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person_profile-Walter Barnes

Walter Barnes Died at age: 79

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Walter Barnes

Date of Birth:

Jan 26, 1918

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jan 06, 1998

Biography of

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.

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Filmography of

Walter Barnes

Found 44 Movies in total

Smokey Bites the Dust

Sheriff Turner ( Actor )

... 1981

Bronco Billy

Sheriff Dix ( Actor )

... 1980

Power

Al Grove ( Actor )

... 1980

Every Which Way but Loose

Tank Murdock ( Actor )

... 1978

The Young Runaways

Sgt. Abel ( Actor )

... 1978

Pete's Dragon

Captain ( Actor )

... 1977

... 1977

Day of the Animals

Ranger Tucker ( Actor )

... 1977

Mackintosh and T.J.

Jim Webster ( Actor )

... 1975

The Blue Knight

Personnel Officer ( Actor )

... 1975

Escape to Witch Mountain

Sheriff Purdy ( Actor )

... 1975

Hog Wild

Tobias ( Actor )

... 1974

Cahill: United States Marshal

Sheriff Grady ( Actor )

... 1973

Daddy's Deadly Darling

Doctor ( Actor )

... 1973

High Plains Drifter

Sheriff Sam Shaw ( Actor )

... 1973

Movin' On

Mr. Daniels ( Actor )

... 1972

The Christian Licorice Store

P.C. Stayne ( Actor )

... 1971

The Traveling Executioner

Sheriff ( Actor )

... 1970

Coup D'Etat

(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1969

... 1969

The Moment to Kill

Bull ( Actor )

... 1968

Garter Colt

General Droga ( Actor )

... 1968

The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield

Fred Lancaster ( Actor )

... 1968

Halleluja for Django

Key Jarrett / Clay Thomas ( Actor )

... 1967

Target Frankie

Col. O’Connor ( Actor )

... 1967

Clint the Stranger

Walter Shannon ( Actor )

... 1967

The Big Gundown

Brokston ( Actor )

... 1967

Winnetou and the Crossbreed

Mac Haller ( Actor )

... 1966

Duel at Sundown

Old McGow ( Actor )

... 1965

Rampage at Apache Wells

Bill Campbell ( Actor )

... 1965

... 1965

Frontier Hellcat

Martin Baumann Sr. ( Actor )

... 1964

Apache Gold

Bill Jones ( Actor )

... 1963

Slave Girls of Sheba

Friar Metachini ( Actor )

... 1963

Avenger of the Seven Seas

Van Artz ( Actor )

... 1962

Queen of the Seas

Captain Poof ( Actor )

... 1961

Romulus and the Sabines

Stilicone ( Actor )

... 1961

The Secret of the Black Falcon

Calico Jack ( Actor )

... 1961

The Secret of the Blue Men

Matthias ( Actor )

... 1961

Robin Hood and the Pirates

Guercio / Orbo ( Actor )

... 1960

Westbound

Willis - Stage Depot Cook ( Actor )

... 1959

Rio Bravo

Charlie (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1959

Revolt in the Big House

Guard Capt. Starkey ( Actor )

... 1958

Oregon Passage

Sgt. Jed Erschick ( Actor )

... 1957