

Walter Barnes
Birthday
January 26, 1918 (79 years)
Place of Birth
Rennert, North Carolina, USA
Known For
Acting
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.
Walter Barnes Movies & TV-shows on Netflix
Movies with Walter Barnes
Rio Bravo
Mar 18, 1959
High Plains Drifter
Apr 19, 1973
Pete's Dragon
Nov 3, 1977
Every Which Way but Loose
Dec 16, 1978
Apache Gold
Dec 11, 1963
Escape to Witch Mountain
Mar 21, 1975
Bronco Billy
Jun 11, 1980
Cahill: United States Marshal
Jul 11, 1973
The Big Gundown
Mar 3, 1967
The Moment to Kill
Aug 4, 1968
Romulus and the Sabines
Nov 15, 1961
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
Aug 17, 1966
TV shows with Walter Barnes
Have Gun, Will Travel
Sep 14, 1957
Bonanza
Sep 12, 1959
Mission: Impossible
Sep 17, 1966
Maverick
Sep 22, 1957
The High Chaparral
Sep 10, 1967
Cheyenne
Sep 20, 1955
Alias Smith and Jones
Jan 5, 1971
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
Bat Masterson
Oct 8, 1958
Bronco
Sep 23, 1958