Cast
Walter Barnes
Acting
Cast
Walter Barnes
Known for
Acting
Born
1918-01-26
From
Rennert, North Carolina, USA
Died
1998-01-06
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.
★7.8
MOVIE1959
Rio Bravo
as Charlie (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1973
High Plains Drifter
as Sheriff Sam Shaw
★6.1
MOVIE1978
Every Which Way but Loose
as Tank Murdock
★6.9
MOVIE1963
Apache Gold
as Bill Jones
★6.3
MOVIE1977
Pete's Dragon
as Captain
★7.0
MOVIE1975
The Blue Knight
as Personnel Officer
★6.4
MOVIE1975
Escape to Witch Mountain
as Sheriff Purdy
★8.0
MOVIE1974
Hog Wild
as Tobias
★5.3
MOVIE1961
Romulus and the Sabines
as Stilicone
★6.3
MOVIE1980
Bronco Billy
as Sheriff Dix
★6.3
MOVIE1965
Rampage at Apache Wells
as Bill Campbell
★6.1
MOVIE1973
Cahill: United States Marshal
as Sheriff Grady
★5.7
MOVIE1960
Under Ten Flags
★5.9
MOVIE1970
The Traveling Executioner
as Sheriff
★6.2
MOVIE1966
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
as Mac Haller
★7.3
MOVIE1967
The Big Gundown
as Brokston
★2.8
MOVIE1981
Smokey Bites the Dust
as Sheriff Turner
★6.2
MOVIE1977
Another Man, Another Chance
as Foster
★4.9
MOVIE1963
Captain Sindbad
as Rolf
★6.6
MOVIE1962
Avenger of the Seven Seas
as Van Artz
★6.4
MOVIE1964
Frontier Hellcat
as Martin Baumann Sr.
★5.2
MOVIE1977
Day of the Animals
as Ranger Tucker
★7.0
MOVIE1978
The Young Runaways
as Sgt. Abel
★5.2
MOVIE1973
Daddy's Deadly Darling
as Doctor
★5.9
MOVIE1967
Halleluja for Django
as Key Jarrett / Clay Thomas
★6.4
MOVIE1959
Westbound
as Willis - Stage Depot Cook
★6.5
MOVIE1968
The Moment to Kill
as Bull
★6.3
MOVIE1958
Revolt in the Big House
as Guard Capt. Starkey
★4.8
MOVIE1971
The Christian Licorice Store
as P.C. Stayne
★4.5
MOVIE1961
The Adventures of Mary Read
as Captain Poof
★5.8
MOVIE1965
Duel at Sundown
as Old McGow
★6.0
MOVIE1967
Clint the Stranger
as Walter Shannon
★6.6
MOVIE1960
Robin Hood and the Pirates
as Guercio / Orbo
★10.0
MOVIE1963
Slave Girls of Sheba
as Friar Metachini
★5.1
MOVIE1968
Garter Colt
as General Droga
★6.7
MOVIE1967
Target Frankie
as Col. O’Connor
★10.0
MOVIE1961
The Secret of the Blue Men
as Matthias
★6.2
MOVIE1975
Mackintosh and T.J.
as Jim Webster
★6.3
MOVIE1961
The Secret of the Black Falcon
as Calico Jack
★6.0
MOVIE1963
Sign of Zorro
as Mario
★7.8
MOVIE1969
Coup D'Etat
as (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1968
The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield
as Fred Lancaster
★7.0
MOVIE1972
Movin' On
as Mr. Daniels
★10.0
MOVIE1967
Liebesnächte in der Taiga
as Jurij
★4.9
MOVIE1957
Oregon Passage
as Sgt. Jed Erschick
★6.9
MOVIE1961
Drakut the Avenger
as Nicolas
★7.0
MOVIE1979
The Sky Trap
as Harry Shaughnessy
★7.0
MOVIE1969
The Magnificent Tony Carrera
as Barnes
★5.0
MOVIE1965
Challenge of the Gladiator
as Nero
★7.0
MOVIE1963
Revenge of the Musketeers
as Porthos