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.
Filmography
all 68
Movies 48
TV Shows 20
North and South (1985)
Stingray (1985)
Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)
Walking Tall (1981)
Bronco Billy (1980)
Power (1980)
Every Which Way but Loose (1978)
The Young Runaways (1978)
Pete's Dragon (1977)
Another Man, Another Chance (1977)
Day of the Animals (1977)
Mackintosh and T.J. (1975)
The Blue Knight (1975)
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
Kodiak (1974)
Hog Wild (1974)
Cahill: United States Marshall (1973)
Daddy's Deadly Darling (1973)
High Plains Drifter (1973)
Kung Fu (1972)
Movin' On (1972)
The Christian Licorice Store (1971)
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
The Traveling Executioner (1970)
Coup D'Etat (1969)
The Magnificent Tony Carrera (1969)
The Moment to Kill (1968)
Garter Colt (1968)
The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield (1968)
Halleluja for Django (1967)
Liebesnächte in der Taiga (1967)
The High Chaparral (1967)
Target Frankie (1967)
Clint the Stranger (1967)
The Big Gundown (1967)
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Winnetou and the Crossbreed (1966)
Duel at Sundown (1965)
Rampage at Apache Wells (1965)
Challenge of the Gladiator (1965)
Amongst Vultures (1964)
Apache Gold (1963)
Revenge of the Musketeers (1963)
Slave Girls of Sheba (1963)
Sign of Zorro (1963)
Avenger of the Seven Seas (1962)
Queen of the Seas (1961)
Romulus and the Sabines (1961)
Drakut the Avenger (1961)
The Secret of the Black Falcon (1961)
El secreto de los hombres azules (1961)
Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960)
Tales of the Vikings (1959)
Westbound (1959)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Revolt in the Big House (1958)
Bat Masterson (1958)
Bronco (1958)
Oregon Passage (1957)
Maverick (1957)
Sugarfoot (1957)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)
State Trooper (1956)
Cheyenne (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
Letter to Loretta (1953)
Action in the Afternoon (1953)
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GenderMale
Birthday1918-01-26
Deathday1998-01-06 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceParkersburg, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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