
Walter Barnes
Biography
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.
Acting (49 movies)

Apache Gold
1963

Pete's Dragon
1977

Challenge of the Gladiator
1965

Avenger of the Seven Seas
1962

High Plains Drifter
1973

Frontier Hellcat
1964

Winnetou and the Crossbreed
1966

Smokey Bites the Dust
1981

The Traveling Executioner
1970

The Big Gundown
1967

Day of the Animals
1977

Another Man, Another Chance
1977

Revolt in the Big House
1958

Rampage at Apache Wells
1965

The Moment to Kill
1968

Hog Wild
1974

Garter Colt
1968

Halleluja for Django
1967

Target Frankie
1967

Movin' On
1972

The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield
1968

Cahill: United States Marshal
1973

Drakut the Avenger
1961

The Magnificent Tony Carrera
1969

The Blue Knight
1975

Every Which Way but Loose
1978

Power
1980

The Adventures of Mary Read
1961

The Secret of the Blue Men
1961

Robin Hood and the Pirates
1960

Rio Bravo
1959

Daddy's Deadly Darling
1973

Oregon Passage
1957

Bronco Billy
1980

Sign of Zorro
1963

Duel at Sundown
1965

Romulus and the Sabines
1961

Liebesnächte in der Taiga
1967

The Secret of the Black Falcon
1961

Westbound
1959

Clint the Stranger
1967

Coup D'Etat
1969

The Young Runaways
1978

Mackintosh and T.J.
1975

Slave Girls of Sheba
1963

Escape to Witch Mountain
1975

The Christian Licorice Store
1971

The Sky Trap
1979

Captain Sindbad
1963
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