Walter Barnes

Known for ActingBorn 1918-01-26Died 1998-01-06Rennert, North Carolina, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield

Liebesnächte in der Taiga

Slave Girls of Sheba

The Secret of the Blue Men

Hog Wild

Coup D'Etat

The Wonderful World of Disney

Rio Bravo

Kung Fu

North and South

Mission: Impossible

Bonanza

Tales of the Vikings

High Plains Drifter

Stingray

The Big Gundown

Have Gun, Will Travel

Walking Tall

The Sky Trap

The Young Runaways

The Blue Knight

The Magnificent Tony Carrera

Alias Smith and Jones

Revenge of the Musketeers

Maverick

Action in the Afternoon

Drakut the Avenger

Apache Gold

The High Chaparral

Target Frankie

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Gunsmoke

Kodiak

Avenger of the Seven Seas

The Moment to Kill

Escape to Witch Mountain

Letter to Loretta

Bronco Billy

Pete's Dragon

Frontier Hellcat

Westbound

Bat Masterson

Rampage at Apache Wells

Mackintosh and T.J.

The Secret of the Black Falcon

Winnetou and the Crossbreed

Every Which Way but Loose

Revolt in the Big House