Walter Barnes
50 movies · 21 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 26, 1918
- Died
- Jan 6, 1998 (age 79)
- 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.
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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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Known for
Walter Barnes: movies and TV shows
Acting (71)
- 1985
- 1985
- 1981 Smokey Bites the Dust
as Sheriff Turner
- 1981
- 1980 Bronco Billy
as Sheriff Dix
- 1979 The Sky Trap
as Harry Shaughnessy
- 1978 Every Which Way but Loose
as Tank Murdock
- 1978 The Young Runaways
as Sgt. Abel
- 1977 Pete's Dragon
as Captain
- 1977 Another Man, Another Chance
as Foster
- 1977 Day of the Animals
as Ranger Tucker
- 1975 Mackintosh and T.J.
as Jim Webster
- 1975 The Blue Knight
as Personnel Officer
- 1975 Escape to Witch Mountain
as Sheriff Purdy
- 1974
- 1974 Hog Wild
as Tobias
- 1973 Cahill: United States Marshal
as Sheriff Grady
- 1973 Daddy's Deadly Darling
as Doctor
- 1973 High Plains Drifter
as Sheriff Sam Shaw
- 1972
- 1972 Movin' On
as Mr. Daniels
- 1971 The Christian Licorice Store
as P.C. Stayne
- 1971
- 1970 The Traveling Executioner
as Sheriff
- 1969 Coup D'Etat
as (uncredited)
- 1969 The Magnificent Tony Carrera
as Barnes
- 1968 The Moment to Kill
as Bull
- 1968 Garter Colt
as General Droga
- 1968 The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield
as Fred Lancaster
- 1967 Halleluja for Django
as Key Jarrett / Clay Thomas
- 1967 Liebesnächte in der Taiga
as Jurij
- 1967
- 1967 Target Frankie
as Col. O’Connor
- 1967 Clint the Stranger
as Walter Shannon
- 1967 The Big Gundown
as Brokston
- 1966
- 1966 Winnetou and the Crossbreed
as Mac Haller
- 1965 Duel at Sundown
as Old McGow
- 1965 Rampage at Apache Wells
as Bill Campbell
- 1965 Challenge of the Gladiator
as Nero
- 1964 Frontier Hellcat
as Martin Baumann Sr.
- 1963 Apache Gold
as Bill Jones
- 1963 Revenge of the Musketeers
as Porthos
- 1963 Slave Girls of Sheba
as Friar Metachini
- 1963 Captain Sindbad
as Rolf
- 1963 Sign of Zorro
as Mario
- 1962 Avenger of the Seven Seas
as Van Artz
- 1961 The Adventures of Mary Read
as Captain Poof
- 1961 Romulus and the Sabines
as Stilicone
- 1961 Drakut the Avenger
as Nicolas
- 1961 The Secret of the Blue Men
as Matthias
- 1961 The Secret of the Black Falcon
as Calico Jack
- 1960 Robin Hood and the Pirates
as Guercio / Orbo
- 1960
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 Westbound
as Willis - Stage Depot Cook
- 1959 Rio Bravo
as Charlie (uncredited)
- 1958 Revolt in the Big House
as Guard Capt. Starkey
- 1958
- 1958
- 1957 Oregon Passage
as Sgt. Jed Erschick
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1955
- 1955
- 1954
- 1953
- 1953