Walter Barnes
Actor
Born January 26, 1918 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.
Filmography
North and South
Benny Haven
Stingray
Smokey Bites the Dust
Sheriff Turner
Walking Tall
Bronco Billy
Sheriff Dix
The Sky Trap
Harry Shaughnessy
Every Which Way but Loose
Tank Murdock
The Young Runaways
Sgt. Abel
Pete's Dragon
Captain
Another Man, Another Chance
Foster
Day of the Animals
Ranger Tucker
Mackintosh and T.J.
Jim Webster
The Blue Knight
Personnel Officer
Escape to Witch Mountain
Sheriff Purdy
Kodiak
Jack Capp
Hog Wild
Tobias
Cahill: United States Marshal
Sheriff Grady
Daddy's Deadly Darling
Doctor
High Plains Drifter
Sheriff Sam Shaw
Kung Fu
Sheriff
Movin' On
Mr. Daniels
The Christian Licorice Store
P.C. Stayne
Alias Smith and Jones
The Traveling Executioner
Sheriff
Coup D'Etat
(uncredited)
The Magnificent Tony Carrera
Barnes
The Moment to Kill
Bull
Garter Colt
General Droga
The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield
Fred Lancaster
Halleluja for Django
Key Jarrett / Clay Thomas
Liebesnächte in der Taiga
Jurij
The High Chaparral
Bartender
Target Frankie
Col. O’Connor
Clint the Stranger
Walter Shannon
The Big Gundown
Brokston
Mission: Impossible
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
Mac Haller
Duel at Sundown
Old McGow
Rampage at Apache Wells
Bill Campbell
Challenge of the Gladiator
Nero
Frontier Hellcat
Martin Baumann Sr.
Apache Gold
Bill Jones
Slave Girls of Sheba
Friar Metachini
Captain Sindbad
Rolf
Sign of Zorro
Mario
Avenger of the Seven Seas
Van Artz
The Adventures of Mary Read
Captain Poof
Romulus and the Sabines
Stilicone
Drakut the Avenger
Nicolas
The Secret of the Blue Men
Matthias
The Secret of the Black Falcon
Calico Jack
Robin Hood and the Pirates
Guercio / Orbo
Under Ten Flags
Bonanza
Will Griner
Westbound
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, Private Detective
Herbie Sanford
Cheyenne
Gunsmoke
O' Dell
The Wonderful World of Disney
Sheriff Purdy
Letter to Loretta
Casey