Movie Star in Siler City!

This photo shows movie star Don "Red" Barry on a visit to the Elder Theater in Siler City. 21 May 1948

Donald Barry de Acosta, known as Red Barry, was an American film and television actor. He was nicknamed "Red" after appearing as the first Red Ryder in the highly successful 1940 film Adventures of Red Ryder. By the 1950s, Barry was a supporting actor in a number of western films and tv series.

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