Editing Lex Barker (section)

===Westerns===
Barker supported [[Randolph Scott]] in ''[[Thunder Over the Plains]]'' (1953).<ref>{{cite book |last=Nott |first=Robert |date=2004 |title=The Films of Randolph Scott |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7CySCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA172 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland & Company |page=172 |isbn=978-0-7864-3759-7}}</ref>

At Universal he starred in the Western ''[[The Yellow Mountain]]'' (1954) and ''[[The Man from Bitter Ridge]]'' (1955). He went to Columbia to make ''[[Duel on the Mississippi]]'' (1955).{{sfn|Rowan|2013|p=40}}

Barker had a rare non-Western role in ''[[The Price of Fear (1956 film)|The Price of Fear]]'' (1956), a film noir with [[Merle Oberon]]. He was in the war movie ''[[Away All Boats]]'' (1956){{sfn|Rowan|2013|p=40}} and the thriller ''[[The Girl in the Kremlin]]'' (1957).<ref>{{cite book |last=Rowan |first=Terry |date=2015 |title=Motion Pictures From the Fabulous 1950s |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9YVPCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA71 |page=71 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1-329-76077-6}}</ref>

Barker made two films for [[Howard W. Koch]]: ''[[War Drums]]'' (1957){{sfn|Rowan|2013|p=40}} and ''[[Jungle Heat]]'' (1957),.{{sfn|Monush|2003|p=43}} He went to [[20th Century Fox]] for ''[[The Deerslayer (1957 film)|The Deerslayer]]'' (1957),{{sfn|Rowan|2013|p=40}} then did ''[[The Girl in Black Stockings]]'' (1957).<ref>{{cite book |last=Maltin |first=Leonard |date=2015 |title=Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6MIBDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA250 |location=New York |publisher=[[Penguin Random House]] |page=250 |isbn=978-0-14-751682-4 |author-link=Leonard Maltin}}</ref>