

"I think it connected with the dreams of a lot of people.
RECENT ACTOR DEATHS NOVEMBER 2015 MOVIE
Goodbye Pork Pie, the story of two aimless drifters who end up stealing a car and engaging in a wild car chase throughout Aotearoa, was one of New Zealand's first local-made movie hits, even sparking a remake in 2017. He considered himself an honorary Kiwi being the only Australian to feature on a NZ postage stamp for his role in Goodbye Pork Pie." "A fierce fighter for the underdog, working for indigenous rights and as part of rehabilitation programmes in the justice system and for the environment. "It is with a heavy heart that we farewell Tony Barry who died peacefully yesterday at Murwillumbah NSW after a long illness. Photo: Supplied / NZ Film CommissionĪustralian actor, "honorary Kiwi" and co-star of New Zealand film classic Goodbye Pork Pie Tony Barry has died at age 81.īarry played John, a hitch-hiker who ends up on a comic cross-country journey in the 1981 hit film.įilmmaker Dame Gaylene Preston wrote on Facebook of the actor's death yesterday.

Tony Barry, right, in a scene from Goodbye Pork Pie.
