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.
Acted in
North and South
1985
as Benny Haven
Stingray
1985
Smokey Bites the Dust
1981
as Sheriff Turner
Walking Tall
1981
Bronco Billy
1980
as Sheriff Dix
Power
1980
as Al Grove
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
Kodiak
1974
as Jack Capp
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
Kung Fu
1972
Movin' On
1972
as Mr. Daniels
The Christian Licorice Store
1971
as P.C. Stayne
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
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
The High Chaparral
1967
as Bartender
Target Frankie
1967
as Col. O’Connor
Clint the Stranger
1967
as Walter Shannon
The Big Gundown
1967
as Brokston
Mission: Impossible
1966
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
1963
as Porthos
Slave Girls of Sheba
1963
as Friar Metachini
Sign of Zorro
1963
as Mario
Avenger of the Seven Seas
1962
as Van Artz
Queen of the Seas
1961
as Captain Poof
Romulus and the Sabines
1961
as Stilicone
Drakut the Avenger
1961
as Nicolas
The Secret of the Blue Men
1961
as Matthias
The Secret of the Black Falcon
1961
as Calico Jack
Robin Hood and the Pirates
1960
as Guercio / Orbo
Bonanza
1959
as Will Griner
Tales of the Vikings
1959
Westbound
1959
as Willis - Stage Depot Cook
Rio Bravo
1959
as Charlie (uncredited)
Revolt in the Big House
1958
as Guard Capt. Starkey
Bat Masterson
1958
as Paulson
Bronco
1958
Oregon Passage
1957
as Sgt. Jed Erschick
Maverick
1957
as First Outlaw
Sugarfoot
1957
as Hefferman
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Herbie Sanford
State Trooper
1956
Cheyenne
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
as O' Dell
Gunsmoke
1955
as Haney
Gunsmoke
1955
as Burke
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Casey
Action in the Afternoon
1953