Chris Barnes (actor)
Chris Barnes | |
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 Barnes, circa 1976 | |
| Born | Christopher J. Barnes June 24, 1965 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1976–1983 |
Christopher J. Barnes (born June 24, 1965) is an American former child actor.
Career
[edit]Barnes began his professional film career at the age of 10. He is perhaps best known for his role as the short-tempered shortstop Tanner Boyle in the 1976 feature film The Bad News Bears and its sequel The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training,[1][2] as well as for appearing in several After School Specials during the late 1970s and early 1980s.[3][4][5]
Barnes earned about $3,000 for his five weeks of work on the original Bad News Bears film, of which 25% was set aside in United States Savings Bonds under the terms of the California Child Actor's Bill (known colloquially as the Coogan Law), to ensure that a portion of his earnings would be available to him once he was an adult. [2]
Filmography
[edit]Movies
[edit]- The Bad News Bears (1976) - Tanner Boyle
- The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) - Tanner Boyle
Television
[edit]- Delvecchio (episode: "Contract for Harry") (1976) - Tommy Wilson
- NBC Special Treat (episode: Big Henry and the Polka Dot Kid) (1976) - Luke Baldwin
- Taxi (episode: "Memories of Cab 804, Part 1") (1978) - Kid
- Mom, the Wolfman and Me (1980) - Andrew
- Aloha Paradise (episode: "Catching Up") (1981) - Danny
- ABC Afterschool Special (episode: The Color of Friendship (1981) - David Bellinger
- Through the Magic Pyramid (1981) - Bobby Tuttle
- CBS Afternoon Playhouse (episode: Revenge of the Nerd) (1983) - Dalton Surewood
References
[edit]- ^ Waxse, Bennett F. (August 2, 1977). "Bad News Bears as Good as Ever". The Milwaukee Journal.[dead link]
- ^ a b O'Neill, Ann W. (April 26, 1998). "A Bad News Bear Gets a Blast From the Past". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ^ Fanning, Win (November 9, 1976). "Blind Dog Story Has Happy Ending". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ "'The Color of Friendship' - 'ABC Afterschool Special'". Baltimore Afro-American. November 7, 1981. p. 18. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
- ^ "Story of High School 'Nerd' Being Produced". Youngstown Vindicator. February 25, 1983. p. 12.
Bibliography
[edit]- Holmstrom, John (1996). The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopædia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich: Michael Russell. p. 358. ISBN 978-0-8595-5178-6.
External links
[edit]- Chris Barnes at IMDb
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