Christopher J. Barnes (born June 24, 1965) is an American former

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Career

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 ''

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'' and its sequel ''

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'', as well as for appearing in several ''

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s'' during the late 1970s and early 1980s. 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

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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. The bonds had been misplaced and didn't resurface until 1998, when he was living in Utah and worked at a flower shop.O'Neill, Ann W
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'', April 26, 1998. Accessed June 7, 2021.

Filmography

Movies

* ''

'' (1976) - Tanner Boyle * ''

'' (1977) - Tanner Boyle

Television

* '' Delvecchio'' (episode: "Contract for Harry") (1976) - Tommy Wilson * '' NBC Special Treat'' (episode: ''Big Henry and the Polka Dot Kid'') (1976) - Luke Baldwin * ''

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'' (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 ''The Color of Friendship'' is a 2000 television film based on actual events about the friendship between two girls; Mahree & Piper, one from the United States and the other from apartheid South Africa, who learn about tolerance and friendship. Th ...

'' (1981) - David Bellinger * ''Through the Magic Pyramid'' (1981) - Bobby Tuttle * '' CBS Afternoon Playhouse'' (episode: ''Revenge of the Nerd'') (1983) - Dalton Surewood

References

Bibliography

* Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995''. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 358.

External links

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