Profiles of the Backyard Gang
The Backyard Gang are a racially diverse group of children who starred alongside Barney in the Barney & The Backyard Gang home video series, which originally ran from 1988 to 1991. The group of children served as Barney’s friends and companions throughout the series, participating in songs, games, and imaginative adventures in their backyard.
Members[]
- Michael (Brian Eppes) (known as Billy in the first draft)
- Amy (Becky Swonke) (known as Annie in the first draft)
- Tina (Jessica Zucha) (known as Cindy in the first draft; later rewritten as a Latina character)
- Luci (Leah Montes) (known as Sally in the first draft; later rewritten as a Latina character)
- Jason (Salim Grant) (appears only in the first trilogy of videos)
- Adam (Alexander Jhin) (appears in the first quad-trilogy of videos and the final trilogy of videos; absent in Campfire Sing-Along due to illness)
- Derek (replaces Jason in the final pentalogy of videos)
- Jeffrey (Jeffrey Lowe) (temporarily replaces Adam in Campfire Sing-Along)













