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.
Known For
Credits
- 1985 · North and South as Benny Haven
- 1985 · Stingray as
- 1981 · Smokey Bites the Dust as Sheriff Turner
- 1981 · Walking Tall as
- 1980 · Bronco Billy as Sheriff Dix
- 1980 · Power as Al Grove
- 1979 · The Sky Trap as Harry Shaughnessy
- 1978 · Every Which Way but Loose as Tank Murdock
- 1978 · The Young Runaways as Sgt. Abel
- 1977 · Pete's Dragon as Captain
- 1977 · Another Man, Another Chance as Foster
- 1977 · Day of the Animals as Ranger Tucker
- 1975 · Mackintosh and T.J. as Jim Webster
- 1975 · The Blue Knight as Personnel Officer
- 1975 · Escape to Witch Mountain as Sheriff Purdy
- 1974 · Kodiak as Jack Capp
- 1974 · Hog Wild as Tobias
- 1973 · Cahill: United States Marshal as Sheriff Grady
- 1973 · Daddy's Deadly Darling as Doctor
- 1973 · High Plains Drifter as Sheriff Sam Shaw
- 1972 · Kung Fu as
- 1972 · Movin' On as Mr. Daniels
- 1971 · The Christian Licorice Store as P.C. Stayne
- 1971 · Alias Smith and Jones as
- 1970 · The Traveling Executioner as Sheriff
- 1969 · Coup D'Etat as (uncredited)
- 1969 · The Magnificent Tony Carrera as Barnes
- 1968 · The Moment to Kill as Bull
- 1968 · Garter Colt as General Droga
- 1968 · The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield as Fred Lancaster
- 1967 · Halleluja for Django as Key Jarrett / Clay Thomas
- 1967 · Liebesnächte in der Taiga as Jurij
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Bartender
- 1967 · Target Frankie as Col. O’Connor
- 1967 · Clint the Stranger as Walter Shannon
- 1967 · The Big Gundown as Brokston
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as
- 1966 · Winnetou and the Crossbreed as Mac Haller
- 1965 · Duel at Sundown as Old McGow
- 1965 · Rampage at Apache Wells as Bill Campbell
- 1965 · Challenge of the Gladiator as Nero
- 1964 · Frontier Hellcat as Martin Baumann Sr.
- 1963 · Apache Gold as Bill Jones
- 1963 · Revenge of the Musketeers as Porthos
- 1963 · Slave Girls of Sheba as Friar Metachini
- 1963 · Sign of Zorro as Mario
- 1962 · Avenger of the Seven Seas as Van Artz
- 1961 · Queen of the Seas as Captain Poof
- 1961 · Romulus and the Sabines as Stilicone
- 1961 · Drakut the Avenger as Nicolas
- 1961 · The Secret of the Blue Men as Matthias
- 1961 · The Secret of the Black Falcon as Calico Jack
- 1960 · Robin Hood and the Pirates as Guercio / Orbo
- 1959 · Bonanza as Will Griner
- 1959 · Tales of the Vikings as
- 1959 · Westbound as Willis - Stage Depot Cook
- 1959 · Rio Bravo as Charlie (uncredited)
- 1958 · Revolt in the Big House as Guard Capt. Starkey
- 1958 · Bat Masterson as Paulson
- 1958 · Bronco as
- 1957 · Oregon Passage as Sgt. Jed Erschick
- 1957 · Maverick as First Outlaw
- 1957 · Sugarfoot as Hefferman
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as
- 1957 · Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Herbie Sanford
- 1956 · State Trooper as
- 1955 · Cheyenne as
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as O' Dell
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Haney
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Burke
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Casey
- 1953 · Action in the Afternoon as