Tony Barry

Tony Barry (28 August 1941 – 21 December 2022) was an Australian actor and activist best known for his television and film roles.

Barry was born in Ipswich, Queensland, on 28 August 1941.^{[1] [2]} He had one son.^[2] Barry was an environmental and indigenous rights activist and considered himself "an honorary Kiwi".^{[1] [2]} Barry is the only Australian who was featured on a New Zealand postage stamp.^[3] He took part in political rallies and was a volunteer for rehabilitation programs for indigenous rights groups.^{[1] [2]} He visited high schools where he would promote environmentalism.^[1]

Barry was diagnosed with melanoma in the early 2000s.^[1] In 2014, between seasons of the television drama series The Time of Our Lives , Barry had his left leg amputated above the knee due to the illness. The loss of his leg was written into the storyline.^[4] Due to this illness, he died on 21 December 2022, at age 81, in Murwillumbah, New South Wales.^{[5] [6]}

Barry performed in nearly 60 feature films and over 45 television series, across a five-decade career, in both Australia and New Zealand.^{[1] [2]} The longevity of Barry's acting career was recognised when he received the 2014 Film Critics Circle of Australia award for his "extraordinary contribution to the Australian film industry".^[1]

After acting in the television series The Box from 1975 to 1976, Barry began his film career in 1977 with The Mango Tree .^{[1] [7]} Roles followed in a range of acclaimed Australian and New Zealand films, including Newsfront , Goodbye Pork Pie , The Odd Angry Shot , We of the Never Never , Australia and Home for Christmas, for which he won Best Actor in the 2010 New Zealand Film and TV Awards.^{[1] [3] [5]}

In 2023 Barry's last television appearance was in season one of ABC drama Bay of Fires. ^[8]

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