Warren Oates

Known for: Acting
Born: July 5, 1928, Depoy, Kentucky, USA
Died: April 3, 1982
Movies: 60

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).

Best-Known Movies

7.5

Badlands

1973

7.6

The Wild Bunch

1969

7.7

In the Heat of the Night

1967

6.6

Stripes

1981

5.8

1941

1979

6.3

Blue Thunder

1983

7.1

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

1974

6.1

Return of the Seven

1966

7.0

Two-Lane Blacktop

1971

7.1

Ride the High Country

1962

Filmography

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

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