Acting · Rennert, North Carolina, USA · Born January 26, 1918
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.
TVNorth and South
1985
as Benny Haven
TVStingray
1985
MovieSmokey Bites the Dust
1981
as Sheriff Turner
TVWalking Tall
1981
MovieBronco Billy
1980
as Sheriff Dix
MovieThe Sky Trap
1979
as Harry Shaughnessy
MovieEvery Which Way but Loose
1978
as Tank Murdock
MovieThe Young Runaways
1978
as Sgt. Abel
MoviePete's Dragon
1977
as Captain
MovieAnother Man, Another Chance
1977
as Foster
MovieDay of the Animals
1977
as Ranger Tucker
MovieMackintosh and T.J.
1975
as Jim Webster
MovieThe Blue Knight
1975
as Personnel Officer
MovieEscape to Witch Mountain
1975
as Sheriff Purdy
TVKodiak
1974
as Jack Capp
MovieHog Wild
1974
as Tobias
MovieCahill: United States Marshal
1973
as Sheriff Grady
MovieDaddy's Deadly Darling
1973
as Doctor
MovieHigh Plains Drifter
1973
as Sheriff Sam Shaw
TVKung Fu
1972
as Sheriff
MovieMovin' On
1972
as Mr. Daniels
MovieThe Christian Licorice Store
1971
as P.C. Stayne
TVAlias Smith and Jones
1971
MovieThe Traveling Executioner
1970
as Sheriff
MovieCoup D'Etat
1969
as (uncredited)
MovieThe Magnificent Tony Carrera
1969
as Barnes
MovieThe Moment to Kill
1968
as Bull
MovieGarter Colt
1968
as General Droga
MovieThe Long Day of Inspector Blomfield
1968
as Fred Lancaster
MovieHalleluja for Django
1967
as Key Jarrett / Clay Thomas
MovieLiebesnächte in der Taiga
1967
as Jurij
TVThe High Chaparral
1967
as Bartender
MovieTarget Frankie
1967
as Col. O’Connor
MovieClint the Stranger
1967
as Walter Shannon
MovieThe Big Gundown
1967
as Brokston
TVMission: Impossible
1966
MovieWinnetou and the Crossbreed
1966
as Mac Haller
MovieDuel at Sundown
1965
as Old McGow
MovieRampage at Apache Wells
1965
as Bill Campbell
MovieChallenge of the Gladiator
1965
as Nero
MovieFrontier Hellcat
1964
as Martin Baumann Sr.
MovieApache Gold
1963
as Bill Jones
Revenge of the Musketeers
1963
as Porthos
MovieSlave Girls of Sheba
1963
as Friar Metachini
MovieCaptain Sindbad
1963
as Rolf
MovieSign of Zorro
1963
as Mario
MovieAvenger of the Seven Seas
1962
as Van Artz
MovieThe Adventures of Mary Read
1961
as Captain Poof
MovieRomulus and the Sabines
1961
as Stilicone
MovieDrakut the Avenger
1961
as Nicolas
MovieThe Secret of the Blue Men
1961
as Matthias
MovieThe Secret of the Black Falcon
1961
as Calico Jack
MovieRobin Hood and the Pirates
1960
as Guercio / Orbo
MovieUnder Ten Flags
1960
TVBonanza
1959
as Will Griner
Tales of the Vikings
1959
MovieWestbound
1959
as Willis - Stage Depot Cook
MovieRio Bravo
1959
as Charlie (uncredited)
MovieRevolt in the Big House
1958
as Guard Capt. Starkey
TVBat Masterson
1958
as Paulson
TVBronco
1958
MovieOregon Passage
1957
as Sgt. Jed Erschick
TVMaverick
1957
as First Outlaw
TVSugarfoot
1957
as Hefferman
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
TVRichard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Herbie Sanford
TVCheyenne
1955
TVGunsmoke
1955
as O' Dell
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Sheriff Purdy
TVLetter to Loretta
1953
as Casey
Action in the Afternoon
1953
