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