He is the son of professional wrestler Bob Orton, brother of professional wrestler Bob Orton Junior., and uncle of professional wrestler Randy Orton. Orton was born in Amarillo, Texas, the son of professional wrestler Bob Orton and his wife Rita.
Orton made his pro wrestling debut in 1976. During his career in wrestling he competed in the World Wildlife Fund (1984-1988), ICW, WOW, the NWA, the IWF and Stampede Wrestling (where, while appearing as the masked Zodiac, he managed Jason the Terrible) he was mainly used as an enhancement talent. In 1992 Barry"s wrestling career pretty much came to an education
Although he was not employed by the World Wildlife Fund at the time, he was a key figure in the sex scandal that was filed against the company.
According to Barry, in 1978 on a trip between shows while employed by a faction of NWA, Barry was traveling with a booker for the company, Terry Garvin. While on the drive Garvin repeatedly would ask to perform oral sex on him, claims Barry.
Offers that were repeatedly refused. At the time Barry didn"t speak up about the incident and didn"t give it much more thought.
However when stories later broke that Terry Garvin (who went onto work for the World Wildlife Fund front office) was involved in sexually harassing young ring boys working for the World Wildlife Fund, Barry came forward with his own story to back up the claims made against Garvin.
Barry also brought up hearing from another ring boy while he was still employed by the World Wildlife Fund. According to Barry the boy claimed that Garvin was doing things to make the boy uncomfortable. In 1992 Barry also appeared on The Philosophy Donahue Show along with Superstar Billy Graham, Bruno Sammartino and others to voice their concern about sexual harassment in the wrestling industry. Because of his vocal opinions against the World Wildlife Fund and the sexual harassment that is involved, he became blacklisted in the wrestling world.
Some were instructed not to talk to him, while many others were just afraid to
Barry even started going by a different name, Barrymore Barlow. In the 1990s, Orton made a transition from wrestling into movies, starring in minor roles.
Finishing moves
Falling Star (DDT)
Managers
Izzy Slapawitz
International Championship Wrestling
ICW Southeastern Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Bob Orton Junior.
Interwest Wrestling Federation
IWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Mid-States Championship Wrestling
MSCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Terry Orndorff
NWA Hollywood Wrestling
NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Héctor Guerrero
World Organized Wrestling
WOW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time).
Vince McMahon was also on the show to defend himself and the company.
