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 Douglass 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 Eastwoods 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.

Film non disponibile da Walter Barnes

Apache Gold

Bill Jones

Film 1963

Challenge of the Gladiator

Nero

Film 1965

High Plains Drifter

Sheriff Sam Shaw

Film 1973

Frontier Hellcat

Martin Baumann Sr.

Film 1964

Winnetou and the Crossbreed

Mac Haller

Film 1966

Smokey Bites the Dust

Sheriff Turner

Film 1981

The Traveling Executioner

Sheriff

Film 1970

The Big Gundown

Brokston

Film 1967

Revolt in the Big House

Guard Capt. Starkey

Film 1958

Rampage at Apache Wells

Bill Campbell

Film 1965

The Moment to Kill

Bull

Film 1968

Hog Wild

Tobias

Film 1974

Garter Colt

General Droga

Film 1968

Halleluja for Django

Key Jarrett / Clay Thomas

Film 1967

Target Frankie

Col. O’Connor

Film 1967

Movin' On

Mr. Daniels

Film 1972

The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield

Fred Lancaster

Film 1968

Cahill: United States Marshal

Sheriff Grady

Film 1973

Drakut the Avenger

Nicolas

Film 1961

The Magnificent Tony Carrera

Barnes

Film 1969

The Blue Knight

Personnel Officer

Film 1975

Revenge of the Musketeers

Porthos

Film 1963

Queen of the Seas

Captain Poof

Film 1961

The Secret of the Blue Men

Matthias

Film 1961

Robin Hood and the Pirates

Guercio / Orbo

Film 1960

Rio Bravo

Charlie (uncredited)

Film 1959

Daddy's Deadly Darling

Doctor

Film 1973

Oregon Passage

Sgt. Jed Erschick

Film 1957

Bronco Billy

Sheriff Dix

Film 1980

Sign of Zorro

Mario

Film 1963

Duel at Sundown

Old McGow

Film 1965

Liebesnächte in der Taiga

Jurij

Film 1967

The Secret of the Black Falcon

Calico Jack

Film 1961

Clint the Stranger

Walter Shannon

Film 1967

Coup D'Etat

(uncredited)

Film 1969

The Young Runaways

Sgt. Abel

Film 1978

Mackintosh and T.J.

Jim Webster

Film 1975

Slave Girls of Sheba

Friar Metachini

Film 1963

Escape to Witch Mountain

Sheriff Purdy

Film 1975

The Christian Licorice Store

P.C. Stayne

Film 1971

The Sky Trap

Harry Shaughnessy

Film 1979

Serie televisive non disponibile da Walter Barnes

Cheyenne

Tv 1955

Kung Fu

Tv 1972

Alias Smith and Jones

Tv 1971

Mission: Impossible

Tv 1966

Stingray

Tv 1985

Action in the Afternoon

Tv 1953

Have Gun, Will Travel

Tv 1957

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Herbie Sanford

Tv 1957

Bronco

Tv 1958

Sugarfoot

Hefferman

Tv 1957

Tales of the Vikings

Tv 1959

State Trooper

Tv 1956

Walking Tall

Tv 1981

North and South

Benny Haven

Tv 1985

Kodiak

Jack Capp

Tv 1974

Bonanza

Will Griner

Tv 1959