An American character actor described to some as a 'rugged outdoor western/war type', proved to be Walter Barnes status in motion pictures for nearly thirty years. A pro football player, Barnes made a mark into playing roles in pictures with his performance in the 1957 film "Westbound". Although, Barnes found work in countless foreign films of the...
Barnes, while an NFL player with the Philadelphia Eagles, was caught by the University of Oklahoma spying on their practices being held in Biloxi, MS, just prior to the 1950 Sugar Bowl in which they were to play against LSU. They were tipped off by an LSU, fan of all things, and a six-man posse including a photographer and a Biloxi policeman caught Barnes with two ladders, a 4x6 between them to stand on, a canvas tarp to hide under, a camera, a notebook and some binoculars in his possession. They took a photo of him for posterity, which still hangs at Owen Field to this day. Barnes ran away and hid in the home of another former LSU player. Whether or not LSU knew anything about it has been denied by LSU and debated for over 50 years, but it apparently didn't help anyway--Oklahoma beat LSU 35-0. Barnes denied it was him in the photo his entire life and took it to his grave.
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Following WWII, he was an All-Conference, 60-minute lineman and weightlifter at LSU (1946-48).
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Played football for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1948-51.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Nancy
1970
TV Series
Hardeman
The Traveling Executioner
1970
Sheriff
The High Chaparral
1970
TV Series
Bartender
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
TV Series
Zach Garvin
Colpo di stato
1969
The Magnificent Tony Carrera
1968
Barnes
The Moment to Kill
1968
Bull
Garter Colt
1968
General
Ich spreng' euch alle in die Luft
1968
Insp. Fred Lancaster
Halleluja for Django
1967
Jarret aka Clay Thomas
Liebesnächte in der Taiga
1967
Jurij
Feuer frei auf Frankie
1967
Col. O'Connor
Clint the Stranger
1967
Walter Shannon
La resa dei conti
1966
Brokston
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
1966
Mac Haller
Duel at Sundown
1965
Old McGow
The Oil Prince
1965
Bill Campbell
Challenge of the Gladiator
1965
Terenzo
La vendetta dei gladiatori
1964
Gladiator (uncredited)
Amongst Vultures
1964
Martin Bauman Sr.
Winnetou
1963
Bill Jones
Le verdi bandiere di Allah
1963
Captain Sindbad
1963
Rolf
Duel at the Rio Grande
1963
Mario
D'Artagnan contro i 3 moschettieri
1963
Porthos
Avenger of the Seven Seas
1962
Van Artz
Queen of the Seas
1961
Captain Poof
Romulus and the Sabines
1961
Stilicone
Drakut il vendicatore
1961
El secreto de los hombres azules
1961
Matthias
The Secret of the Black Falcon
1961
Calico Jack
Robin Hood and the Pirates
1960
Guercio / Orbo
Il carro armato dell'8 settembre
1960
Tales of the Vikings
1959-1960
TV Series
Finn
Under Ten Flags
1960
State Trooper
1959
TV Series
Grindell
Rio Bravo
1959
Charlie (uncredited)
Bat Masterson
1959
TV Series
Paulson
Frontier Doctor
1959
TV Series
Mike Shea
The Rough Riders
1959
TV Series
Marshal Kenyon
Westbound
1959
Willis - Stage Depot Cook
Revolt in the Big House
1958
Guard Capt. Starkey
Union Pacific
1958
TV Series
Rooker
Playhouse 90
1958
TV Series
Bartender
Death Valley Days
1958
TV Series
The Loretta Young Show
1958
TV Series
Casey
Bronco
1958
TV Series
Dan Banner
The Texan
1958
TV Series
Jackel
Gunsmoke
1957-1958
TV Series
Burke / Haney / Odell
Maverick
1958
TV Series
First Outlaw
Man with a Camera
1958
TV Series
Cyril
Sugarfoot
1957-1958
TV Series
Monk Davis / Hefferman
Studio One in Hollywood
1958
TV Series
Cheyenne
1956-1958
TV Series
Burt Flowers / Chris Barlow / Crane / ...
Alcoa Theatre
1958
TV Series
Don Gleason
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1958
TV Series
Herbie Sanford
Have Gun - Will Travel
1958
TV Series
Mason Enfield
The Restless Gun
1958
TV Series
Wisconsin Billy
The Court of Last Resort
1958
TV Series
Fred
Zane Grey Theater
1957-1958
TV Series
Frank - Bartender / Gus
Oregon Passage
1957
Sgt. Jed Erschick
Colt .45
1957
TV Series
Mace Bluestone
Crusader
1956
TV Series
Boon
1987
TV Series
JCB Driver
Stingray
1986
TV Series
Daniel Coleman
North and South
1985
TV Mini-Series
Benny Haven
Father Murphy
1982
TV Series
Smokey Bites the Dust
1981
Sheriff Turner
Walking Tall
1981
TV Series
Carl Pusser
Bronco Billy
1980
Sheriff Dix
The Dukes of Hazzard
1980
TV Series
Jeb McCobb
Power
1980
TV Movie
Al Grove
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1974-1979
TV Series
Tobias / Sergeant Abel
Every Which Way But Loose
1978
Tank Murdock
David Cassidy - Man Undercover
1978
TV Series
Wiley
Police Story
1978
TV Series
Officer Aaronson
Pete's Dragon
1977
Captain
Another Man, Another Chance
1977
Foster
Day of the Animals
1977
Ranger Tucker
Emergency!
1977
TV Series
Mike Gold
Mackintosh and T.J.
1975
Jim Webster
The Blue Knight
1975
TV Series
Personnel Officer
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
Sheriff Purdy
The Gun and the Pulpit
1974
TV Movie
Oaf (uncredited)
Hog Wild
1974
TV Movie
Tobias
Kung Fu
1973
TV Series
Sheriff
Cahill U.S. Marshal
1973
Sheriff Grady
High Plains Drifter
1973
Sheriff Sam Shaw
Mission: Impossible
1972-1973
TV Series
Homer Chill / Al
Movin' On
1972
TV Movie
Ned Daniels
Pigs
1972
Doctor
The Jimmy Stewart Show
1972
TV Series
Ernest Digby
The Christian Licorice Store
1971
P.C. Stayne
Bonanza
1969-1971
TV Series
Sheriff Truslow / Weatherby / Emmett J. Whitney / ...