1918-01-26 ( 107 years old ) in Rennert, North Carolina, USA
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.
Movies
Smokey Bites the Dust
1981-10-01
Bronco Billy
1980-06-11
Power
1980-01-14
The Sky Trap
1979-05-13
Every Which Way but Loose
1978-12-16
The Young Runaways
1978-05-28
Pete's Dragon
1977-11-03
Another Man, Another Chance
1977-09-28
Day of the Animals
1977-05-13
Mackintosh and T.J.
1975-11-21
The Blue Knight
1975-05-09
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975-03-21
Hog Wild
1974-01-20
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973-07-11
Daddy's Deadly Darling
1973-05-25
High Plains Drifter
1973-04-19
Movin' On
1972-07-24
The Christian Licorice Store
1971-11-01
The Traveling Executioner
1970-10-01
Coup D'Etat
1969-03-15
The Magnificent Tony Carrera
1969-01-01
The Moment to Kill
1968-08-04
Garter Colt
1968-04-19
The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield
1968-04-15
Halleluja for Django
1967-10-28
Liebesnächte in der Taiga
1967-10-04
Target Frankie
1967-08-10
Clint the Stranger
1967-04-14
The Big Gundown
1967-03-03
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
1966-08-17
Duel at Sundown
1965-09-17
Rampage at Apache Wells
1965-08-25
Challenge of the Gladiator
1965-04-04
Frontier Hellcat
1964-12-08
Apache Gold
1963-12-11
Revenge of the Musketeers
1963-10-09
Slave Girls of Sheba
1963-05-24
Sign of Zorro
1963-04-05
Avenger of the Seven Seas
1962-03-21
Queen of the Seas
1961-12-01
Romulus and the Sabines
1961-11-15
Drakut the Avenger
1961-10-06
The Secret of the Blue Men
1961-08-11
The Secret of the Black Falcon
1961-08-11
Robin Hood and the Pirates
1960-12-23
Westbound
1959-04-25
Rio Bravo
1959-03-18
Revolt in the Big House
1958-12-21
Oregon Passage
1957-12-29
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