Lex Barker
Encyclopedia
Lex Barker was an American actor best known for playing Tarzan of the Apes
and leading characters from Karl May
's novels.
, Roger Williams
, and of Sir William Henry Crichlow, historical Governor General of Barbados
.
Raised in New York City
and Port Chester, New York
, Barker attended the Fessenden School
and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy
. He played football
as well as the oboe
. He attended Princeton University
, but dropped out in order to join a theatrical stock company, much to the chagrin of his family.
once, in a small role in a short run of Shakepeare
's The Merry Wives of Windsor
in 1938. He also had a small role in Orson Welles
's disastrous Five Kings, which met with so many problems in Boston
and Philadelphia that it never made it into New York
. Barker reportedly was spotted by scouts from Twentieth Century Fox and offered a film contract in 1939, but could not convince his parents to sign it (he was underage). Disowned by his family for his choice of an acting career, he worked in a steel mill and studied engineering at night.
In February 1941, ten months before the attack on Pearl Harbor
, Barker left his fledgling acting career and enlisted in the US Army. He rose to the rank of major during the war. He was wounded in action (in the head and leg) fighting in Sicily
.
Back in the US, Barker recuperated at an Arkansas
military hospital, then upon his discharge from service, traveled to Los Angeles
. Within a short time, he landed a small role in his first film, Doll Face (1945). A string of small roles followed, the best of which was as Emmett Dalton
in the Western Return of the Bad Men (1948). Barker soon found the role that would bring him fame.
In Tarzan's Magic Fountain
(1949), Barker became the tenth official Tarzan
of the movies. His blond, handsome, and intelligent appearance, as well as his athletic, now 6'4" frame, helped make him popular in the role Johnny Weissmuller
had made his own for sixteen years. Barker made only five Tarzan films, but he remains one of the actors best known for the role.
His stardom as Tarzan led him to a variety of heroic roles in other films, primarily Westerns, and one interesting (and quite non-heroic) part in a World War II film, Away All Boats
(1956).
In 1957, as he found it harder to find work in American films, Barker moved to Europe (he spoke French, Italian, Spanish, and some German), where he found popularity and starred in over forty European films, including two movies based on the novels by Italian author Emilio Salgari
(1862–1911). In Italy
he also had a short but compelling role as Anita Ekberg
's fiancé in Federico Fellini
's La dolce vita
(1960).
In Germany he had his greatest success. There he starred in two movies based on the "Doctor Mabuse
" stories (formerly filmed by Fritz Lang
), in the movies Frauenarzt Dr. Sibelius and Frühstück im Doppelbett, and in 13 movies based on novels by German author Karl May
(1842–1912), playing such well-known May characters as Old Shatterhand
, Kara Ben Nemsi
, and Dr. Sternau.
In 1966, Barker was awarded the "Bambi Award
" as "Best Foreign Actor" in Germany
, where he was a major, very popular, star. He even recorded a single, in German, with Martin Böttcher
, the composer of some of the soundtracks of the Karl May movies: "Ich bin morgen auf dem Weg zu dir" ("I'll be on the way to you tomorrow") and "Mädchen in Samt und Seide" ("Girl in Silk and Velvet"). He returned to the US occasionally and made a handful of guest appearances on American television episodes. But Europe, and especially Germany, was his professional home for the remainder of his life.
while walking down a street in New York City
on his way to meet his fiancée, actress Karen Kondazian. The funeral was in New York. He was cremated and the ashes were taken by his last wife to Spain.
(contains both tracks from the 1965 Decca single and songs sung by Barker's frequent co-star Pierre Brice
)
Tarzan
Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...
and leading characters from Karl May
Karl May
Karl Friedrich May was a popular German writer, noted mainly for adventure novels set in the American Old West, and similar books set in the Orient and Middle East . In addition, he wrote stories set in his native Germany, in China and in South America...
's novels.
Early life
Born Alexander Crichlow Barker, Jr. in Rye, New York, he was the second child of Alexander Crichlow Barker, Sr., a wealthy Canadian-born building contractor and his American wife, the former Marion Thornton Beals. His father later worked as a stockbroker. Barker had an elder sister, Frederica Amelia (1917–1980). Barker was also a direct descendant of the founder of Rhode IslandRhode Island
The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
, Roger Williams
Roger Williams (theologian)
Roger Williams was an English Protestant theologian who was an early proponent of religious freedom and the separation of church and state. In 1636, he began the colony of Providence Plantation, which provided a refuge for religious minorities. Williams started the first Baptist church in America,...
, and of Sir William Henry Crichlow, historical Governor General of Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
.
Raised in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and Port Chester, New York
Port Chester, New York
Port Chester is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The village is part of the town of Rye. As of the 2010 census, Port Chester had a population of 28,967...
, Barker attended the Fessenden School
Fessenden School
The Fessenden School is an independent day and boarding school for boys, founded in 1903 by Frederick J. Fessenden, and located at 250 Waltham Street, West Newton, Massachusetts, United States, on a campus....
and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy
Phillips Exeter Academy
Phillips Exeter Academy is a private secondary school located in Exeter, New Hampshire, in the United States.Exeter is noted for its application of Harkness education, a system based on a conference format of teacher and student interaction, similar to the Socratic method of learning through asking...
. He played football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
as well as the oboe
Oboe
The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
. He attended Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, but dropped out in order to join a theatrical stock company, much to the chagrin of his family.
Career
Barker made it to BroadwayBroadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
once, in a small role in a short run of Shakepeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
's The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597. It features the fat knight Sir John Falstaff, and is Shakespeare's only play to deal exclusively with contemporary Elizabethan era English middle class life...
in 1938. He also had a small role in Orson Welles
Orson Welles
George Orson Welles , best known as Orson Welles, was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio...
's disastrous Five Kings, which met with so many problems in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
and Philadelphia that it never made it into New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. Barker reportedly was spotted by scouts from Twentieth Century Fox and offered a film contract in 1939, but could not convince his parents to sign it (he was underage). Disowned by his family for his choice of an acting career, he worked in a steel mill and studied engineering at night.
In February 1941, ten months before the attack on Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor, known to Hawaiians as Puuloa, is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet...
, Barker left his fledgling acting career and enlisted in the US Army. He rose to the rank of major during the war. He was wounded in action (in the head and leg) fighting in Sicily
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
.
Back in the US, Barker recuperated at an Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
military hospital, then upon his discharge from service, traveled to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. Within a short time, he landed a small role in his first film, Doll Face (1945). A string of small roles followed, the best of which was as Emmett Dalton
Emmett Dalton
Emmett Dalton was an American outlaw, train robber and member of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West. Part of the ill-fated Dalton raid on two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, he survived despite receiving 23 gunshot wounds...
in the Western Return of the Bad Men (1948). Barker soon found the role that would bring him fame.
In Tarzan's Magic Fountain
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
Tarzan's Magic Fountain is a 1949 Tarzan film starring Lex Barker as Tarzan and Brenda Joyce as his companion Jane. The film also features Albert Dekker and Evelyn Ankers, was co-written by Curt Siodmak, and directed by Lee Sholem....
(1949), Barker became the tenth official Tarzan
Tarzan
Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...
of the movies. His blond, handsome, and intelligent appearance, as well as his athletic, now 6'4" frame, helped make him popular in the role Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny Weissmuller was an Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor best known for playing Tarzan in movies. Weissmuller was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. He won fifty-two US National Championships and set sixty-seven...
had made his own for sixteen years. Barker made only five Tarzan films, but he remains one of the actors best known for the role.
His stardom as Tarzan led him to a variety of heroic roles in other films, primarily Westerns, and one interesting (and quite non-heroic) part in a World War II film, Away All Boats
Away All Boats
Away All Boats is a 1956 American war film produced by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Joseph Pevney and produced by Howard Christie from a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman based on the 1953 novel by Kenneth M. Dodson....
(1956).
In 1957, as he found it harder to find work in American films, Barker moved to Europe (he spoke French, Italian, Spanish, and some German), where he found popularity and starred in over forty European films, including two movies based on the novels by Italian author Emilio Salgari
Emilio Salgari
Emilio Salgari was an Italian writer of action adventure swashbucklers and a pioneer of science fiction.For over a century, his novels were mandatory reading for generations of youth eager for exotic adventures. In Italy, his extensive body of work was more widely read than that of Dante. Today...
(1862–1911). In Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
he also had a short but compelling role as Anita Ekberg
Anita Ekberg
Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg is a Swedish model, actress and cult sex symbol. She is best known for her role as Sylvia in the 1960 Federico Fellini film La Dolce Vita which features the legendary scene of her cavorting in Trevi Fountain alongside Marcello Mastroianni.-Biography:Ekberg was born in...
's fiancé in Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI , was an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century...
's La dolce vita
La Dolce Vita
La Dolce Vita is a 1960 comedy-drama film written and directed by the critically acclaimed director Federico Fellini. The film is a story of a passive journalist's week in Rome, and his search for both happiness and love that will never come...
(1960).
In Germany he had his greatest success. There he starred in two movies based on the "Doctor Mabuse
Doctor Mabuse
Doctor Mabuse is a fictional character created by Norbert Jacques in the novel Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler, and made famous by the three movies director Fritz Lang made about the character; see Dr. Mabuse the Gambler. Although the character was designed deliberately to mimic pulp magazine-style...
" stories (formerly filmed by Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute...
), in the movies Frauenarzt Dr. Sibelius and Frühstück im Doppelbett, and in 13 movies based on novels by German author Karl May
Karl May
Karl Friedrich May was a popular German writer, noted mainly for adventure novels set in the American Old West, and similar books set in the Orient and Middle East . In addition, he wrote stories set in his native Germany, in China and in South America...
(1842–1912), playing such well-known May characters as Old Shatterhand
Old Shatterhand
Old Shatterhand is a fictional character in western novels by German writer Karl May . He is the German friend and blood brother of Winnetou, the fictional chief of the Mescalero tribe of the Apache...
, Kara Ben Nemsi
Kara Ben Nemsi
Kara Ben Nemsi is a fictional character in the works of Karl May, best-selling 19th century German writer...
, and Dr. Sternau.
In 1966, Barker was awarded the "Bambi Award
Bambi (prize)
The Bambi - Deutschlands Wichtigster Medienpreis, often simply called Bambi Awards and stylized as BAMBI, are presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year",...
" as "Best Foreign Actor" in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, where he was a major, very popular, star. He even recorded a single, in German, with Martin Böttcher
Martin Böttcher
Martin Böttcher is a German composer, arranger and conductor.-The beginning:Böttcher began taking piano lessons at an early age. But his first passion was flying, and he wanted to become a test pilot...
, the composer of some of the soundtracks of the Karl May movies: "Ich bin morgen auf dem Weg zu dir" ("I'll be on the way to you tomorrow") and "Mädchen in Samt und Seide" ("Girl in Silk and Velvet"). He returned to the US occasionally and made a handful of guest appearances on American television episodes. But Europe, and especially Germany, was his professional home for the remainder of his life.
Personal life
Barker was married five times:- Constance Rhodes Thurlow (married 27 June 1942, divorced 1950). She was a daughter of Leon Rhodes Thurlow, a vice president of the Decorated Metal Manufacturing Company. They had one daughter, Lynn Thurlow Barker (born 11 April 1943) and a son, Alexander "Zan" Crichlow Barker III (born 1947). In 1952 Constance Barker married, as her second husband, John Lawrence Adams, a descendant of John Quincy AdamsJohn Quincy AdamsJohn Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former...
. - Actress Arlene DahlArlene DahlArlene Carol Dahl is an American actress and former MGM contract star, who achieved notability during the 1950s. She is the mother of actor Lorenzo Lamas.-Early years:...
(married 1951, divorced 1952) - Actress Lana TurnerLana TurnerLana Turner was an American actress.Discovered and signed to a film contract by MGM at the age of sixteen, Turner first attracted attention in They Won't Forget . She played featured roles, often as the ingenue, in such films as Love Finds Andy Hardy...
(married September 8, 1953, divorced July 22, 1957). According to a book by her daughter, Cheryl Crane, Turner ordered Barker out of their home one night at gunpoint after Cheryl, aged 13, accused him of molesting her over a long period of time. Divorce followed quickly, though no charges were filed, and the couple's 1957 divorce record does not allude to the allegation. - Irene Labhardt (married 1957, died in 1962 of leukemia), a Swiss actress. They had one son, Christopher (born 1960), who became an actor and singer.
- María del Carmen "Tita" Rosario Soledad Cervera y Fernández de la Guerra (married 1965, divorced 1972, though divorce not deemed legally valid). Voted Miss Spain in 1962, Tita Barker later became the wife of movie producer Espartaco Santoni in 1975 (the marriage turned out to be bigamous) and later still, in 1985, the fifth and final wife of billionaire art collector Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-BornemiszaBaron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-BornemiszaHans Henrik Ágost Gábor Tasso Freiherr Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva , a noted industrialist and art collector, was a Dutch-born Swiss citizen with a Hungarian title, a legal resident of Monaco for tax purposes, with a declared second residency in the United Kingdom, but in actuality...
.http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-espartaco-santoni-1197285.html
Death
Barker died three days after his 54th birthday, in 1973, of a heart attackMyocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
while walking down a street in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
on his way to meet his fiancée, actress Karen Kondazian. The funeral was in New York. He was cremated and the ashes were taken by his last wife to Spain.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Doll Face Doll Face Doll Face is a 1946 American film directed by Lewis Seiler starring Vivian Blaine as "Doll Face" Carroll. The film is also known as Come Back to Me in the United Kingdom.- Plot summary :... |
Jack, Coast Guardsman | uncredited |
| 1946 | Do You Love Me | Party Guest | uncredited |
| 1946 | Two Guys From Milwaukee | Fred, the Usher | uncredited |
| 1947 | Olaf Holstrom | ||
| 1947 | Crossfire Crossfire (film) -External links:* review at DVD Savant by Glenn Erickson* film trailer at YouTube... |
Harry | |
| 1947 | Under the Tonto Rim | Joe, Deputy in Tonto | |
| 1947 | Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome is a 1947 thriller film starring Ralph Byrd, Anne Gwynne, and Boris Karloff. It is the fourth and last movie in the Dick Tracy series.-Synopsis:A gang of criminals discover a nerve gas, which freezes people and can make them appear dead... |
Ambulance Driver | uncredited |
| 1947 | Unconquered Unconquered Unconquered is a 1947 adventure film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and released by Paramount. The film depicts the violent struggles between American colonists and Native Americans on the western frontier in the mid-18th century during the time of Pontiac's Rebellion, primarily around... |
Royal American Officer | uncredited |
| 1948 | Berlin Express Berlin Express Berlin Express is a black-and-white drama film directed by Jacques Tourneur. Thrown together by chance, a group of people search a city for a kidnapped peace activist. Set in Allied-occupied Germany, it was shot on location in post-World War II Frankfurt-am-Main and Berlin... |
Soldier | uncredited |
| 1948 | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is a 1948 American comedy film directed by H.C. Potter and starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy. The film was written and produced by the team of Melvin Frank and Norman Panama... |
Carpenter Foreman | |
| 1948 | Paul Banton | ||
| 1948 | Return of the Badmen | Emmett Dalton | |
| 1949 | Tarzan's Magic Fountain Tarzan's Magic Fountain Tarzan's Magic Fountain is a 1949 Tarzan film starring Lex Barker as Tarzan and Brenda Joyce as his companion Jane. The film also features Albert Dekker and Evelyn Ankers, was co-written by Curt Siodmak, and directed by Lee Sholem.... |
Tarzan Tarzan Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer... |
|
| 1950 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl Tarzan and the Slave Girl Tarzan and the Slave Girl is a 1950 film starring Lex Barker as Tarzan, Vanessa Brown as Jane, and Robert Alda as big game hunter Neil. It was directed by Lee Sholem... |
Tarzan | |
| 1951 | Tarzan's Peril Tarzan's Peril Tarzan's Peril is a 1951 film starring Lex Barker as Tarzan and Virginia Huston as Jane, and featuring Dorothy Dandridge as "Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba." Some of it was shot in Kenya, making it the first Tarzan movie to be filmed in Africa, though the majority of its location shooting was done... |
Tarzan | |
| 1952 | Tarzan's Savage Fury Tarzan's Savage Fury Tarzan's Savage Fury is a 1952 film starring Lex Barker as Tarzan, Dorothy Hart as Jane, and Patric Knowles. The movie was directed by Cy Endfield. While most Tarzan films of the 1930s, '40s and '50s presented Tarzan as a very different character from the one in Edgar Rice Burroughs' novels, this... |
Tarzan | |
| 1952 | Thunder Over the Plains Thunder Over the Plains Thunder Over The Plains is a 1953 western film directed by André de Toth and starring Randolph Scott and Lex Barker. This was the first film that Lex Barker appeared in after completing a series of 5 Tarzan films... |
Captain Bill Hodges | |
| 1952 | Battles of Chief Pontiac Battles of Chief Pontiac Battles of Chief Pontiac is an American quasi historical film directed by Felix E. Feist. The drama features Lex Barker, Helen Westcott and Lon Chaney Jr..-Plot:Conflict between Ottawa Native Americans, led by Chief Pontiac, and the British.... |
Kent McIntire | |
| 1953 | Tarzan and the She-Devil Tarzan and the She-Devil Tarzan and the She-Devil is a 1953 film starring Lex Barker as Tarzan and Joyce MacKenzie as Jane. It also features Raymond Burr, Tom Conway and Monique van Vooren, who plays the "She-Devil," a colorful name for a female villain. The movie was directed by Kurt Neumann. Tarzan is held captive... |
Tarzan | |
| 1954 | Tremal Naik | Original (Italian) title: I misteri della giungla nera | |
| 1954 | Andy Martin | ||
| 1955 | Jeff Carr | ||
| 1955 | Duel on the Mississippi | André Tulane | |
| 1955 | Black Devils of Kali | Tremal Naik | Original (Italian) title: La vendetta dei Tughs |
| 1956 | Dave Barrett | ||
| 1956 | Away All Boats Away All Boats Away All Boats is a 1956 American war film produced by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Joseph Pevney and produced by Howard Christie from a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman based on the 1953 novel by Kenneth M. Dodson.... |
Commander Quigley | |
| 1957 | War Drums | Mangas Coloradas | |
| 1957 | Steve Anderson | ||
| 1957 | Jungle Heat | Dr. Jim Ransom | |
| 1957 | Deerslayer | ||
| 1957 | David Hewson | ||
| 1958 | Strange Awakening | Peter Chance | |
| 1958 | Captain Falcon | Pietro | Original (Italian) title: Capitan Fuoco |
| 1959 | Mission in Morocco | Bruce Reynolds | |
| 1959 | Son of the Red Corsair Son of the Red Corsair The Son of the Red Corsair is an exotic adventure novel written by Italian author Emilio Salgari, published in 1908... |
Enrico di Ventimiglia | Original (Italian) title: Il figlio del corsaro rosso |
| 1959 | Drakut | Original (Italian) title: La scimitarra del Saraceno | |
| 1960 | Terror of the Red Mask | Marco | Original (Italian) title: Terrore della maschera rossa |
| 1960 | La Dolce Vita La Dolce Vita La Dolce Vita is a 1960 comedy-drama film written and directed by the critically acclaimed director Federico Fellini. The film is a story of a passive journalist's week in Rome, and his search for both happiness and love that will never come... |
Robert | Italian film |
| 1960 | Knight of 100 Faces | Riccardo D'Arce | Original (Italian) title: Il cavaliere dai cento volti |
| 1960 | Pirates of the Coast | Captain Luis Monterey | Original (Italian) title: I pirati della costa |
| 1960 | Robin Hood and the Pirates | Robin Hood Robin Hood Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes.... |
Original (Italian) title: Robin Hood e i pirati |
| 1961 | Captain Don Carlos de Herrera | Original (Italian) title: Il segreto dello sparviero nero | |
| 1961 | El secreto de los hombres azules | Fred | Spanish/French film |
| 1961 | Joe Como | Original (German) title: Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse | |
| 1962 | Joe Como | Original (German) title: Die unsichtbaren Krallen des Dr. Mabuse | |
| 1962 | Dr. Sibelius | Dr. Georg Sibelius | Original (German) title: Frauenarzt Dr. Sibelius |
| 1962 | Treasure of Silver Lake | Old Shatterhand Old Shatterhand Old Shatterhand is a fictional character in western novels by German writer Karl May . He is the German friend and blood brother of Winnetou, the fictional chief of the Mescalero tribe of the Apache... |
Original (German) title: Der Schatz im Silbersee |
| 1963 | Sandrigo Bembo | Original (Italian) title: Il boia di Venezia | |
| 1963 | Breakfast in Bed Breakfast in Bed (film) Breakfast in Bed is a 1963 German comedy film directed by Axel von Ambesser and starring O.W. Fischer, Liselotte Pulver and Ann Smyrner. The wife of a newspaper editor grows sick of his frequent absences.-Cast:... |
Victor H. Armstrong | Original (German) title: Frühstück im Doppelbett |
| 1963 | Storm Over Ceylon | Larry Stone | Original (Italian) title: Tempesta su Ceylon |
| 1963 | Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance is a 1963 Italian fantasy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Paul Guers.-Cast:* Paul Guers - Dr. Simon Palmer* Senta Berger - Catherine Talbot* Lex Barker - Maj. Ford* Sergio Fantoni - Ram Chand... |
Major Ford | Original (Italian) title: Kali Yug, la dea della vendetta |
| 1963 | Il mistero del tempio indiano | Major Ford | Italian film |
| 1963 | Apache Gold | Old Shatterhand | Original (German) title: Winnetou I |
| 1964 | Apaches Last Battle Old Shatterhand (film) The film Old Shatterhand is a very successful Eurowestern based on the character Old Shatterhand invented by German novelist Karl May. It is a French, Italian, Yugoslavian, West German co-production filmed in 70mm. With about 5,000,000 DM in production the film was the most expensive Karl May... |
Old Shatterhand | Original (German) title: Old Shatterhand |
| 1964 | Victim Five Victim Five Victim Five is a 1964 British crime film directed by Robert Lynn and starring Lex Barker, Ronald Fraser, Ann Smyrner and Walter Rilla. A private detective joins forces with the South African police, hunting down a murder in Cape Town.-Cast:... |
Steve Martin | UK film, US title: Code 7, Victim 5 |
| 1964 | Yellow Devil | Kara Ben Nemsi Kara Ben Nemsi Kara Ben Nemsi is a fictional character in the works of Karl May, best-selling 19th century German writer... |
Original (German) title: Der Schut |
| 1964 | Last of the Renegades Last of the Renegades Last of the Renegades is a 1964 German Western film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Lex Barker.-Cast:* Lex Barker - Old Shatterhand* Pierre Brice - Winnetou* Anthony Steel - Bud Forrester* Karin Dor - Ribanna* Klaus Kinski - David 'Luke' Lucas... |
Old Shatterhand | Original (German) title: Winnetou II |
| 1965 | Dr. Karl Sternau | Original (German) title: Der Schatz der Azteken | |
| 1965 | Pyramid of the Sun God | Dr. Karl Sternau | Original (German) title: Die Pyramide des Sonnengottes |
| 1965 | Twenty-Four Hours to Kill | Captain Jamie Faulkner | UK film |
| 1965 | Clint Brenner | Original (German) title: Die Hölle von Manitoba | |
| 1965 | Kara Ben Nemsi | Original (German) title: Durchs wilde Kurdistan | |
| 1965 | Old Shatterhand | Original (German) title: Winnetou III | |
| 1965 | Fury of the Sabers | Kara Ben Nemsi Kara Ben Nemsi Kara Ben Nemsi is a fictional character in the works of Karl May, best-selling 19th century German writer... |
Original (German) title: Im Reiche des silbernen Löwen |
| 1966 | Who Killed Johnny R.? | Sam Dobie | Original (German) title: Wer kennt Johnny R.? |
| 1966 | Killer's Carnival Killer's Carnival Killer's Carnival is a 1966 crime film directed by Alberto Cardone and starring Stewart Granger.-Plot:A murderer takes refuge in a doctor's home, and the doctor tells him three stories in an attempt to convince him that crime doesn't pay.-Cast:... |
Glenn Cassidy | Original (French) title: Le carnaval des barbouzes |
| 1966 | Half-Breed | Old Shatterhand | Original (German) title: Winnetou und das Halbblut Apanatschi |
| 1967 | Woman Times Seven Woman Times Seven Woman Times Seven is a 1967 Italian/French/American co-production anthology film of seven different episodes, all starring Shirley MacLaine with most based on aspects of adultery... |
Rik | |
| 1967 | Die Slowly, You'll Enjoy It More | Bob Urban | Original (German) title: Mister Dynamit – Morgen küßt Euch der Tod |
| 1967 | Blood Demon | Roger Mont Elise | Original (German) title: Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel Also released as: Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism |
| 1968 | Winnetou and Shatterhand in the Valley of Death | Old Shatterhand | Original (German) title: Winnetou und Shatterhand im Tal der Toten |
| 1970 | Wenn du bei mir bist | Kapitän Hannes Schneider | German film |
| 1970 | Aoom | Ristol | Spanish film |
Discography
- "Ich bin morgen auf dem Weg zu dir" / "Mädchen in Samt und Seide" 1965, Single, Decca D 19 725
- Winnetou du warst mein Freund 1996, CD, Bear Family Records
(contains both tracks from the 1965 Decca single and songs sung by Barker's frequent co-star Pierre Brice
Pierre Brice
Pierre Brice is a French actor, mainly known for his role as fictional Apache-chief Winnetou in German Karl May films.- Life and films :...
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See also
- Johnny WeissmullerJohnny WeissmullerJohnny Weissmuller was an Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor best known for playing Tarzan in movies. Weissmuller was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. He won fifty-two US National Championships and set sixty-seven...
- TarzanTarzanTarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...
- Jock MahoneyJock MahoneyJock Mahoney was an American actor and stuntman of Irish, French, and Cherokee ancestry. Born Jacques O'Mahoney, he was credited variously as Jock Mahoney, Jack O'Mahoney or Jock O'Mahoney. He starred in two television series, both westerns...
- Denny MillerDenny MillerDenny Scott Miller is an American actor, perhaps best known for his guest-starring roles on Gilligan's Island and as Tarzan in the late 1950s....
- Buster CrabbeBuster CrabbeClarence Linden "Buster" Crabbe was an American athlete and actor, who starred in a number of popular serials in the 1930s and 1940s.-Birth:...
- Mike Henry (football)
External links
- Official site in English and German
- Lex Barker – Biography on (re)Search my Trash
- Fanpage in German
- Lex Barker at Brian's Drive-In Theater
- Tribute to Lex Barker Gallery