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, 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
Credits
High Plains Drifter (1973)
as Sheriff Sam Shaw
Rio Bravo (1959)
as Charlie (uncredited)
Pete's Dragon (1977)
as Captain
Every Which Way but Loose (1978)
as Tank Murdock
Apache Gold (1963)
as Bill Jones
Bronco Billy (1980)
as Sheriff Dix
Cahill: United States Marshal (1973)
as Sheriff Grady
Romulus and the Sabines (1961)
as Stilicone
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
as Sheriff Purdy
The Big Gundown (1967)
as Brokston
Winnetou and the Crossbreed (1966)
as Mac Haller
Frontier Hellcat (1964)
as Martin Baumann Sr.
Rampage at Apache Wells (1965)
as Bill Campbell
Westbound (1959)
as Willis - Stage Depot Cook
Daddy's Deadly Darling (1973)
as Doctor
Day of the Animals (1977)
as Ranger Tucker
Halleluja for Django (1967)
as Key Jarrett / Clay Thomas
The Traveling Executioner (1970)
as Sheriff
Under Ten Flags (1960)
Actor
The Young Runaways (1978)
as Sgt. Abel
Avenger of the Seven Seas (1962)
as Van Artz
Captain Sindbad (1963)
as Rolf
Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)
as Sheriff Turner
Another Man, Another Chance (1977)
as Foster
Hog Wild (1974)
as Tobias
The Sky Trap (1979)
as Harry Shaughnessy
Mackintosh and T.J. (1975)
as Jim Webster
The Blue Knight (1975)
as Personnel Officer
Clint the Stranger (1967)
as Walter Shannon
The Secret of the Black Falcon (1961)
as Calico Jack
The Adventures of Mary Read (1961)
as Captain Poof
Sign of Zorro (1963)
as Mario
Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960)
as Guercio / Orbo
Movin' On (1972)
as Mr. Daniels
Oregon Passage (1957)
as Sgt. Jed Erschick
Duel at Sundown (1965)
as Old McGow
The Christian Licorice Store (1971)
as P.C. Stayne
Revenge of the Musketeers (1963)
as Porthos
The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield (1968)
as Fred Lancaster
Challenge of the Gladiator (1965)
as Nero
Liebesnächte in der Taiga (1967)
as Jurij
Garter Colt (1968)
as General Droga
The Moment to Kill (1968)
as Bull
The Secret of the Blue Men (1961)
as Matthias
Slave Girls of Sheba (1963)
as Friar Metachini
Revolt in the Big House (1958)
as Guard Capt. Starkey
Target Frankie (1967)
as Col. O’Connor
The Magnificent Tony Carrera (1969)
as Barnes
Coup D'Etat (1969)
as (uncredited)
Drakut the Avenger (1961)
as Nicolas