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.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 26, 1918
Deathday: January 06, 1998
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Apache Gold
1963-12-11
Apache Gold
Overview: The construction of the Great Western Railroad creates heavy conflict between the railway company and neighboring Indian tribes. Worse, criminal gang leader Santer sets his eyes on a gold mine located on holy Indian land and influences the construction supervisor to re-rout the planned railroad straight through Apache land. Old Shatterhand, who works as a measurement technician, discovers the evil plan and searches contact with the Apaches in an effort to avert war.
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1963-12-11
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Pete's Dragon
1977-11-03
Pete's Dragon
Overview: Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper, Nora, and her father, Elliott's prank playing lands them in big trouble. Then, when crooked salesmen try to capture Elliott for their own gain, Pete must attempt a daring rescue.
Genres: Fantasy Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-03
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Challenge of the Gladiator
1965-04-04
Challenge of the Gladiator
Overview: Treacherous Roman senator Lucius Quintilius plans a secret journey into Thrace to recover a legendary treasure. He is accompanied by his daughter Livia posing as a Christian slave girl, his cruel henchman Commodio, and Terenzius, an ex-gladiator and Nero look-alike who fools the local Thracians into believing he is the real Emperor. But Lucius's plans are thwarted by Spartacus and his band of rebels who succeed in capturing the treasure for Thrace. When news arrives from Rome that the real Nero has died, local Roman governor Consul Metellus joins forces with Spartacus to defeat the traitors.
Genres: History Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-04
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Avenger of the Seven Seas
1962-03-21
Avenger of the Seven Seas
Overview: It's 1790 and British Naval Commander Redway is driven by greed for money and will stop at nothing to get it. His second in command, David Robinson, questions his allegiance when Redway kills his father and takes his brother prisoner. In order to save his brother and avenge his father's death David must join forces with a band of pirates, led by Captain Bernard, hunt down and kill Redway.
Genres: Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-03-21
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High Plains Drifter
1973-04-19
High Plains Drifter
Overview: A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
Genres: Western Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-19
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Frontier Hellcat
1964-12-08
Frontier Hellcat
Overview: Outlaws disguised as Indians commit crimes against settlers but Winnetou and Old Surehand are determined to unmask the bandits and keep the peace.
Genres: Adventure Western
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1964-12-08
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Winnetou and the Crossbreed
1966-08-17
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
Overview: On her b-day, settler's daughter Apanatschi receives her father's secret gold mine but greedy neighboring prospectors resort to murder and kidnapping in order to get the gold, forcing the girl and her brother to seek Winnetou's protection.
Genres: Adventure Western
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-08-17
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Smokey Bites the Dust
1981-10-01
Smokey Bites the Dust
Overview: Follows the rivalry between a small-town Southern sheriff and a small-town delinquent who steals cars and then destroys them with the sheriff’s daughter by his side.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-01
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The Traveling Executioner
1970-10-01
The Traveling Executioner
Overview: Jonas Candide performs his job as state executioner in early 20th century Mississippi like a combination preacher and carnival barker, persuading condemned men to accept their deaths before electrocuting them on his electric chair. After he's assigned his first woman to execute, however, Jonas' sense of purpose is shaken.
Genres: Comedy Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-01
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The Big Gundown
1967-03-03
The Big Gundown
Overview: Unofficial lawman John Corbett hunts down Cuchillo Sanchez, a Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a 12-year-old girl.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-03-03
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Day of the Animals
1977-05-13
Day of the Animals
Overview: The depletion of the earth's ozone layer causes animals above the altitude of 5000 feet to run amok, which is very unfortunate for a group of hikers who get dropped off up there by helicopter just before the quarantine is announced.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-13
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Another Man, Another Chance
1977-09-28
Another Man, Another Chance
Overview: Young Jeanne falls in love with photographer Francis, who soon takes her with him when he emigrates to America. In a small town in the still wild west, they build up a small photo shop. Meanwhile, animal doctor David lives on his lonesome farm together with his unlucky wife. It takes years and two tragic accidents until Jeanne and David meet. She has already decided to return to France as soon as possible, but love, and fate, have other plans.
Genres: Drama Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-28
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Revolt in the Big House
1958-12-21
Revolt in the Big House
Overview: A crime boss tries to cause a riot and prison break while behind bars.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-21
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Rampage at Apache Wells
1965-08-25
Rampage at Apache Wells
Overview: 'The Oilprince' is an unscrupulous businessman. He looks forward to a lucrative deal with the "Western Arizona Bank'. He sells the bank oil wells at Shelly Lake that do actually not exist. The Oilprince learns that the colonists would like to settle at Shelly Lake. So The Oilprince exchanges the scout of the settlers by one of his minions to give them another route. But soon The Oilprince has to recognize that he has not counted on Winnetou, the righteous leader of the Apaches, and his blood brother Old Surehand.
Genres: Adventure Western
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1965-08-25
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The Moment to Kill
1968-08-04
The Moment to Kill
Overview: Two famous gunmen, Lord and Bull are called to a southern western town by a judge to retrace a gold reserve, worth $500.000 which was hidden in the last days of the Civil War, by a Confederate colonel and people have been looking for it ever since.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-08-04
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Hog Wild
1974-01-20
Hog Wild
Overview: A Chicago man and his family move to an Idaho pig farm, where he's crippled by an angry sow.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-20
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Garter Colt
1968-04-19
Garter Colt
Overview: At the border with Mexico, a brave young woman defends herself from the attack of the fearsome bandit, "Red", mastering a gun and the game of poker. Falling in love with a young Frenchman, he asks her to give up gambling and start a quiet and normal life, but when the young man is killed by "Red", she is determined to seek revenge. Source: SWDB http://www.spaghetti-western.net
Genres: Drama Action Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-04-19
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Halleluja for Django
1967-10-28
Halleluja for Django
Overview: After robbing $500,000, the Jarret gang hides in a small isolated western town, where they are waiting for a scout to take them through the desert to Mexico. But the unresolved conflicts between Jarret and El Santo, the brains of the bandits, who has also an eye on Jarret's girlfriend, become a problem amongst the bandits. And there is also an underestimated scalawag named Billy Rum and his friend Mark, who are trying to help the captured citizens.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-10-28
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Target Frankie
1967-08-10
Target Frankie
Overview: Frankie Bargher is hired by the government to pose as his own brother who became a target for two groups of evil agents.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1967-08-10
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Movin' On
1972-07-24
Movin' On
Overview: A race car driver and his friend, a motorcycle racer and former POW, join forces to tour the U.S. in search of competition.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-24
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The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield
1968-04-15
The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield
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Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1968-04-15
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Cahill: United States Marshal
1973-07-11
Cahill: United States Marshal
Overview: J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they've got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop in their tracks, so when his two young boy's want to get his attention they decide to rob a bank. They end up getting more than they bargained for.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-07-11
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Drakut the Avenger
1961-10-06
Drakut the Avenger
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-10-06
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The Magnificent Tony Carrera
1969-01-01
The Magnificent Tony Carrera
Overview: Tony Carrera is a successful race car driver who was also a great safe-cracker. He gets roped into doing one more big job but finds out too late he's been double-crossed by the big Boss and his beautiful assistant. Meanwhile, his ditsy fiance follows him to Holland where she's constantly in trouble.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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The Blue Knight
1975-05-09
The Blue Knight
Overview: In this pilot film that preceded the short-lived series, a street cop in his last week on the force before his retirement investigates the murder of his partner.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-09
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Every Which Way but Loose
1978-12-16
Every Which Way but Loose
Overview: Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. Like other guys, Philo finally falls in love - with a flighty singer who leads him on a screwball chase across the American Southwest. Nothing's in the way except a motorcycle gang, some cops, and legendary brawler Tank Murdock.
Genres: Action Comedy Adventure Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-16
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Revenge of the Musketeers
1963-10-09
Revenge of the Musketeers
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Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-10-09
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Power
1980-01-14
Power
Overview: Loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (Joe Don Baker) from a Chicago dock worker to an influential labor leader who, like Hoffa, finds himself behind bars in a federal prison, and not long after, taken for a ride by shady men never to be seen again.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-14
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Queen of the Seas
1961-12-01
Queen of the Seas
Overview: Redhead Mary is a girl who dresses like a man to better approach, and rob the jewels worn by the pretty ladies of her time.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-12-01
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The Secret of the Blue Men
1961-08-11
The Secret of the Blue Men
Overview: An adventurer intends to seize the fabulous treasure of the Tuaregs. But when he falls in love with a beautiful Indian woman, he ends up defending the booty from other adventurers with less scruples.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-08-11
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Robin Hood and the Pirates
1960-12-23
Robin Hood and the Pirates
Overview: On his way to (or from) the Crusades, Robin Hood is shipwrecked but saved by pirates who plan to return him home in order to ransom him to his father.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-12-23
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Rio Bravo
1959-03-18
Rio Bravo
Overview: A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-18
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Daddy's Deadly Darling
1973-05-25
Daddy's Deadly Darling
Overview: The owner of a roadside diner and his new helper kill people and feed them to pigs.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-05-25
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Oregon Passage
1957-12-29
Oregon Passage
Overview: A cavalry lieutenant becomes a hated enemy of a Shoshone chief, Black Eagle, when he rescues an Indian maid from a ceremonial camp in this action-packed Western.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-29
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Bronco Billy
1980-06-11
Bronco Billy
Overview: An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-11
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Sign of Zorro
1963-04-05
Sign of Zorro
Overview: General Gutierrez, the evil governor of Mexico, terrorizes the people and demands high taxes. The young Ramon Martiney, after discovering that his father was murdered by Gutierrez, dons the mask of Zorro and starts fighting against the injustice.
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-04-05
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Duel at Sundown
1965-09-17
Duel at Sundown
Overview: During a cattle drive, Don McGow leaves the herd in charge of his younger brother and rides off. When the herd is reported stolen he blames himself and goes in search of the thieves.
Genres: Western
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1965-09-17
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Romulus and the Sabines
1961-11-15
Romulus and the Sabines
Overview: The classic story from the early days of Rome where there are no women. Romulus, the founder of Rome, finds women to be wives from Sabina where there are a lot of women. The Sabine men, of course, attack Rome to get their wives and daughters back.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-11-15
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Liebesnächte in der Taiga
1967-10-04
Liebesnächte in der Taiga
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1967-10-04
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The Secret of the Black Falcon
1961-08-11
The Secret of the Black Falcon
Overview: A secret document has fallen into the hands of pirates. Spain and England are both interested. The English commissioned a notorious pirate and the Spaniards procure their best officer, Carlos de Herrera, to retrieve the document for them.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-08-11
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Westbound
1959-04-25
Westbound
Overview: As the Civil War spills our nation’s blood, Capt. John Hayes (Randolph Scott) fights on a vital but little-known battlefront. He aims to ship gold to Union banks through a small Colorado town, defying Southern sympathizers who aim to stop him at any cost.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-04-25
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Clint the Stranger
1967-04-14
Clint the Stranger
Overview: Clint Harrison is a gunfighter who has been on the run from a vengeful family for years. He returns to his home town to discover that his wife has taken his son and fled north to escape his unsavory reputations. Following her in an attempt to make amends, he rides into the middle of a land-grab war between a group of desperate farmers and an unscrupulous rancher named Shannon and his brutal foreman. Promising his wife that he won't use this gun, Clint must stand by as Shannon's men eliminate the farmer's in a series of well-staged set pieces calculated to make the audience anticipate the inevitable moment when Clint is forced to turn his guns and settle accounts.
Genres: Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1967-04-14
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Coup D'Etat
1969-03-15
Coup D'Etat
Overview: Italy, 1972. Political elections are taking place and Christian Democrat victory is expected; but the electronic computer of the Ministry of the Interior reveals that the party with the highest number is the Italian Communist Party.
Genres: Comedy Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-03-15
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The Young Runaways
1978-05-28
The Young Runaways
Overview: Heartless parents C.L. Doyle and his wife take two of their older children, Rosebud & Joseph T. Doyle, on a family vacation to Alaska, but dump their younger ones, Freddy & Margaret Jean, in a Los Angeles foster home. Infuriated by this, Rosebud talks Joseph T. into running away with her so that they can break their younger siblings out of the system, which sparks a manhunt, and an outburst of sympathy among kids everywhere.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-28
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Mackintosh and T.J.
1975-11-21
Mackintosh and T.J.
Overview: Roy is a ranch hand and a drifter. He takes a young man into his care and helps him to grow up.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-21
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Slave Girls of Sheba
1963-05-24
Slave Girls of Sheba
Overview: Saracen pirates aboard the "Black Eagle" attack Christians strongholds along the coast of Spain. When they stop off in Sheba to re-supply, they also buy female slaves and end up fighting over them.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-05-24
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Escape to Witch Mountain
1975-03-21
Escape to Witch Mountain
Overview: Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle in order to get the kids into the clutches of Deranian's megalomaniacal boss, evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt, who wants to exploit them. Jason, a cynical widower, helps Tia and Tony escape to witch mountain, while at the same time Tia and Tony help Jason escape the pain of the loss of his wife.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-21
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The Christian Licorice Store
1971-11-01
The Christian Licorice Store
Overview: A tennis champ falls in with the Hollywood crowd, finds himself being corrupted by the life in the fast lane.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-01
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The Sky Trap
1979-05-13
The Sky Trap
Overview: A young man in Arizona, in trying to save his mother’s business, takes off in a sailplane and finds a secret landing strip. He finds that it is being used by drug smugglers, and he works to catch them.
Genres: Crime Adventure Family Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-13
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