Name
Walter Barnes
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1918-01-26
Deathday
1998-01-06 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Rennert, North Carolina, USA
Biography
Walter Lee Barnes was an American football guard and actor who played in National Football League (NFL) for four seasons. He played in the (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles and in college at Louisiana State University. Barnes was an actor in both American and European films. He appeared in several films with John Wayne, Lex Barker, and Clint Eastwood.
Barnes entered acting after appearing several times on The Eagles Nest, a local Philadelphia television show. WCAU television placed him on several local shows. His contacts with Walt Silver, a producer for Warner Bros. Television, led him into several appearances on television and films. Some of his more notable appearances included Bronco, Gunsmoke, Cheyenne, Bonanza, Have Gun – Will Travel and Death Valley Days. John Wayne got him a small role as Charlie the Bartender in Rio Bravo.
Tiring of small roles and seeing opportunities overseas, Barnes was one of the many American actors who moved to Italy in the early 1960s. Kirk Douglas recommended him for a role in his The Vikings television spinoff Tales of the Vikings that was filmed for Douglas's production company in Germany. From 1960 to 1969, he was first active in pirate movies, then Karl May film adaptations and Spaghetti Westerns.
Barnes returned to the United States in 1969 and appeared in more films and television series, which included The High Chaparral. His friendship with Clint Eastwood on Rawhide later led him to several roles in Eastwood's films. He retired from acting in 1987 and became increasingly ill due to his diabetes. He was the father of German former actress Lara Wendel, who was born Daniela Barnes.
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- 1963 Apache Gold as Bill Jones
- 1977 Pete's Dragon as Captain
- 1965 Challenge of the Gladiator as Nero
- 1962 Avenger of the Seven Seas as Van Artz
- 1973 High Plains Drifter as Sheriff Sam Shaw
- 1964 Frontier Hellcat as Martin Baumann Sr.
- 1966 Winnetou and the Crossbreed as Mac Haller
- 1981 Smokey Bites the Dust as Sheriff Turner
- 1970 The Traveling Executioner as Sheriff
- 1967 The Big Gundown as Brokston
- 1977 Day of the Animals as Ranger Tucker
- 1977 Another Man, Another Chance as Foster
- 1958 Revolt in the Big House as Guard Capt. Starkey
- 1965 Rampage at Apache Wells as Bill Campbell
- 1968 The Moment to Kill as Bull
- 1974 Hog Wild as Tobias
- 1968 Garter Colt as General Droga
- 1967 Halleluja for Django as Key Jarrett / Clay Thomas
- 1967 Target Frankie as Col. O’Connor
- 1972 Movin' On as Mr. Daniels
- 1968 The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield as Fred Lancaster
- 1973 Cahill: United States Marshal as Sheriff Grady
- 1961 Drakut the Avenger as Nicolas
- 1969 The Magnificent Tony Carrera as Barnes
- 1975 The Blue Knight as Personnel Officer
- 1978 Every Which Way but Loose as Tank Murdock
- 1963 Revenge of the Musketeers as Porthos
- 1961 The Adventures of Mary Read as Captain Poof
- 1961 The Secret of the Blue Men as Matthias
- 1960 Robin Hood and the Pirates as Guercio / Orbo
- 1959 Rio Bravo as Charlie (uncredited)
- 1973 Daddy's Deadly Darling as Doctor
- 1957 Oregon Passage as Sgt. Jed Erschick
- 1980 Bronco Billy as Sheriff Dix
- 1963 Sign of Zorro as Mario
- 1965 Duel at Sundown as Old McGow
- 1961 Romulus and the Sabines as Stilicone
- 1967 Liebesnächte in der Taiga as Jurij
- 1961 The Secret of the Black Falcon as Calico Jack
- 1959 Westbound as Willis - Stage Depot Cook
- 1967 Clint the Stranger as Walter Shannon
- 1969 Coup D'Etat as (uncredited)
- 1978 The Young Runaways as Sgt. Abel
- 1975 Mackintosh and T.J. as Jim Webster
- 1963 Slave Girls of Sheba as Friar Metachini
- 1975 Escape to Witch Mountain as Sheriff Purdy
- 1971 The Christian Licorice Store as P.C. Stayne
- 1979 The Sky Trap as Harry Shaughnessy
- 1963 Captain Sindbad as Rolf
- 1960 Under Ten Flags
- 1955 Cheyenne ( 2 episodes )
- 1972 Kung Fu ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff
- 1971 Alias Smith and Jones ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as O' Dell
- 1966 Mission: Impossible ( 2 episodes )
- 1985 Stingray ( 1 episode )
- 1953 Action in the Afternoon ( 76 episodes )
- 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel ( 1 episode )
- 1967 The High Chaparral ( 1 episode ) as Bartender
- 1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective ( 1 episode ) as Herbie Sanford
- 1958 Bronco ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Sugarfoot ( 1 episode ) as Hefferman
- 1958 Bat Masterson ( 1 episode ) as Paulson
- 1959 Tales of the Vikings ( 39 episodes )
- 1953 Letter to Loretta ( 1 episode ) as Casey
- 1981 Walking Tall ( 7 episodes )
- 1985 North and South ( 2 episodes ) as Benny Haven
- 1957 Maverick ( 1 episode ) as First Outlaw
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Haney
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Burke
- 1974 Kodiak ( 1 episode ) as Jack Capp
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Will Griner
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Purdy
