An undeniable stalwart of the local film and television industry, with a career spanning five decades, nearly 60 films and dozens of television series, Tony Barry has died after a long illness. He was 81.
Born in Ipswich, Queensland on 28 August 1941, Barry’s first credit on the Internet Movie Database is listed as Skippy: the Bush Kangaroo in 1968. After debuting in such an iconic series, he accrued a total of 160 film and TV credits, with his final role, in four episodes of Marta Dusseldorp’s new series Bay of Fires, due to screen on the ABC next year.
