Walter Barnes
- Recitazione
- 26 gennaio 1918 · Rennert, North Carolina, USA
- 6 gennaio 1998
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- Nord e sud · Benny Haven
- Stingray
- Il ragazzo e il poliziotto · Sheriff Turner
- Walking Tall
- Bronco Billy · Sheriff Dix
- The Sky Trap · Harry Shaughnessy
- Filo da torcere · Tank Murdock
- The Young Runaways · Sgt. Abel
- Elliott, il drago invisibile · Captain
- Un altro uomo, un'altra donna · Foster
- Future animals · Ranger Tucker
- Mackintosh and T.J. · Jim Webster
- The Blue Knight · Personnel Officer
- Incredibile viaggio verso l'ignoto · Sheriff Purdy
- Kodiak · Jack Capp
- Hog Wild · Tobias
- La stella di latta · Sheriff Grady
- Daddy's Deadly Darling · Doctor
- Lo straniero senza nome · Sheriff Sam Shaw
- Kung Fu · Sheriff
- Movin' On · Mr. Daniels
- The Christian Licorice Store · P.C. Stayne
- Due onesti fuorilegge
- The Traveling Executioner · Sheriff
- Colpo di stato · (uncredited)
- El magnífico Tony Carrera · Barnes
- Il momento di uccidere · Bull
- Giarrettiera Colt · General Droga
- Il giovane selvaggio · Fred Lancaster
- La più grande rapina del west · Key Jarrett / Clay Thomas
- Liebesnächte in der Taiga · Jurij
- Ai confini dell'Arizona · Bartender
- Per 50.000 maledetti dollari · Col. O’Connor
- Clint il solitario · Walter Shannon
- La resa dei conti · Brokston
- Missione Impossibile
- Il giorno più lungo di Kansas City · Mac Haller
- Duell vor Sonnenuntergang · Old McGow
- Danza di guerra per Ringo · Bill Campbell
- Il Gladiatore che sfidò l'impero · Nero
- Là dove scende il sole · Martin Baumann Sr.
- La valle dei lunghi coltelli · Bill Jones
- D'Artagnan contro i 3 Moschettieri · Porthos
- Le verdi bandiere di Allah · Friar Metachini
- Capitan Sinbad · Rolf
- Il segno di zorro · Mario
- Il giustiziere dei mari · Van Artz
- Le avventure di Mary Read · Captain Poof
- Il ratto delle sabine · Stilicone
- Drakut il vendicatore · Nicolas
- El secreto de los hombres azules · Matthias
- Il segreto dello sparviero nero · Calico Jack
- Robin Hood e i pirati · Guercio / Orbo
- Sotto dieci bandiere
- Bonanza · Will Griner
- Tales of the Vikings
- L'oro della California · Willis - Stage Depot Cook
- Un dollaro d'onore · Charlie (uncredited)
- Inferno nel penitenziario · Guard Capt. Starkey
- Bat Masterson · Paulson
- Bronco
- Passo Oregon · Sgt. Jed Erschick
- Maverick · First Outlaw
- Sugarfoot · Hefferman
- Have Gun, Will Travel
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective · Herbie Sanford
- Cheyenne
- Gunsmoke · O' Dell, Haney
- The Wonderful World of Disney · Sheriff Purdy
- Letter to Loretta · Casey
- Action in the Afternoon