Walter Barnes
Acting
Born 1918-01-26
Died 1998-01-06
Rennert, North Carolina, USA
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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
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Acting
50 credits
Bonanza
Maverick
Gunsmoke
The High Chaparral
Bat Masterson
North and South
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Sugarfoot
Rio Bravo
High Plains Drifter
The Wonderful World of Disney
Every Which Way but Loose
Pete's Dragon
Apache Gold
Kodiak
Bronco Billy
Letter to Loretta
Escape to Witch Mountain
Cahill: United States Marshal
Rampage at Apache Wells
Frontier Hellcat
The Big Gundown
The Blue Knight
Another Man, Another Chance
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
Westbound
The Traveling Executioner
Captain Sindbad
Hog Wild
Day of the Animals
Romulus and the Sabines
The Young Runaways
Slave Girls of Sheba
Avenger of the Seven Seas
Halleluja for Django
The Adventures of Mary Read
Smokey Bites the Dust
The Christian Licorice Store
Sign of Zorro
Daddy's Deadly Darling
Kung Fu
The Secret of the Black Falcon
The Moment to Kill
Liebesnächte in der Taiga
Target Frankie
Clint the Stranger
Mackintosh and T.J.
Robin Hood and the Pirates
The Secret of the Blue Men
Garter Colt
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Mission: Impossible
Have Gun, Will Travel
Cheyenne
Alias Smith and Jones
Bronco
Stingray
Tales of the Vikings
Walking Tall
Action in the Afternoon
Under Ten Flags
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