Warren Oates
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Warren Mercer Oates (July 5, 1928 – April 3, 1982) was an American actor best known for his performances in several films directed by Sam Peckinpah including The Wild Bunch (1969) and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974). He starred in numerous films during the early 1970s which have since achieved cult status including The Hired Hand (1971), Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) and Race with the Devil (1975). Oates also portrayed Sergeant Hulka in the box office hit Stripes (1981).
Known for
Credits
The Wild Bunch (1969)
as Lyle Gorch
Stripes (1981)
as Sgt. Hulka
1941 (1979)
as Col. 'Madman' Maddox
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
as Deputy Sam Wood
Blue Thunder (1983)
as Braddock
Badlands (1974)
as Holly's Father
Ride the High Country (1962)
as Henry Hammond
Return of the Seven (1966)
as Colbee
The Border (1982)
as Red
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
as Bennie
Shenandoah (1965)
as Billy Packer
Major Dundee (1965)
as O.W. Hadley
Tom Sawyer (1973)
as Muff Potter
The Rounders (1965)
as Harley Williams (uncredited)
Barquero (1970)
as Jake Remy
The Split (1968)
as Marty Gough
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
as G.T.O.
Race with the Devil (1975)
as Frank
Kid Blue (1973)
as Reese Ford
Tough Enough (1983)
as James Neese
Dillinger (1973)
as John Dillinger
Yellowstone Kelly (1959)
as Corporal
Mail Order Bride (1964)
as Jace
The Shooting (1966)
as Willett Gashade
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Rancho Deluxe (1975)
as Harmonica Player (uncredited)
Drum (1976)
as Hammond Maxwell
Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
as Leo Jenks
Up Periscope (1959)
as Seaman Kovacs
The Brink's Job (1978)
as Specs O'Keefe
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
as Eddie Diamond
My Old Man (1979)
as Frank Butler
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
as Floyd Moon
Sleeping Dogs (1977)
as Col. Willoughby
China 9, Liberty 37 (1978)
as Matthew Sebanek
Chandler (1971)
as Chandler
True Grit: A Further Adventure (1978)
as Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
Cockfighter (1974)
as Frank Mansfield
The Hired Hand (1971)
as Arch Harris
The White Dawn (1974)
as Billy
Lanton Mills (1969)
as Gunman
Private Property (1960)
as Boots
Smith! (1969)
as Walter Charlie
Crooks and Coronets (1969)
as Marty Miller
Hero's Island (1962)
as Wayte Giddens
Dixie Dynamite (1976)
as Mack
The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
as Dave Reilly
Warren Oates: Across the Border (1993)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
92 in the Shade (1975)
as Nichol Dance
Something for a Lonely Man (1968)
as Angus Duren
The Movie Murderer (1970)
as Alfred Fisher
And Baby Makes Six (1979)
as Michael Kramer
American Raspberry (1977)
as Celebrity Sportsman
The Night America Trembled (1957)
as 2nd Card Player
Baby Comes Home (1980)
as Michael Kramer
The African Queen (1977)
as Capt. Charlie Allnut
The Reluctant Heroes (1971)
as Cpl. Leroy Sprague
Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims (1968)
as John Blythe
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder (1983)
Actor
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' (2006)
as Self (archive footage)