Lex Barker

Lex Barker born as Alexander Crichlow Barker on 8th May 1919 in Rye, New York. He began worked as a lighting technician, stagehand and assistant director. The breakthrough in his professional life came with the role of Tarzan: after Johnny Weissmuller Barker became his the tenth film Tarzan. By 1952 he managed to get a divorce from Arlene Dahl and live with one of Hollywood's biggest stars Lana Turner. Although Tarzan brought him fame, Barker gave up the role because he longed for more challenging roles and wanted not to be associated with one character. In 1962 a German producer Horst Wendlandt offered him the role Old Shatterhand in the film Treasure of Silver Lake and Barker's fate was decided once and for all: he had made him a star. At that time he was on top of the German box office due to a trilogy about Winnetou: Apache Gold (1963), Last of the Renegades (1964) and The Desperado Trail (1965). Barker went from movie to movie. In 1966 at the Bambi awards in Germany he was elected as the most popular foreign actor. His last western as Old Shatterhand was filmed in 1968. The film´s offers gradually waned, causing his return to the U.S., where he appeared the popular television series The FBI and It Takes a Thief. Lex Barker died 11 May 1973 at Lexington Avenue New York of a heart attack.
==Film==
Gun 	Character 	Title 	Note 	Date
Sauer 1913 	Joe Como 	The Return of Doctor Mabuse 	 	1961
NHM Model 9 	Joe Como 	The Invisible Dr. Mabuse 	 	1962
12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun 	Old Shatterhand 	Treasure of Silver Lake 	 	1962
Special "Henry" rifle 	Old Shatterhand 	Treasure of Silver Lake 	 	1962
"Bear Killer" rifle 	Old Shatterhand 	Treasure of Silver Lake 	 	1962
Colt 1860 Army 	Old Shatterhand 	Apache Gold 	 	1963
12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun 	Old Shatterhand 	Apache Gold 	 	1963
"Bear Killer" rifle 	Old Shatterhand 	Apache Gold 	 	1963
Colt 1851 Navy 	Old Shatterhand 	Old Shatterhand 	 	1964
Arminius HW-1S 	Old Shatterhand 	Old Shatterhand 	6" barrel	1964
Winchester Model 1892 	Old Shatterhand 	Old Shatterhand 	 	1964
"The Bear Killer" Double Barreled Rifle	Old Shatterhand 	Old Shatterhand 	 	1964
Single Shot Rifle 	Old Shatterhand 	Old Shatterhand 	 	1964
"The Bear Killer" Double Barreled Rifle	Kara Ben Nemsi 	The Yellow One 	 	1964
Browning Auto-5 	Kara Ben Nemsi 	The Yellow One 	 	1964
Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III 	Steve Martin 	Code 7... Victim 5 	 	1964
Unidentified hunting rifle 	Steve Martin 	Code 7... Victim 5 	 	1964
Special "Henry" rifle 	Old Shatterhand 	Last of the Renegades 	 	1964
Special "Henry" rifle 	Old Shatterhand 	The Desperado Trail 	 	1965
Enfield No.2 Mk I 	Dr. Karl Sternau	Treasure of the Aztecs (Der Schatz der Azteken) 	 	1965
Smith & Wesson Military & Police 	Dr. Karl Sternau	Treasure of the Aztecs (Der Schatz der Azteken) 	 	1965
Smith & Wesson Military & Police 	Dr. Karl Sternau	Pyramid of the Sun God (Die Pyramide des Sonnengottes)	 	1965
Arminius HW-1S 	Old Shatterhand 	Winnetou and the Crossbreed 	6" barrel	1966
Special "Henry" rifle 	Old Shatterhand 	Winnetou and the Crossbreed 	 	1966
Special "Henry" rifle 	Old Shatterhand 	The Valley of Death 	 	1968
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