Barry Tubb

At 61 years old, Barry Tubb has this physical status:

Barry York Tubb (born February 13, 1963) is an American actor and producer.

Between 1983 and 2014, he has worked in both television and film.

Early life

In 1963, Tubb was born in Snyder, Texas. He won the state bull-riding championship at age 15 (junior division). He began training in San Francisco after graduating from Snyder High School in 1981. Tubb came from Hollywood in the mid-80s to begin his film- and television appearances.

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Career

He appeared on the short-lived baseball ensemble Bay City Blues and later on, he played a regular role as a rookie police officer on Hill Street Blues. He played a timid homosexual boy who comes out to his parents in Consenting Adult and a wealthy corporate upstart involved in the murder of Billionaire Boys Club. Jasper Fant played Jasper Fant in the epic Westerns Lonesome Dove and its sequel Return to Lonesome Dove in 1993, which were partly set in his hometown Texas.

Moving on to film, Barry accepted supporting roles in Mask, The Legend of Billie Jean, and Top Gun's Wolfman. 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 had a run of 164 performances. He appeared in the drama Warm Summer Rain opposite Kelly Lynch the next year. Barry converted to independent filming and other pursuits outside of Hollywood. He rode in a Wild West show in 1991 and rode in France. The Cowboys and Indians low-budget thriller Blood Trail, which resulted in no major offers for publication, was written, produced, and co-wrote by Barry.

Tubb produced the family film Grand Champion in 2002 about a young boy who raises a prize-winning steer and struggles to save it from the slaughterhouse. He shot the film in Snyder, Texas, where he grew up.

Tubb has attended the American Cowboy Culture Association's annual National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration in Lubbock, Texas, each September.

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