Warren Oates

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Warren Oates

Acting July 5, 1928

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)…

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The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

8.5 1959 TV Show
The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch

7.6 1969 Movie
Badlands

Badlands

7.5 1973 Movie
In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

7.7 1967 Movie
Bonanza

Bonanza

7.5 1959 TV Show
Stripes

Stripes

6.6 1981 Movie
1941

1941

5.8 1979 Movie
The Rifleman

The Rifleman

7.1 1958 TV Show
Blue Thunder

Blue Thunder

6.2 1983 Movie
Combat!

Combat!

7.9 1962 TV Show
The Fugitive

The Fugitive

7.3 1963 TV Show
Wagon Train

Wagon Train

6.6 1957 TV Show

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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).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2006
    Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2004
    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 1993
    Warren Oates: Across the Border

    Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  4. 1983
    Tough Enough

    Movie James Neese

  5. 1983
    Blue Thunder

    Movie Braddock

  6. 1983
    Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder

    Movie

  7. 1982
    The Blue and the Gray

    TV show Preacher / Maj. Welles

  8. 1982
    The Border

    Movie Red

  9. 1981
    Stripes

    Movie Sgt. Hulka

  10. 1981
    East of Eden

    TV show Cyrus Trask

  11. 1980
    Baby Comes Home

    Movie Michael Kramer

  12. 1979
    1941

    Movie Col. 'Madman' Maddox

  13. 1979
    My Old Man

    Movie Frank Butler

  14. 1979
    And Baby Makes Six

    Movie Michael Kramer

  15. 1979
    Tales of the Unexpected

    TV show Harry

  16. 1978
    The Brink's Job

    Movie Specs O'Keefe

More credits
  1. 1978
    China 9, Liberty 37

    Movie Matthew Sebanek

  2. 1978
    Sleeping Dogs

    Movie Col. Willoughby

  3. 1978
    True Grit: A Further Adventure

    Movie Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn

  4. 1978
    Black Beauty

    TV show Jerry Barker

  5. 1977
    American Raspberry

    Movie Celebrity Sportsman

  6. 1977
    The African Queen

    Movie Capt. Charlie Allnut

  7. 1976
    Drum

    Movie Hammond Maxwell

  8. 1976
    Dixie Dynamite

    Movie Mack

  9. 1975
    92 in the Shade

    Movie Nichol Dance

  10. 1975
    Race with the Devil

    Movie Frank

  11. 1975
    Rancho Deluxe

    Movie Harmonica Player (uncredited)

  12. 1974
    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

    Movie Bennie

  13. 1974
    Cockfighter

    Movie Frank Mansfield

  14. 1974
    The White Dawn

    Movie Billy

  15. 1973
    Badlands

    Movie Holly's Father

  16. 1973
    Dillinger

    Movie John Dillinger

  17. 1973
    Police Story

    TV show

  18. 1973
    Tom Sawyer

    Movie Muff Potter

  19. 1973
    The Thief Who Came to Dinner

    Movie Dave Reilly

  20. 1973
    Kid Blue

    Movie Reese Ford

  21. 1971
    Chandler

    Movie Chandler

  22. 1971
    The Reluctant Heroes

    Movie Cpl. Leroy Sprague

  23. 1971
    The Hired Hand

    Movie Arch Harris

  24. 1971
    Two-Lane Blacktop

    Movie G.T.O.