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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 26, 1918
Died
January 6, 1998
Place of Birth
Rennert, North Carolina, USA
Walter Barnes
0.7 Popularity
Biography
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
7.4
Benny Haven
North and South
1985
7.2
Stingray
1985
2.2
Sheriff Turner
Smokey Bites the Dust
1981
5.7
Walking Tall
1981
6.3
Sheriff Dix
Bronco Billy
1980
2.0
Al Grove
Power
1980
0.0
Harry Shaughnessy
The Sky Trap
1979
6.1
Tank Murdock
Every Which Way but Loose
1978
6.0
Sgt. Abel
The Young Runaways
1978
6.3
Captain
Pete's Dragon
1977
Credits
North and South
as Benny Haven
1985
7.4
Stingray
1985
7.2
Smokey Bites the Dust
as Sheriff Turner
1981
2.2
Walking Tall
1981
5.7
Bronco Billy
as Sheriff Dix
1980
6.3
Power
as Al Grove
1980
2.0
The Sky Trap
as Harry Shaughnessy
1979
0.0
Every Which Way but Loose
as Tank Murdock
1978
6.1
The Young Runaways
as Sgt. Abel
1978
6.0
Pete's Dragon
as Captain
1977
6.3
Another Man, Another Chance
as Foster
1977
6.0
Day of the Animals
as Ranger Tucker
1977
5.2
Mackintosh and T.J.
as Jim Webster
1975
5.6
The Blue Knight
as Personnel Officer
1975
0.0
Escape to Witch Mountain
as Sheriff Purdy
1975
6.4
Kodiak
as Jack Capp
1974
5.0
Hog Wild
as Tobias
1974
0.0
Cahill: United States Marshal
as Sheriff Grady
1973
6.1
Daddy's Deadly Darling
as Doctor
1973
5.1
High Plains Drifter
as Sheriff Sam Shaw
1973
7.3
Kung Fu
as Sheriff
1972
7.7
Movin' On
as Mr. Daniels
1972
0.0
The Christian Licorice Store
as P.C. Stayne
1971
4.1
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.0
The Traveling Executioner
as Sheriff
1970
5.5
Coup D'Etat
as (uncredited)
1969
8.0
The Magnificent Tony Carrera
as Barnes
1969
0.0
The Moment to Kill
as Bull
1968
5.8
Garter Colt
as General Droga
1968
4.4
The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield
as Fred Lancaster
1968
10.0
Halleluja for Django
as Key Jarrett / Clay Thomas
1967
5.1
Liebesnächte in der Taiga
as Jurij
1967
0.0
The High Chaparral
as Bartender
1967
6.6
Target Frankie
as Col. O’Connor
1967
6.5
Clint the Stranger
as Walter Shannon
1967
4.7
The Big Gundown
as Brokston
1967
7.3
Mission: Impossible
1966
7.6
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
as Mac Haller
1966
6.2
Duel at Sundown
as Old McGow
1965
5.0
Rampage at Apache Wells
as Bill Campbell
1965
6.3
Challenge of the Gladiator
as Nero
1965
3.7
Frontier Hellcat
as Martin Baumann Sr.
1964
6.3
Apache Gold
as Bill Jones
1963
6.9
🎬
Revenge of the Musketeers
as Porthos
1963
6.0
Slave Girls of Sheba
as Friar Metachini
1963
0.0
Captain Sindbad
as Rolf
1963
4.9
Sign of Zorro
as Mario
1963
5.0
Avenger of the Seven Seas
as Van Artz
1962
6.5
The Adventures of Mary Read
as Captain Poof
1961
4.2
Romulus and the Sabines
as Stilicone
1961
5.0
Drakut the Avenger
as Nicolas
1961
6.1
The Secret of the Black Falcon
as Calico Jack
1961
5.0
The Secret of the Blue Men
as Matthias
1961
0.0
Robin Hood and the Pirates
as Guercio / Orbo
1960
6.5
Bonanza
as Will Griner
1959
7.5
🎬
Tales of the Vikings
1959
5.0
Westbound
as Willis - Stage Depot Cook
1959
6.2
Rio Bravo
as Charlie (uncredited)
1959
7.8
Revolt in the Big House
as Guard Capt. Starkey
1958
6.2
Bat Masterson
as Paulson
1958
6.1
Bronco
1958
5.9
Oregon Passage
as Sgt. Jed Erschick
1957
4.0
Maverick
as First Outlaw
1957
6.9
Sugarfoot
as Hefferman
1957
4.8
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Herbie Sanford
1957
6.2
Cheyenne
1955
6.0
Gunsmoke
as O' Dell
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Haney
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Burke
1955
6.6
Letter to Loretta
as Casey
1953
6.5
🎬
Action in the Afternoon
1953
5.0