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