Walter Barnes
Age: N/A | From: Rennert, North Carolina, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Rennert, North Carolina, USA
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Movie Involvements: 42
TV Involvements: 9
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The High Chaparral
(1967) Bartender
Rio Bravo
(1959) Charlie (uncredited)
North and South
(1985) Benny Haven
Gunsmoke
(1955) Burke
High Plains Drifter
(1973) Sheriff Sam Shaw
Bat Masterson
(1958) Paulson
Cahill U.S. Marshal
(1973) Sheriff Grady
Escape to Witch Mountain
(1975) Sheriff PurdyActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Benny Haven | |
| N/A | ||
| 1981 | Sheriff Turner | |
| N/A | ||
| 1980 | Sheriff Dix | |
| Al Grove | ||
| 1978 | Tank Murdock | |
| Sgt. Abel | ||
| 1977 | Captain | |
| Foster | ||
| Ranger Tucker | ||
| 1975 | Jim Webster | |
| Personnel Officer | ||
| Sheriff Purdy | ||
| 1974 | Tobias | |
| 1973 | Sheriff Grady | |
| Doctor | ||
| Sheriff Sam Shaw | ||
| 1972 | N/A | |
| Mr. Daniels | ||
| 1971 | P.C. Stayne | |
| N/A | ||
| 1970 | Sheriff | |
| 1969 | (uncredited) | |
| Barnes | ||
| 1968 | Bull | |
| General Droga | ||
| Fred Lancaster | ||
| 1967 | Key Jarrett / Clay Thomas | |
| Jurij | ||
| Bartender | ||
| Col. O’Connor | ||
| Walter Shannon | ||
| Brokston | ||
| 1966 | N/A | |
| Mac Haller | ||
| 1965 | Old McGow | |
| Bill Campbell | ||
| Nero | ||
| 1964 | Martin Baumann Sr. | |
| 1963 | Bill Jones | |
| Aramis | ||
| Porthos | ||
| Friar Metachini | ||
| Mario | ||
| 1962 | Van Artz | |
| 1961 | Captain Poof | |
| Stilicone | ||
| Nicolas | ||
| Matthias | ||
| Calico Jack | ||
| 1960 | Guercio / Orbo | |
| 1959 | N/A | |
| Willis - Stage Depot Cook | ||
| Charlie (uncredited) | ||
| 1958 | Guard Capt. Starkey | |
| Paulson | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1957 | Sgt. Jed Erschick | |
| First Outlaw | ||
| Hefferman | ||
| N/A | ||
| Herbie Sanford | ||
| 1956 | N/A | |
| 1955 | N/A | |
| O' Dell | ||
| Haney | ||
| Burke | ||
| 1953 | Casey | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
