WESLEY BARRY autograph signed child actor ALS letter

Wesley Barry vintage original autograph letter signed from 1981. (approx. 5x7 3.4 inches)

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Wesley Barry (August 10, 1907 – April 11, 1994) was an American child actor in silent motion pictures. He later became a producer and director of both film and television.

 Early life and career

Born in Los Angeles, California, Barry was seven years old when a young director was attracted by his facial features, and put him at work at the old Kalem Studios. He was not noted for his freckles until Marshall Neilan cast him in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, with his freckles uncovered (earlier producers had insisted that all subjects cover facial blemishes with grease paint).

Soon, Barry became a star in his own right, and 1920's Dinty put him over with great success. Later screen productions which served him as starring vehicles are School Days, Rags to Riches, Heroes of the Street, and Warner specials. He was eleven years old when he appeared opposite Mary Pickford in Daddy-Long-Legs, and later, in Cecil B. DeMille's Male and Female, opposite Gloria Swanson.

 Later life

Barry made some minor film appearances in sound movies through the 1930s, and his last film appearance was in Ladies' Day in 1943. In the 1940s, Barry became a director and producer of television and B-movies, such as The Steel Fist and Racing Blood. He directed his last film, The Jolly Genie, in 1963.

Barry may have been the one referred to as Wes Berry in Richard Dunlop's 1979 book Behind Japanese Lines: With the OSS in Burma, which stated that Berry delighted theatergoers as "Freckles" in the Our Gang comedies. Though no one by either name is known to have acted in the Our Gang comedies, the fact that Barry was a child actor of the right era and was known for his freckles suggests that Barry may have served in the Office of Strategic Services in Burma in 1944.

Barry died on April 11, 1994 in Fresno, California.


   1. "The Rookies" (assistant director) (1 episode, 1975)
          - The Shield (1975) TV episode (assistant director)
   2. Hijack (1973) (TV) (assistant director)
   3. The Rookies (1972) (TV) (assistant director)
   4. If Tomorrow Comes (1971) (TV) (assistant director)
      ... aka The Glass Hammer
   5. A Taste of Evil (1971) (TV) (first assistant director)
   6. The Last Child (1971) (TV) (assistant director)
      ... aka The Day They Took the Babies Away
   7. Five Desperate Women (1971) (TV) (assistant director)
   8. Yuma (1971) (TV) (assistant director) (as Wes Barry)
   9. Run, Simon, Run (1970) (TV) (assistant director)
      ... aka Savage Run
      ... aka The Tradition of Simon Zuniga
  10. The Love War (1970) (TV) (assistant director)
  11. Carter's Army (1970) (TV) (assistant director) (as Wes Barry)
      ... aka Black Brigade

  12. The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969) (TV) (assistant director) (as Wes Barry)
  13. The Monk (1969) (TV) (assistant director)
  14. The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969) (TV) (assistant director) (as Wes Barry)
  15. "The New People" (assistant director) (1 episode, 1969)
          - Episode #1.0 (1969) TV episode (assistant director)
  16. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) (assistant director) (as Wes Barry)
  17. "O.K. Crackerby!" (associate director) (4 episodes, 1965)
          - Who Was That Lady You Saw Me With? (1965) TV episode (associate director)
          - The Saint John Raid (1965) TV episode (associate director)
          - Crackerby's Tutor (1965) TV episode (associate director)
          - Crackerby for Treasurer (1965) TV episode (associate director)
  18. "Lassie" (assistant director) (15 episodes, 1962-1964)
      ... aka "Jeff's Collie" (USA)
      ... aka "Timmy and Lassie" (USA: syndication title)
          - The Wayfarers: Part 1 (1964) TV episode (assistant director)
          - Lassie Counts Sheep (1964) TV episode (assistant director)
          - The Disappearance: Part 5 (1964) TV episode (assistant director)
          - The Disappearance: Part 4 (1964) TV episode (assistant director)
          - The Disappearance: Part 3 (1964) TV episode (assistant director)
            (10 more)

  19. Ghost Chasers (1951) (assistant director)
  20. Navy Bound (1951) (assistant director)
  21. Rhythm Inn (1951) (assistant director)
  22. Call of the Klondike (1950) (assistant director)
  23. Big Timber (1950) (assistant director)
      ... aka Tall Timber
  24. A Modern Marriage (1950) (assistant director)
      ... aka Frigid Wife (USA: reissue title)
  25. Lucky Losers (1950) (assistant director) (uncredited)
      ... aka High Stakes (USA)
  26. Killer Shark (1950) (assistant director)
  27. Blue Grass of Kentucky (1950) (assistant director)

  28. The Wolf Hunters (1949) (assistant director)
  29. Black Midnight (1949) (assistant director)
  30. Trail of the Yukon (1949) (assistant director)
  31. Leave It to Henry (1949) (assistant director)
  32. Mississippi Rhythm (1949) (assistant director)
  33. The Sky Dragon (1949) (assistant director)
      ... aka Charlie Chan and the Sky Dragon (USA: review title)
  34. Tuna Clipper (1949) (assistant director)
  35. Kidnapped (1948) (assistant director)
  36. Smugglers' Cove (1948) (assistant director) (uncredited)
  37. The Golden Eye (1948) (assistant director)
      ... aka Charlie Chan and the Golden Eye (USA: poster title)
  38. The Shanghai Chest (1948) (assistant director)
  39. Jinx Money (1948) (assistant director) (uncredited)
  40. Angels' Alley (1948) (assistant director) (uncredited)
  41. Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948) (assistant director)
      ... aka Fighting Mad (USA: review title)
  42. Song of My Heart (1948) (assistant director)
  43. Rocky (1948) (assistant director) (as Wes Barry)
  44. Ridin' Down the Trail (1947) (assistant director)
  45. Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947) (assistant director)
      ... aka The Knockout
  46. News Hounds (1947) (assistant director) (uncredited)
  47. Buffalo Bill Rides Again (1947) (assistant director)
  48. Queen of the Amazons (1947) (assistant director)
  49. Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1946) (assistant director) (uncredited)
  50. Mr. Hex (1946) (assistant director) (uncredited)
  51. Dangerous Money (1946) (assistant director)
      ... aka Charlie Chan in Dangerous Money

Actor:

    * 1940s
    * 1930s
    * 1920s
    * 1910s

   1. Ladies' Day (1943) (uncredited) .... Reporter

   2. Stunt Pilot (1939) .... Glenn
   3. Man About Town (1939) (uncredited) .... Messenger Boy
   4. Annabel Takes a Tour (1938) (uncredited) .... Bellhop
      ... aka Annabel Takes a Trip
   5. Spring Madness (1938) (uncredited) .... Dartmouth College Student
   6. Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938) .... 1st Sophomore
   7. The Mexicali Kid (1938) .... Mexicali Kid aka Jones
   8. Having Wonderful Time (1938) (uncredited) .... Camp Guest
      ... aka Having a Wonderful Time
   9. Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937) (uncredited) .... Delivery Boy
  10. Wild Money (1937) .... Orvil
  11. Pick a Star (1937) .... Assistant Director
      ... aka Movie Struck (USA: reissue title)
  12. Rich Relations (1937) .... Albert
  13. The Plough and the Stars (1936) .... Sniper
  14. Lady Be Careful (1936) .... Texas
  15. Let 'em Have It (1935) (uncredited) .... Walton
      ... aka False Faces (UK)
  16. Men of the Hour (1935) .... Dick Williams
  17. Night Life of the Gods (1935) .... Alfred Lambert, Jr.
  18. The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) .... Herbert 'Herbie' Somerby
  19. Enlighten Thy Daughter (1934) .... Wes
      ... aka Blind Fools (USA: reissue title)
  20. Get That Venus (1933) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
  21. Hell Bent for Frisco (1931) .... The Newsboy
  22. Don't Bite Your Dentist (1930) (uncredited)
  23. The Thoroughbred (1930) .... Tod Taylor
      ... aka Riding to Win (UK)
  24. Hot Curves (1930) .... Baseball Player
  25. Sunny Skies (1930) .... Sturrle

  26. Border Romance (1929) .... Victor Hamlin
  27. Innocents of Paris (1929) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
  28. Skyscraper (1928)
  29. Top Sergeant Mulligan (1928) .... Mickey Neilan
  30. In Old Kentucky (1927) .... 'Skippy' Lowry
  31. Wild Geese (1927) .... Martin Gare
  32. The Midshipman (1925) .... Ted Lawrence
  33. The Fighting Cub (1925) .... Thomas Patrick O'Toole
  34. My Home Town (1925)
  35. Battling Bunyan (1925) .... Battling Bunyan
  36. How McDougall Topped the Score (1924) .... McDougall Jnr
  37. His Own Law (1924) .... Buddy Emerson
  38. George Washington, Jr. (1924) .... George Belgrave (segment "George Washington Jr.")
  39. The Country Kid (1923) .... Ben Applegate
  40. The Printer's Devil (1923) .... Brick Hubbard
  41. Heroes of the Street (1922) .... Mickey Callahan
  42. Rags to Riches (1922) .... Marmaduke Clarke
      ... aka From Rags to Riches (copyright title)
  43. Penrod (1922) .... Penrod
  44. School Days (1921/II) .... Speck Brown
  45. The Lotus Eater (1921) .... Jocko
  46. Bits of Life (1921) .... Tom Levitt, a boy
  47. Stranger Than Fiction (1921) .... Freckles
  48. Bob Hampton of Placer (1921) .... Dick
  49. Dinty (1920) .... Dinty
  50. The County Fair (1920) .... Tommy Perkins
  51. The White Circle (1920) .... Ferd
  52. Go and Get It (1920) .... Dinty
  53. Don't Ever Marry (1920) .... Bellhop

  54. Male and Female (1919) .... Buttons - the boy
  55. A Woman of Pleasure (1919) .... Danny Thomas
  56. Her Kingdom of Dreams (1919) .... Office boy
  57. Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) (uncredited) .... Orphan Boy
  58. The Unpardonable Sin (1919) .... George Washington Sticker
  59. Johanna Enlists (1918) .... Johanna's Brother
  60. How Could You, Jean? (1918) .... Morley Child
  61. Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918) (uncredited) .... Amarilly's Brother
  62. The Fifth Boy (1917)
  63. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) (uncredited)
  64. Maybe Moonshine (1916)
  65. The Phoney Cannibal (1915) .... Mrs. Mum's son

Producer:

    * 1960s
    * 1950s

   1. The Creation of the Humanoids (1962) (producer)
      ... aka Revolt of the Humanoids

   2. Phantom Trails (1955) (producer)
   3. The Titled Tenderfoot (1955) (producer)
   4. Timber Country Trouble (1955) (associate producer)
   5. The Two Gun Teacher (1954) (producer)
   6. Trouble on the Trail (1954) (producer)
   7. Outlaw's Daughter (1954) (producer)
   8. Racing Blood (1954) (producer)
   9. Secret of Outlaw Flats (1953) (associate producer)
  10. Six Gun Decision (1953) (producer)
  11. Border City Rustlers (1953) (producer)
  12. Trail Blazers (1953) (producer)
  13. Behind Southern Lines (1952) (producer) (as Wesley E. Barry)
  14. The Ghost of Crossbones Canyon (1952) (producer)
  15. Yukon Gold (1952) (associate producer) (as Wesley E. Barry)
  16. Sea Tiger (1952) (producer)
  17. "Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" (associate producer) (1 episode, 1952)
          - Lumber Camp Story (1952) TV episode (associate producer) (as Wesley E. Barrry)
  18. The Steel Fist (1952) (producer)
  19. Navy Bound (1951) (associate producer)
  20. Sideshow (1950) (associate producer)

Director:

    * 1960s
    * 1950s

   1. The Jolly Genie (1963)
   2. The Creation of the Humanoids (1962)
      ... aka Revolt of the Humanoids

   3. Phantom Trails (1955)
   4. Outlaw's Daughter (1954)
   5. Racing Blood (1954)
   6. Secret of Outlaw Flats (1953)
   7. Trail Blazers (1953)
   8. "Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" (6 episodes, 1951-1952)
          - Lumber Camp Story (1952) TV episode (as Wesley E. Barry)
          - Wild White Horse (1952) TV episode (as Wesley E. Barry)
          - Ghost Rider (1952) TV episode
          - Vigilante Story (1952) TV episode (as Wesley E. Barry)
          - Schoolteacher Story (1952) TV episode (as Wesley E. Barry)
            (1 more)
   9. The Steel Fist (1952)

Production Manager:

    * 1950s
    * 1940s

   1. Born to the Saddle (1953) (production manager)
   2. Call of the Klondike (1950) (production manager)

   3. Alaska Patrol (1949) (production manager)
   4. Belle Starr's Daughter (1948) (production manager)

Miscellaneous Crew:

   1. Rhythm Inn (1951) (assistant to producer)
   2. Snow Dog (1950) (assistant to producer)
   3. Square Dance Katy (1950) (assistant to producer)

Writer:

    * 1960s
    * 1950s

   1. The Jolly Genie (1963) (writer)

   2. Racing Blood (1954) (story)

Self:

   1. The Voice of Hollywood No. 9 (1930) (uncredited) .... Himself

Archive Footage:

   1. Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939) .... Himself