Walter Barnes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 26, 1918
- Died
- January 6, 1998 (aged 79)
- Birthplace
- 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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Filmography
Stingray
TV · 1 ep
North and South
TV · as Benny Haven · 2 eps
Smokey Bites the Dust
Movie · as Sheriff Turner
Walking Tall
TV · 7 eps
Bronco Billy
Movie · as Sheriff Dix
The Sky Trap
Movie · as Harry Shaughnessy
Every Which Way but Loose
Movie · as Tank Murdock
The Young Runaways
Movie · as Sgt. Abel
Pete's Dragon
Movie · as Captain
Day of the Animals
Movie · as Ranger Tucker
Another Man, Another Chance
Movie · as Foster
The Blue Knight
Movie · as Personnel Officer
Mackintosh and T.J.
Movie · as Jim Webster
Escape to Witch Mountain
Movie · as Sheriff Purdy
Hog Wild
Movie · as Tobias
Kodiak
TV · as Jack Capp · 1 ep
High Plains Drifter
Movie · as Sheriff Sam Shaw
Cahill: United States Marshal
Movie · as Sheriff Grady
Daddy's Deadly Darling
Movie · as Doctor
Movin' On
Movie · as Mr. Daniels
Kung Fu
TV · as Sheriff · 1 ep
The Christian Licorice Store
Movie · as P.C. Stayne
Alias Smith and Jones
TV · 1 ep
The Traveling Executioner
Movie · as Sheriff
The Magnificent Tony Carrera
Movie · as Barnes
Coup D'Etat
Movie · as (uncredited)
The Moment to Kill
Movie · as Bull
Garter Colt
Movie · as General Droga
The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield
Movie · as Fred Lancaster
The Big Gundown
Movie · as Brokston
Halleluja for Django
Movie · as Key Jarrett / Clay Thomas
Target Frankie
Movie · as Col. O’Connor
Liebesnächte in der Taiga
Movie · as Jurij
Clint the Stranger
Movie · as Walter Shannon
The High Chaparral
TV · as Bartender · 1 ep
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
Movie · as Mac Haller
Mission: Impossible
TV · 2 eps
Challenge of the Gladiator
Movie · as Nero
Rampage at Apache Wells
Movie · as Bill Campbell
Duel at Sundown
Movie · as Old McGow
Frontier Hellcat
Movie · as Martin Baumann Sr.
Apache Gold
Movie · as Bill Jones
Revenge of the Musketeers
Movie · as Porthos
Sign of Zorro
Movie · as Mario
Slave Girls of Sheba
Movie · as Friar Metachini
Captain Sindbad
Movie · as Rolf
Avenger of the Seven Seas
Movie · as Van Artz
Drakut the Avenger
Movie · as Nicolas
The Adventures of Mary Read
Movie · as Captain Poof
The Secret of the Blue Men
Movie · as Matthias
Romulus and the Sabines
Movie · as Stilicone
The Secret of the Black Falcon
Movie · as Calico Jack
Robin Hood and the Pirates
Movie · as Guercio / Orbo
Under Ten Flags
Movie
Rio Bravo
Movie · as Charlie (uncredited)
Westbound
Movie · as Willis - Stage Depot Cook
Tales of the Vikings
TV · 39 eps
Bonanza
TV · as Will Griner · 1 ep
Revolt in the Big House
Movie · as Guard Capt. Starkey
Bronco
TV · 1 ep
Bat Masterson
TV · as Paulson · 1 ep
Oregon Passage
Movie · as Sgt. Jed Erschick
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · 1 ep
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV · as Herbie Sanford · 1 ep
Sugarfoot
TV · as Hefferman · 1 ep
Maverick
TV · as First Outlaw · 1 ep
Cheyenne
TV · 2 eps
Gunsmoke
TV · as O' Dell, Haney, Burke · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Sheriff Purdy · 1 ep
Action in the Afternoon
TV · 76 eps
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Casey · 1 ep