Warren Oates

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-07-05 (54 years old)

Deathday

1982-04-03

Place of Birth

Depoy, Kentucky, USA

Warren Oates

Biography

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Warren Oates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1969

The Wild Bunch

as Lyle Gorch

1974

Badlands

as Holly's Father

1967

In the Heat of the Night

as Deputy Sam Wood

1965

Shenandoah

as Billy Packer

1981

Stripes

as Sgt. Hulka

1979

1941

as Col. 'Madman' Maddox

1982

1978

China 9, Liberty 37

as Matthew Sebanek

1974

1983

Blue Thunder

as Braddock

1968

The Split

as Marty Gough

1978

The Brink's Job

as Specs O'Keefe

1970

Barquero

as Jake Remy

1966

1971

1974

Cockfighter

as Frank Mansfield

1973

Dillinger

as John Dillinger

1962

Ride the High Country

as Henry Hammond

1965

Major Dundee

as O.W. Hadley

1971

The Hired Hand

as Arch Harris

1966

The Shooting

as Willett Gashade

1977

Sleeping Dogs

as Col. Willoughby

1975

92 in the Shade

as Nichol Dance

1983

Tough Enough

as James Neese

1959

1976

1976

Drum

as Hammond Maxwell

1971

Chandler

as Chandler

1973

Kid Blue

as Reese Ford

1969

Smith!

as Walter Charlie

1967

1964

1962

Hero's Island

as Wayte Giddens

1960

1980

Baby Comes Home

as Michael Kramer

1965

The Rounders

as Harley Williams (uncredited)

1971

The Reluctant Heroes

as Cpl. Leroy Sprague

1973

Tom Sawyer

as Muff Potter

1975

Rancho Deluxe

as Harmonica Player (uncredited)

1969

Crooks and Coronets

as Marty Miller

1970

The Movie Murderer

as Alfred Fisher

2006

1979

My Old Man

as Frank Butler

1977

American Raspberry

as Celebrity Sportsman

1979

And Baby Makes Six

as Michael Kramer

1968

1978

True Grit: A Further Adventure

as Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn

1969

Lanton Mills

as Gunman

1977

The African Queen

as Capt. Charlie Allnut

1993

Warren Oates: Across the Border

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1957

The Night America Trembled

as 2nd Card Player

1959

Up Periscope

as Seaman Kovacs

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