Walter Barnes
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.
Rio Bravo
as Charlie (uncredited)A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a...
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High Plains Drifter
as Sheriff Sam ShawA gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen...
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Pete's Dragon
as CaptainPete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable,...
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Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler...
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Escape to Witch Mountain
as Sheriff PurdyTia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as...
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Apache Gold
as Bill JonesThe construction of the Great Western Railroad creates heavy conflict between the railway...
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Cahill: United States Marshal
as Sheriff GradyJ.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they've got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys...
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The Big Gundown
as BrokstonUnofficial lawman John Corbett hunts down Cuchillo Sanchez, a Mexican peasant accused of raping...
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Bronco Billy
as Sheriff DixAn idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard...
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Winnetou and the Crossbreed
as Mac HallerOn her b-day, settler's daughter Apanatschi receives her father's secret gold mine but greedy...
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Frontier Hellcat
as Martin Baumann Sr.Outlaws disguised as Indians commit crimes against settlers but Winnetou and Old Surehand are...
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Rampage at Apache Wells
as Bill Campbell'The Oilprince' is an unscrupulous businessman. He looks forward to a lucrative deal with the...
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Day of the Animals
as Ranger TuckerThe depletion of the earth's ozone layer causes animals above the altitude of 5000 feet to run...
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Daddy's Deadly Darling
as DoctorThe owner of a roadside diner and his new helper kill people and feed them to pigs.
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Another Man, Another Chance
as FosterYoung Jeanne falls in love with photographer Francis, who soon takes her with him when he...
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Duel at Sundown
as Old McGowDuring a cattle drive, Don McGow leaves the herd in charge of his younger brother and rides off....
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The Magnificent Tony Carrera
as BarnesTony Carrera is a successful race car driver who was also a great safe-cracker. He gets roped...
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The Traveling Executioner
as SheriffJonas Candide performs his job as state executioner in early 20th century Mississippi like a...
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Halleluja for Django
as Key Jarrett / Clay ThomasAfter robbing $500,000, the Jarret gang hides in a small isolated western town, where they are...
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Westbound
as Willis - Stage Depot CookAs the Civil War spills our nation’s blood, Capt. John Hayes (Randolph Scott) fights on a vital...
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The Blue Knight
as Personnel OfficerIn this pilot film that preceded the short-lived series, a street cop in his last week on the...
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Avenger of the Seven Seas
as Van ArtzIt's 1790 and British Naval Commander Redway is driven by greed for money and will stop at...
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Romulus and the Sabines
as StiliconeThe classic story from the early days of Rome where there are no women. Romulus, the founder of...
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Slave Girls of Sheba
as Friar MetachiniSaracen pirates aboard the "Black Eagle" attack Christians strongholds along the coast of Spain....
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Sign of Zorro
as MarioGeneral Gutierrez, the evil governor of Mexico, terrorizes the people and demands high taxes....
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The Christian Licorice Store
as P.C. StayneA tennis champ falls in with the Hollywood crowd, finds himself being corrupted by the life in...
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Mackintosh and T.J.
as Jim WebsterRoy is a ranch hand and a drifter. He takes a young man into his care and helps him to grow up.
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Smokey Bites the Dust
as Sheriff TurnerFollows the rivalry between a small-town Southern sheriff and a small-town delinquent who steals...
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The Secret of the Blue Men
as MatthiasAn adventurer intends to seize the fabulous treasure of the Tuaregs. But when he falls in love...
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Revolt in the Big House
as Guard Capt. StarkeyA crime boss tries to cause a riot and prison break while behind bars.
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Robin Hood and the Pirates
as Guercio / OrboOn his way to (or from) the Crusades, Robin Hood is shipwrecked but saved by pirates who plan to...
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Oregon Passage
as Sgt. Jed ErschickA cavalry lieutenant becomes a hated enemy of a Shoshone chief, Black Eagle, when he rescues an...
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Power
as Al GroveLoosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (Joe Don Baker)...
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Target Frankie
as Col. O’ConnorFrankie Bargher is hired by the government to pose as his own brother who became a target for...
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The Moment to Kill
as BullTwo famous gunmen, Lord and Bull are called to a southern western town by a judge to retrace a...
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The Sky Trap
as Harry ShaughnessyA young man in Arizona, in trying to save his mother’s business, takes off in a sailplane and...
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Hog Wild
as TobiasA Chicago man and his family move to an Idaho pig farm, where he's crippled by an angry sow.
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Challenge of the Gladiator
as NeroTreacherous Roman senator Lucius Quintilius plans a secret journey into Thrace to recover a...
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Queen of the Seas
as Captain PoofRedhead Mary is a girl who dresses like a man to better approach, and rob the jewels worn by the...
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The Young Runaways
as Sgt. AbelHeartless parents C.L. Doyle and his wife take two of their older children, Rosebud & Joseph T....
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Garter Colt
as General DrogaAt the border with Mexico, a brave young woman defends herself from the attack of the fearsome...
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The Secret of the Black Falcon
as Calico JackA secret document has fallen into the hands of pirates. Spain and England are both interested....
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Clint the Stranger
as Walter ShannonClint Harrison is a gunfighter who has been on the run from a vengeful family for years. He...
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Coup D'Etat
as (uncredited)Italy, 1972. Political elections are taking place and Christian Democrat victory is expected;...
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Movin' On
as Mr. DanielsA race car driver and his friend, a motorcycle racer and former POW, join forces to tour the...
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Cheyenne
as uncreditedCheyenne is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on...
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Maverick
as First OutlawThe Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers...
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Bonanza
as Will GrinerThe High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...
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Bronco
as uncreditedBronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United...
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Have Gun, Will Travel
as uncreditedHave Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957...
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Mission: Impossible
as uncreditedMission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by...
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The High Chaparral
as BartenderThe High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and...
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North and South
as Benny HavenThe story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of...
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Bat Masterson
as PaulsonBat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of...
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State Trooper
as uncreditedState Trooper is an American crime drama set in the 1950s American West, starring Rod Cameron as...
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Gunsmoke
as O' DellGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
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Gunsmoke
as HaneyGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
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Gunsmoke
as BurkeGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
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Alias Smith and Jones
as uncreditedAlias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to...
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Sugarfoot
as HeffermanSugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The...
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Herbie SanfordRichard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949...
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Stingray
as uncreditedRay is an enigmatic adventurer with no traceable past who travels from place to place fighting...
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Letter to Loretta
as CaseyLetter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...
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Kodiak
as Jack CappKodiak is a short lived, half-hour adventure program that aired Friday evenings at 8:00 p.m...
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Walking Tall
as uncreditedWalking Tall is an American television drama series that ran on NBC in 1981 for one season of...
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Kung Fu
as uncreditedThe adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in...
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