Walter Barnes
- Schauspiel
- 26. Januar 1918 · Rennert, North Carolina, USA
- 6. Januar 1998
Biografie
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.
Bekannt aus
Filmografie
- Fackeln im Sturm · Benny Haven
- Stingray
- Smokey Bites the Dust · Sheriff Turner
- Walking Tall
- Bronco Billy · Sheriff Dix
- The Sky Trap · Harry Shaughnessy
- Der Mann aus San Fernando · Tank Murdock
- The Young Runaways · Sgt. Abel
- Elliot, das Schmunzelmonster · Captain
- Ein anderer Mann, eine andere Frau · Foster
- Panik in der Sierra Nova · Ranger Tucker
- Mackintosh and T.J. · Jim Webster
- The Blue Knight · Personnel Officer
- Die Flucht zum Hexenberg · Sheriff Purdy
- Kodiak · Jack Capp
- Hog Wild · Tobias
- Geier kennen kein Erbarmen · Sheriff Grady
- Pigs · Doctor
- Ein Fremder ohne Namen · Sheriff Sam Shaw
- Kung Fu · Sheriff
- Movin' On · Mr. Daniels
- The Christian Licorice Store · P.C. Stayne
- Alias Smith und Jones
- Der reisende Henker · Sheriff
- Colpo di stato · (uncredited)
- Carrera - Das Geheimnis der blonden Katze · Barnes
- Django - Ein Sarg voll Blut · Bull
- Giarrettiera Colt · General Droga
- Ich spreng euch alle in die Luft · Fred Lancaster
- Ein Halleluja für Django · Key Jarrett / Clay Thomas
- Liebesnächte in der Taiga · Jurij
- High Chaparral · Bartender
- Feuer frei auf Frankie · Col. O’Connor
- Tal der Hoffnung · Walter Shannon
- Der Gehetzte der Sierra Madre · Brokston
- Kobra übernehmen Sie
- Winnetou und das Halbblut Apanatschi · Mac Haller
- Duell vor Sonnenuntergang · Old McGow
- Der Ölprinz · Bill Campbell
- Die Rache des Spartakus · Nero
- Unter Geiern · Martin Baumann Sr.
- Winnetou 1. Teil · Bill Jones
- D'Artagnan und die drei Musketiere · Porthos
- Le verdi bandiere di Allah · Friar Metachini
- Kapitän Sindbad · Rolf
- Zorro, der Mann mit den zwei Gesichtern · Mario
- Rächer der Meere · Van Artz
- Piratenkapitän Mary · Captain Poof
- Der Raub der Sabinerinnen · Stilicone
- Drakut il vendicatore · Nicolas
- Karawane nach Zagora · Matthias
- Der schwarze Brigant · Calico Jack
- Robin Hood und die Piraten · Guercio / Orbo
- Unter zehn Flaggen
- Bonanza · Will Griner
- Tales of the Vikings
- Messer an der Kehle · Willis - Stage Depot Cook
- Rio Bravo · Charlie (uncredited)
- Revolt in the Big House · Guard Capt. Starkey
- Bat Masterson · Paulson
- Bronco
- Oregon Passage · Sgt. Jed Erschick
- Maverick · First Outlaw
- Sugarfoot · Hefferman
- Have Gun, Will Travel
- Richard Diamond, Privatdetektiv · Herbie Sanford
- Cheyenne
- Rauchende Colts · O' Dell, Haney
- The Wonderful World of Disney · Sheriff Purdy
- Ihr Star: Loretta Young · Casey
- Action in the Afternoon