Walter Barnes
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.
Fotos
Películas (50)
Smokey Bites the Dust
1981 · Sheriff Turner
Bronco Billy
1980 · Sheriff Dix
The Sky Trap
1979 · Harry Shaughnessy
Every Which Way but Loose
1978 · Tank Murdock
The Young Runaways
1978 · Sgt. Abel
Pete's Dragon
1977 · Captain
Another Man, Another Chance
1977 · Foster
Day of the Animals
1977 · Ranger Tucker
Mackintosh and T.J.
1975 · Jim Webster
The Blue Knight
1975 · Personnel Officer
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975 · Sheriff Purdy
Hog Wild
1974 · Tobias
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973 · Sheriff Grady
Daddy's Deadly Darling
1973 · Doctor
High Plains Drifter
1973 · Sheriff Sam Shaw
Movin' On
1972 · Mr. Daniels
The Christian Licorice Store
1971 · P.C. Stayne
The Traveling Executioner
1970 · Sheriff
Coup D'Etat
1969 · (uncredited)
The Magnificent Tony Carrera
1969 · Barnes
The Moment to Kill
1968 · Bull
Garter Colt
1968 · General Droga
The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield
1968 · Fred Lancaster
Halleluja for Django
1967 · Key Jarrett / Clay Thomas
Liebesnächte in der Taiga
1967 · Jurij
Target Frankie
1967 · Col. O’Connor
Clint the Stranger
1967 · Walter Shannon
The Big Gundown
1967 · Brokston
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
1966 · Mac Haller
Duel at Sundown
1965 · Old McGow
Rampage at Apache Wells
1965 · Bill Campbell
Challenge of the Gladiator
1965 · Nero
Frontier Hellcat
1964 · Martin Baumann Sr.
Apache Gold
1963 · Bill Jones
Revenge of the Musketeers
1963 · Porthos
Slave Girls of Sheba
1963 · Friar Metachini
Captain Sindbad
1963 · Rolf
Sign of Zorro
1963 · Mario
Avenger of the Seven Seas
1962 · Van Artz
The Adventures of Mary Read
1961 · Captain Poof
Romulus and the Sabines
1961 · Stilicone
Drakut the Avenger
1961 · Nicolas
The Secret of the Blue Men
1961 · Matthias
The Secret of the Black Falcon
1961 · Calico Jack
Robin Hood and the Pirates
1960 · Guercio / Orbo
Under Ten Flags
1960
Westbound
1959 · Willis - Stage Depot Cook
Rio Bravo
1959 · Charlie (uncredited)
Revolt in the Big House
1958 · Guard Capt. Starkey
Oregon Passage
1957 · Sgt. Jed Erschick
Series (21)
North and South
1985 · Benny Haven
Stingray
1985
Walking Tall
1981
Kodiak
1974 · Jack Capp
Kung Fu
1972 · Sheriff
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The High Chaparral
1967 · Bartender
Mission: Impossible
1966
Bonanza
1959 · Will Griner
Tales of the Vikings
1959
Bat Masterson
1958 · Paulson
Bronco
1958
Maverick
1957 · First Outlaw
Sugarfoot
1957 · Hefferman
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 · Herbie Sanford
Cheyenne
1955
Gunsmoke
1955 · O' Dell, Haney, Burke
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Sheriff Purdy
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Casey
Action in the Afternoon
1953