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