Walter Barnes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 26, 1918
- Died
- January 6, 1998
- Birthplace
- Rennert, North Carolina, USA
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.
Filmography
Smokey Bites the Dust 1981
as Sheriff Turner
Bronco Billy 1980
as Sheriff Dix
The Sky Trap 1979
as Harry Shaughnessy
Every Which Way but Loose 1978
as Tank Murdock
The Young Runaways 1978
as Sgt. Abel
Pete's Dragon 1977
as Captain
Another Man, Another Chance 1977
as Foster
Day of the Animals 1977
as Ranger Tucker
Mackintosh and T.J. 1975
as Jim Webster
The Blue Knight 1975
as Personnel Officer
Escape to Witch Mountain 1975
as Sheriff Purdy
Hog Wild 1974
as Tobias
Cahill: United States Marshal 1973
as Sheriff Grady
Daddy's Deadly Darling 1973
as Doctor
High Plains Drifter 1973
as Sheriff Sam Shaw
Movin' On 1972
as Mr. Daniels
The Christian Licorice Store 1971
as P.C. Stayne
The Traveling Executioner 1970
as Sheriff
Coup D'Etat 1969
as (uncredited)
The Magnificent Tony Carrera 1969
as Barnes
The Moment to Kill 1968
as Bull
Garter Colt 1968
as General Droga
The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield 1968
as Fred Lancaster
Halleluja for Django 1967
as Key Jarrett / Clay Thomas
Liebesnächte in der Taiga 1967
as Jurij
Target Frankie 1967
as Col. O’Connor
Clint the Stranger 1967
as Walter Shannon
The Big Gundown 1967
as Brokston
Winnetou and the Crossbreed 1966
as Mac Haller
Duel at Sundown 1965
as Old McGow
Rampage at Apache Wells 1965
as Bill Campbell
Challenge of the Gladiator 1965
as Nero
Frontier Hellcat 1964
as Martin Baumann Sr.
Apache Gold 1963
as Bill Jones
- Revenge of the Musketeers
Revenge of the Musketeers 1963
as Porthos
Slave Girls of Sheba 1963
as Friar Metachini
Captain Sindbad 1963
as Rolf
Sign of Zorro 1963
as Mario
Avenger of the Seven Seas 1962
as Van Artz
The Adventures of Mary Read 1961
as Captain Poof
Romulus and the Sabines 1961
as Stilicone
Drakut the Avenger 1961
as Nicolas
The Secret of the Black Falcon 1961
as Calico Jack
The Secret of the Blue Men 1961
as Matthias
Robin Hood and the Pirates 1960
as Guercio / Orbo
Under Ten Flags 1960
Actor
Westbound 1959
as Willis - Stage Depot Cook
Rio Bravo 1959
as Charlie (uncredited)
Revolt in the Big House 1958
as Guard Capt. Starkey
Oregon Passage 1957
as Sgt. Jed Erschick
Credits from TMDB.