroes of the Street (1922)
Mickey Callahan
Bob Hampton of Placer (1921)
Dick
Bits of Life (1921)
Tom Levitt, a boy
School Days (1921)
Speck Brown
Stranger Than Fiction (1921)
Freckles
Don't Ever Marry (1920)
Bell hop
The County Fair (1920)
Tommy Perkins
The White Circle (1920)
Ferd
Go and Get It (1920)
Dinty
Dinty (1920)
"Dinty" O'Sullivan
Daddy-Long-Legs (1919)
Orphan boy
The Unpardonable Sin (1919)
George Washington Sticker
A Woman of Pleasure (1919)
Danny Thomas
Her Kingdom of Dreams (1919)
Office boy
Male and Female (1919)
"Buttons"
How Could You, Jean? (1918)
Morley Kid
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918)
Amarilly's brother
Johanna Enlists (1918)
Johanna's brother

Writer (Feature Film)

Racing Blood (1954)
Story

Producer (Feature Film)

The Outlaw's Daughter (1954)
Producer
Racing Blood (1954)
Producer
Trail Blazers (1953)
Producer
Border City Rustlers (1953)
Producer
The Steel Fist (1952)
Producer
Behind Southern Lines (1952)
Producer
Navy Bound (1951)
Associate Producer
Sideshow (1950)
Associate Producer

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Born to the Saddle (1952)
Production Manager
Rhythm Inn (1951)
Assistant to the prod
Big Timber (1950)
Assistant to prod
Call of the Klondike (1950)
Assistant to prod
Square Dance Katy (1950)
Assistant to the prod
Snow Dog (1950)
Assistant to the prod
Alaska Patrol (1949)
Prod Supervisor
Belle Starr's Daughter (1948)
Prod Supervisor

Life Events

Bibliography