Barry Tubb
Born (1963-02-13) February 13, 1963
Snyder, Texas
Occupation(s)Actor, writer
Years active1983–2014
Notable workTop Gun
Bay City Blues
Hill Street Blues
The Legend of Billie Jean
Lonesome Dove
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Barry York Tubb (born February 13, 1963) is an American actor and director. He has worked in both television and film between 1983 and 2014.

Early life

Tubb was born in Snyder, Texas, in 1963. He won the state bull-riding championship at age 15 (junior division). After graduating from Snyder High School in 1981, he began stage training in San Francisco. Tubb moved to Hollywood in the mid '80s to begin his screen- and television-acting career.

Career

He earned a regular role on the short-lived baseball ensemble series Bay City Blues and later a recurring role as a rookie police officer on Hill Street Blues. He played a shy homosexual boy who comes out to his parents in Consenting Adult, and a wealthy corporate upstart involved in murder in Billionaire Boys Club. Barry's most popular television role was that of Jasper Fant in the epic Westerns Lonesome Dove and its sequel Return to Lonesome Dove in 1993, which were partly set in his native Texas.

Moving on to film, Barry accepted supporting roles in Mask, The Legend of Billie Jean, and as Wolfman in Top Gun. In 1988, he co-starred with Mary Tyler Moore and Lynn Redgrave in the Broadway production of Sweet Sue, in which he appeared nude, and which had a run of 164 performances. The following year, he appeared in the drama Warm Summer Rain opposite Kelly Lynch. Barry turned to independent filming and other interests outside of Hollywood. In 1991, he moved to France and rode in a Wild West show. Barry starred, directed, produced, and co-wrote the Cowboys and Indians low-budget thriller Blood Trail which led to no major offers for distribution.

In 2002, Tubb directed the family film Grand Champion about the exploits a young boy who raises a prize-winning steer and struggles to save it from the slaughterhouse. He shot the film in his own hometown of Snyder, Texas.

Tubb has participated in gatherings of the American Cowboy Culture Association, which holds the annual National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration each September in Lubbock, Texas.[1]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1983 Christine Football Player Uncredited
1983 Bay City Blues Mickey Wagner 6 episodes
1984 Hill Street Blues Officer Archie Pizer 4 episodes
1985 Consenting Adult Jeff Lynd TV movie
1985 Mask Dewey
1985 The Legend of Billie Jean Hubie Pyatt
1986 Top Gun Wolfman
1986 American Playhouse Episode: "The Wide Net"[2]
1987 Billionaire Boys Club Todd Melbourne 2 episodes
1989 Warm Summer Rain Guy
1989 Lonesome Dove Jasper Fant
1989 Valentino Returns[3] Wayne Gibbs
1990 Without Her Consent Trey Cousins TV movie
1991 Guilty by Suspicion Jerry Cooper
1993 Return to Lonesome Dove Jasper Fant 4 episodes
1997 Blood Trail Film Director, Writer, Film Producer
1999 The Big Day Tuff
2001 American Outlaws Captain Malcolm
2002 Grand Champion Dr. Alfred / Jesse James Davis Film Director, Writer, Film Producer
2004 Danger Zone: The Making of 'Top Gun' Himself
2005 Blood Trail Need Hawks
2005 Truce AD
2005 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada A.L.
2008 Clown Hunt Gene
2009 Baghdad Texas Seth
2009 Temple Grandin Randy TV movie
2009-2011 Friday Night Lights Tom Cafferty
2010 Dance with the One Roy
2011 The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy Sheriff Michaels
2011 Javelina Tex
2013 Dear Sidewalk Jim
2013-2014 Revolution Malcolm Dove 4 episodes
2014 Two Step Horace
2014 Deliverance Creek Jeb Crawford TV movie

References

  1. ↑ "National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration, Inc. (Lubbock, Texas)". cowboy.org. Archived from the original on 2013-08-26. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
  2. ↑ Hollywood.com Staff (2015-02-05). "The Wide Net | TV Series | 1986". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  3. ↑ "Valentino Returns (1988) - Peter Hoffman | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
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