Acting
Walter Barnes
Born Jan 26, 1918 · Rennert, North Carolina, USA · Died Jan 6, 1998
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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Acting
North and South
1985
Drama · War & Politics
Stingray
1985
Drama · Action & Adventure
Smokey Bites the Dust
1981
Action · Comedy · Romance
Walking Tall
1981
Drama
Bronco Billy
1980
Drama · Romance · Comedy
The Sky Trap
1979
Crime · Adventure · Family
Every Which Way but Loose
1978
Comedy · Adventure · Action
The Young Runaways
1978
Adventure · Drama · Family
Pete's Dragon
1977
Fantasy · Animation · Comedy
Another Man, Another Chance
1977
Drama · Romance · Western
Day of the Animals
1977
Science Fiction · Horror
Mackintosh and T.J.
1975
Western · Drama
The Blue Knight
1975
Crime · Drama · TV Movie
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
Adventure · Fantasy · Science Fiction
Kodiak
1974
Drama
Hog Wild
1974
Drama · Family
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
Drama · Western
Daddy's Deadly Darling
1973
Horror
High Plains Drifter
1973
Western · Drama · Mystery
Kung Fu
1972
Action & Adventure · Drama · Western
Movin' On
1972
Drama · TV Movie
The Christian Licorice Store
1971
Comedy · Drama
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Western · Crime
The Traveling Executioner
1970
Comedy · Drama · Western
Coup D'Etat
1969
Comedy · Drama · Science Fiction
The Magnificent Tony Carrera
1969
Crime · Action
The Moment to Kill
1968
Western
Garter Colt
1968
Drama · Action · Western
The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield
1968
Action · Crime · Thriller
Halleluja for Django
1967
Western
Liebesnächte in der Taiga
1967
Adventure
The High Chaparral
1967
Western · Drama
Target Frankie
1967
Action · Adventure · Crime
Clint the Stranger
1967
Western
The Big Gundown
1967
Western
Mission: Impossible
1966
Action & Adventure · Crime · Drama
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
1966
Adventure · Western
Duel at Sundown
1965
Western
Rampage at Apache Wells
1965
Adventure · Western
Challenge of the Gladiator
1965
History · Action · Adventure
Frontier Hellcat
1964
Adventure · Western
Apache Gold
1963
Western · Adventure
Slave Girls of Sheba
1963
Adventure · Drama
Captain Sindbad
1963
Fantasy · Adventure
Sign of Zorro
1963
Western · Adventure
Avenger of the Seven Seas
1962
Adventure · Crime · Drama
The Adventures of Mary Read
1961
Adventure · Drama · Action
Romulus and the Sabines
1961
Adventure
Drakut the Avenger
1961
Adventure
The Secret of the Blue Men
1961
Adventure
The Secret of the Black Falcon
1961
Adventure
Robin Hood and the Pirates
1960
Adventure · Action
Under Ten Flags
1960
History · War
Bonanza
1959
Western · Action & Adventure · Drama
Westbound
1959
Western
Rio Bravo
1959
Western · Drama
Revolt in the Big House
1958
Crime
Bat Masterson
1958
Western · Drama
Bronco
1958
Western
Oregon Passage
1957
Western
Maverick
1957
Comedy · Western
Sugarfoot
1957
Western
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Western · Action & Adventure · Drama
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
Crime · Drama · Action & Adventure
Cheyenne
1955
Western · Drama
Gunsmoke
1955
Western · Action & Adventure · Drama
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Action & Adventure · Animation · Documentary
Letter to Loretta
1953
Drama