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Walter Barnes
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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, G…
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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.
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Walter Barnes's Filmography
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Smokey Bites the Dust
as Sheriff Turner
Bronco Billy
as Sheriff Dix
The Sky Trap
as Harry Shaughnessy
Every Which Way but Loose
as Tank Murdock
The Young Runaways
as Sgt. Abel
Pete's Dragon
as Captain
Another Man, Another Chance
as Foster
Day of the Animals
as Ranger Tucker
Mackintosh and T.J.
as Jim Webster
The Blue Knight
as Personnel Officer
Escape to Witch Mountain
as Sheriff Purdy
Hog Wild
as Tobias
Cahill: United States Marshal
as Sheriff Grady
Daddy's Deadly Darling
as Doctor
High Plains Drifter
as Sheriff Sam Shaw
Movin' On
as Mr. Daniels
The Christian Licorice Store
as P.C. Stayne
The Traveling Executioner
as Sheriff
Coup D'Etat
as (uncredited)
The Magnificent Tony Carrera
as Barnes
The Moment to Kill
as Bull
Garter Colt
as General Droga
The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield
as Fred Lancaster
Halleluja for Django
as Key Jarrett / Clay Thomas
Liebesnächte in der Taiga
as Jurij
Target Frankie
as Col. O’Connor
Clint the Stranger
as Walter Shannon
The Big Gundown
as Brokston
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
as Mac Haller
Duel at Sundown
as Old McGow
Rampage at Apache Wells
as Bill Campbell
Challenge of the Gladiator
as Nero
Frontier Hellcat
as Martin Baumann Sr.
Apache Gold
as Bill Jones
No Poster
Revenge of the Musketeers
as Porthos
Slave Girls of Sheba
as Friar Metachini
Captain Sindbad
as Rolf
Sign of Zorro
as Mario
Avenger of the Seven Seas
as Van Artz
The Adventures of Mary Read
as Captain Poof
Romulus and the Sabines
as Stilicone
Drakut the Avenger
as Nicolas
The Secret of the Black Falcon
as Calico Jack
The Secret of the Blue Men
as Matthias
Robin Hood and the Pirates
as Guercio / Orbo
Under Ten Flags
Westbound
as Willis - Stage Depot Cook
Rio Bravo
as Charlie (uncredited)
Revolt in the Big House
as Guard Capt. Starkey
Oregon Passage
as Sgt. Jed Erschick