Walter Barnes

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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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Rennert, North Carolina, USA

Adult: No

Birthday: January 26, 1918

Age: 107 years old

Gender: Male

Deathday: January 06, 1998

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Known For:

Apache Gold
Pete's Dragon
Challenge of the Gladiator
Avenger of the Seven Seas
High Plains Drifter
Frontier Hellcat
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
Smokey Bites the Dust
The Traveling Executioner
The Big Gundown
Day of the Animals
Another Man, Another Chance
Revolt in the Big House
Rampage at Apache Wells
The Moment to Kill
Hog Wild
Garter Colt
Halleluja for Django
Target Frankie
Movin' On
The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield
Cahill: United States Marshal
Drakut the Avenger
The Magnificent Tony Carrera
The Blue Knight
Every Which Way but Loose
Revenge of the Musketeers
Power
Queen of the Seas
The Secret of the Blue Men
Robin Hood and the Pirates
Rio Bravo
Daddy's Deadly Darling
Oregon Passage
Bronco Billy
Sign of Zorro
Duel at Sundown
Romulus and the Sabines
Liebesnächte in der Taiga
The Secret of the Black Falcon
Westbound
Clint the Stranger
Coup D'Etat
The Young Runaways
Mackintosh and T.J.
Slave Girls of Sheba
Escape to Witch Mountain
The Christian Licorice Store
The Sky Trap