Ray Barrett

Actor May 2 (died age 82) Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 1955–2025 (70 year career)

5.7 avg rating

Biography

From IMDb: Ray Barrett studied music and elocution and began acting at the age of eleven. He was the first actor put under contract by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Drama section. He worked for several years on radio in Sydney, before working successfully in Britain between 1958 and the mid-1970s, when he returned to Australia. He has received two AFI (Australian Film Industry) awards as an actor.

Known For

Film

Australia

Ramsden

Film

Thunderbirds

John Tracy

Film

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

Farrell

Film

Faraway Downs

Ramsden

Film

Where the Green Ants Dream

Cole

Film

The Reptile

Harry George Spalding

Film

The Sundowners

Man at Pub / Two-Up Game (uncredited)

Film

Thunderbirds Are GO

John Tracy / The Hood (voice)

Filmography

Acting (93)

Movies (56)

Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City

2025

as John Tracy / The Hood (voice)

10.0

Mounting the Rescue

2009

as Self

Australia

as Ramsden

Visitors

as Bill Perry

After the Deluge

as Old Cliff

Dalkeith

2001

as Tarquin St John Smythe

In the Winter Dark

as Maurice Stubbs

Heaven's Burning

as Cam

Hotel de Love

as Jack Dunne

Brilliant Lies

as Brian Connor

Hotel Sorrento

as Wal Moynihan

Dad and Dave: On Our Selection

as Dwyer

No Worries

as Old Burkey

Waiting

as Frank

Blood Oath

as President of the Bench

As Time Goes By

as J.L. Weston

Contagion

as Bael

Frenchman's Farm

as Harry Benson

The Challenge

as Robert McCullough

Relatives

as Geoffrey

The Empty Beach

as MacLeary

Rebel

as Bubbles

Waterfront

as Sam Elliott

Where the Green Ants Dream

1984

as Cole

6.9

Aussie Assault

1984

as Narrator

Goodbye Paradise

as Michael Stacey

A Dangerous Summer

as F.C.O. Webster

Countdown to Disaster

1982

as John Tracy / U.S.N. Sentinel Commander / Compère / 1st Site Control Policeman (voice)

Thunderbirds in Outer Space

1981

as Colonel Harris / Colonel Benson / Rick O’Shea (voice)

Invaders from the Deep

1981

as Commander Sam Shore / Sub-Lieutenant John Horatio Fisher / King Titan / Various Characters (voice)

5.0

Thunderbirds to the Rescue

1980

as John Tracy / The Hood / Lieutenant Burroughs / Patterson (voice)

The Earthling

1980

as Parnell

6.2

The Incredible Voyage of Stingray

1980

as Commander Shore / Sub-Lieutenant Fisher / Titan (voice)

6.0

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

as Farrell

No Room to Run

as Jack Deakin

Don's Party

as Mal

Let the Balloon Go

as Dr. McLeod

The Hostages

1975

as Joe Blake

The Amorous Milkman

1975

as John

1.0

Little Laura and Big John

as Cates

Revenge

as Harry

Just Like a Woman

as Australian

The Reptile

as Harry George Spalding

6.0

Thunderbirds Are GO

1966

as John Tracy / The Hood (voice)

6.3

Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City

1965

as USS, Sentinel Commander/Policeman - Site Control/TV Compere (voice)

8.0

Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky

1965

as John Tracy/The Hood/Alan Tracy/Fireflash Co-Pilot/Assistant Controller/Harris/TX 204 Pilot (voice)

Doctor Who: The Rescue

1965

as Bennett / Koquillion

6.4

Jackals in the Desert

Valley of the Kings

80,000 Suspects

as Health Inspector Bennett

To Have and to Hold

as Henry Fraser

Time to Remember

as Sammy

Jigsaw

as Sgt Gorman

Touch of Death

as Maxwell

The Sundowners

1960

as Man at Pub / Two-Up Game (uncredited)

6.7

The Desperate Women

1955

as Agent

Television (37)

Faraway Downs

2023

as Ramsden

6.8

Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes

2020

as John Tracy / The Hood (voice)

After the Deluge

as Old Cliff Kirby

White Collar Blue

as Barry Hill

Something in the Air

as Len Taylor

Bordertown

as Colonel Forsythe

The Flying Doctors

as Frank Watson

The Challenge

as Robert McCullough

The Timeless Land

1980

as Gov. Bligh

Golden Soak

1979

as Alec Hamilton

6.5

The Outsiders (AU) -1976

1976

The Outsiders

1976

as Harry Jarrett

Churchill's People

1974

as Leo Hennessey

1.0

Colditz

1972

as Flt. Lt. Jack Collins

7.3

Till Death Us Do Part

1966

as Self

7.4

The Spies

1966

as Walker

BBC Play of the Month

as Knight

The Troubleshooters

as Peter Thornton

Public Eye

as Melville Hayden-Peters

Thunderbirds

as John Tracy

Thunderbirds

as Deborah, Duchess of Royston / Brophy / Fireflash Co-Pilot / Percy's Friend (voice)

Gideon's Way

as Robert Carne

Stingray

as Commander Sam Shore (voice)

The Saint

as Willie Kinsall

Out of This World

as Dr Alan Whint

Man of the World

as Charlie West

The Scales of Justice

as Bert West

The Avengers

as Strong

Ghost Squad

Drama 61-67

as Simpson

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960

as Detective-Sergeant Cullen

No Hiding Place

1959

3.7

Educating Archie

1958

as Ray

Emergency: Ward 10

1957

5.3

The Adventures of Long John Silver

Armchair Theatre

as Donnie

Dixon of Dock Green

as Phil Burgh