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Walter Barnes
Rennert, North Carolina, USA
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…
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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.
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1985
North and South
TV show Benny Haven
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1985
Stingray
TV show
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1981
Smokey Bites the Dust
Movie Sheriff Turner
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1981
Walking Tall
TV show
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1980
Bronco Billy
Movie Sheriff Dix
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1979
The Sky Trap
Movie Harry Shaughnessy
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1978
Every Which Way but Loose
Movie Tank Murdock
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1978
The Young Runaways
Movie Sgt. Abel
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1977
Pete's Dragon
Movie Captain
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1977
Another Man, Another Chance
Movie Foster
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1977
Day of the Animals
Movie Ranger Tucker
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1975
Mackintosh and T.J.
Movie Jim Webster
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1975
The Blue Knight
Movie Personnel Officer
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1975
Escape to Witch Mountain
Movie Sheriff Purdy
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1974
Kodiak
TV show Jack Capp
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1974
Hog Wild
Movie Tobias
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1973
Cahill: United States Marshal
Movie Sheriff Grady
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1973
Daddy's Deadly Darling
Movie Doctor
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1973
High Plains Drifter
Movie Sheriff Sam Shaw
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1972
Kung Fu
TV show Sheriff
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1972
Movin' On
Movie Mr. Daniels
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1971
The Christian Licorice Store
Movie P.C. Stayne
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1971
Alias Smith and Jones
TV show
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1970
The Traveling Executioner
Movie Sheriff
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1969
Coup D'Etat
Movie (uncredited)
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1969
The Magnificent Tony Carrera
Movie Barnes
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1968
The Moment to Kill
Movie Bull
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1968
Garter Colt
Movie General Droga
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1968
The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield
Movie Fred Lancaster
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1967
Halleluja for Django
Movie Key Jarrett / Clay Thomas
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1967
Liebesnächte in der Taiga
Movie Jurij
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1967
The High Chaparral
TV show Bartender
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1967
Target Frankie
Movie Col. O’Connor
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1967
Clint the Stranger
Movie Walter Shannon
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1967
The Big Gundown
Movie Brokston
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1966
Mission: Impossible
TV show
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1966
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
Movie Mac Haller
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1965
Duel at Sundown
Movie Old McGow
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1965
Rampage at Apache Wells
Movie Bill Campbell
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1965
Challenge of the Gladiator
Movie Nero
