Walter Barnes

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Walter Barnes
Walter Barnes - 1950 Bowman.jpg
Barnes on a Bowman Card (1950)
Position (s):
Guard 		Jersey number (s):
74
born January 26, 1918 in Parkersburg , West Virginia
died on January 6, 1998 in Los Angeles , California
Career information
Active : 1948 - 1951
Undrafted in 1948
College : Louisiana State
Teams
Career statistics
Games played     47
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

Walter Lee Barnes (born January 26, 1918 in Parkersburg , West Virginia , † January 6, 1998 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor and professional football player . As an actor, he was mainly active in the genres of westerns and adventure films . As a football player, he was mostly called Walt Barnes. His nicknames during his time as an actor were Piggy Barnes and Barney Barnes .

Life and activity

Little is known about Walter Barnes' early years. 1946/47 he played American football at Louisiana State University , from 1948 to 1951 he was a professional player with the Philadelphia Eagles . It was only at the age of almost 40 that he began his acting career in 1957. Until 1959 he played in some American films and television series, mostly from the Western genre, including Smoking Colts (1957/58), Bronco (1958) and Rio Bravo (1959).

From 1960 to 1969, Barnes lived and worked mostly in Europe and was mostly seen in Italian productions. In addition to numerous spaghetti westerns , he also appeared in adventure films, especially pirate films . He also took part in a number of German films, including a few Karl May films : Winnetou Part 1 (1963), Unter Vultures (1964), Der Ölprinz (1964) and Winnetou and the half-blood Apanatschi (1966).

In 1969 he returned to the USA, where he continued to work in numerous films, television films and series, including High Chaparral (1970), A Stranger Without a Name (1973), Vultures Know No Mercy (1973), Elliot, the Smirking Monster ( 1977) and Torches in the Storm (1982). Increasingly ill and frail, Barnes ended his career in front of the camera in 1989 and moved to an actor retirement home in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles . In 1991 he played a role in the American version of the Japanese cartoon Sohryuden . Shortly before his 80th birthday, Walter Barnes died in 1998 of complications from diabetes .

Barnes participated in a total of around 90 film and television productions, of which over 50 were also shown in German.

family

Walter Barnes was temporarily married to the German Britta Wendel, who had a few minor appearances in Italian films, including Fellini's Roma (1972) by Federico Fellini . Their daughter, bourgeois Daniela Barnes, became known as an actress and model under the stage name Lara Wendel . Son Michael Barnes was also seen as a child in supporting roles. Britta Barnes appeared with her two children in the 1973 Italian film Blutrausch .

Filmography (selection)

literature

  • Reiner Boller: Walter Barnes: "... I was a new face, people hadn't seen me yet". In: Karl May & Co. Newsletter No. 79, March 2000, ISSN  1434-0356

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personal data
SURNAME Barnes, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barnes, Walter Lee (full name); Barnes, Walt; Barnes, Piggy (nickname); Barnes, Barney (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Parkersburg , West Virginia
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1998
Place of death los Angeles