Mr. Barry, a sprightly little man, played in the Theater Guild's 1946 revival of He Who Gets Slapped and had a featured role in Burlesque with Bert Lahr.

Mr. Barry first appeared on stage with his father, Billy, in the popular Barry and Faye vaudeville act. In his teens, he played in Hogan's Alley with such success that he attracted George M. Cohan. He was one of the original "bad boys" in Foxy Grandpa and took over Mr. Cohan's role on a road tour.

By 1905, Mr. Barry was in Little Johnny Jones and The Governor's Son and four years later in Knight for a Day. He toured Australia in 1911 with The Girl in the Taxi. Then he played a legnthy spell in the Columbia Wheel, a vaudeville circuit.

Mr. Barry's longest run on Broadway, began in 1938 with Hellzapoppin'. The Barry family in show business included his brothers Billy and Frank and his sisters Emily and Lydia. There were also another brother and a third sister.

He was one of the few entertainers who started on the legitimate stage and switched to burlesque. He did so in the face of strong opposition from other members of the family. Mr. Barry's explanation was simple: "It buys groceries."

He bought a lot with the proceeds of Fugle Street, a bit that became the hit of Maids of America (1916), a Columbia Wheel show.

Fugle Street later aided Abbott and Costello and Joey Faye in moving ahead in show business. For six years Bobby Barry also played a boob caracter in vaudeville with enduring success.

Source: New York Times