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