Walter Barnes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 26, 1918
- Died
- Jan 6, 1998 (aged 79)
- Place of birth
- Rennert, North Carolina, USA
- Credits
- 71
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.
Known for
Filmography
North and South
1985TV
Benny Haven
Stingray
1985TV
Smokey Bites the Dust
1981Movie
Sheriff Turner
Walking Tall
1981TV
Bronco Billy
1980Movie
Sheriff Dix
The Sky Trap
1979Movie
Harry Shaughnessy
Every Which Way but Loose
1978Movie
Tank Murdock
The Young Runaways
1978Movie
Sgt. Abel
Pete's Dragon
1977Movie
Captain
Another Man, Another Chance
1977Movie
Foster
Day of the Animals
1977Movie
Ranger Tucker
Mackintosh and T.J.
1975Movie
Jim Webster
The Blue Knight
1975Movie
Personnel Officer
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975Movie
Sheriff Purdy
Kodiak
1974TV
Jack Capp
Hog Wild
1974Movie
Tobias
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973Movie
Sheriff Grady
Daddy's Deadly Darling
1973Movie
Doctor
High Plains Drifter
1973Movie
Sheriff Sam Shaw
Kung Fu
1972TV
Sheriff
Movin' On
1972Movie
Mr. Daniels
The Christian Licorice Store
1971Movie
P.C. Stayne
Alias Smith and Jones
1971TV
The Traveling Executioner
1970Movie
Sheriff
Coup D'Etat
1969Movie
(uncredited)
The Magnificent Tony Carrera
1969Movie
Barnes
The Moment to Kill
1968Movie
Bull
Garter Colt
1968Movie
General Droga
The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield
1968Movie
Fred Lancaster
Halleluja for Django
1967Movie
Key Jarrett / Clay Thomas
Liebesnächte in der Taiga
1967Movie
Jurij
The High Chaparral
1967TV
Bartender
Target Frankie
1967Movie
Col. O’Connor
Clint the Stranger
1967Movie
Walter Shannon
The Big Gundown
1967Movie
Brokston
Mission: Impossible
1966TV
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
1966Movie
Mac Haller
Duel at Sundown
1965Movie
Old McGow
Rampage at Apache Wells
1965Movie
Bill Campbell
Challenge of the Gladiator
1965Movie
Nero
Frontier Hellcat
1964Movie
Martin Baumann Sr.
Apache Gold
1963Movie
Bill Jones
Revenge of the Musketeers
1963Movie
Porthos
Slave Girls of Sheba
1963Movie
Friar Metachini
Captain Sindbad
1963Movie
Rolf
Sign of Zorro
1963Movie
Mario
Avenger of the Seven Seas
1962Movie
Van Artz
The Adventures of Mary Read
1961Movie
Captain Poof
Romulus and the Sabines
1961Movie
Stilicone
Drakut the Avenger
1961Movie
Nicolas
The Secret of the Blue Men
1961Movie
Matthias
The Secret of the Black Falcon
1961Movie
Calico Jack
Robin Hood and the Pirates
1960Movie
Guercio / Orbo
Under Ten Flags
1960Movie
Bonanza
1959TV
Will Griner
Tales of the Vikings
1959TV
Westbound
1959Movie
Willis - Stage Depot Cook
Rio Bravo
1959Movie
Charlie (uncredited)
Revolt in the Big House
1958Movie
Guard Capt. Starkey
Bat Masterson
1958TV
Paulson
Bronco
1958TV
Oregon Passage
1957Movie
Sgt. Jed Erschick
Maverick
1957TV
First Outlaw
Sugarfoot
1957TV
Hefferman
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957TV
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957TV
Herbie Sanford
Cheyenne
1955TV
Gunsmoke
1955TV
O' Dell, Haney, Burke
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Sheriff Purdy
Letter to Loretta
1953TV
Casey
Action in the Afternoon
1953TV