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