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