Walter Barnes
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Walter Lee Barnes (January 26, 1918 – January 6, 1998) was an American football player and actor.
He played professional football as a guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles and college football 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.
Sports career
Barnes earned his nickname "Piggy" from catching a piglet as a boy. He was on the undefeated 1938 squad and played in the 1939 North-South Game at Parkersburg High School, and was a member of the United States Football Team.
Barnes enrolled at Louisiana State University (LSU) not only as a footballer but also a college weightlifting champion following military service in World War II as a sergeant. After graduating, he joined the Philadelphia Eagles football team as a guard before relocating and becoming a football coach at Columbia University and Arizona State University.
Barnes spent time with his alma mater, LSU, by espionageing on the Oklahoma Sooners team's activities before the 1950 Sugar Bowl. Barnes fled into the house of a former LSU teammate, Elbert Manuel, after being spotted by members of the Oklahoma football team and Biloxi, Mississippi residents. Both Barnes and Manuel declined Oklahoma coach Bud Wilkinson's invitation to reveal themselves in order to reveal their names. Although Oklahoma defeated LSU 3-0, the spying incident had little to do with the game's outcome.
In June 2010, Barnes was inducted into the Coaches' Union Hall.
Acting career
Barnes began acting after appearing on The Eagles Nest, a local Philadelphia television program. He appeared on numerous local television shows on WCAU television. Walt Silver, a Warner Bros. television producer, led him to several appearances on television and films. Bronco, Gunsmoke, Cheyenne, Bonanza, Have Gun, Will Travel and Death Valley Days are just a few of his more notable appearances. In Rio Bravo, John Wayne gave him a small role as Charlie the Bartender.
Barnes, one of the many American actors to move to Italy in the early 1960s, was trained in small roles and seeing opportunities overseas. Kirk Douglas was hired as a consultant in Tales of the Vikings, a Douglas' production company in Germany, based in Kirk Douglas. He appeared in pirate films from 1960 to 1969, then Karl May film adaptations and Spaghetti Westerns.
Barnes returned to the United States in 1969 and appeared in more films and television series, including The High Chaparral. Clint Eastwood's friendship with him on Rawhide led him to several roles in Eastwood's films. He retired from acting in 1987 and became more ill as a result of his diabetes. Barnes died on January 6, 1998. Lara Wendel, the father of German actress Lara Wendel, was born Daniela Barnes.