Warren Oates

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).

Appearances

The Wild Bunch
7.6
The Wild Bunch
Lyle Gorch
Badlands
7.5
Badlands
Holly's Father
In the Heat of the Night
7.7
In the Heat of the Night
Deputy Sam Wood
Shenandoah
7.0
Shenandoah
Billy Packer
Stripes
6.6
Stripes
Sgt. Hulka
1941
5.8
1941
Col. 'Madman' Maddox
The Border
6.1
The Border
Red
China 9, Liberty 37
5.4
China 9, Liberty 37
Matthew Sebanek
The White Dawn
6.7
The White Dawn
Billy
Blue Thunder
6.2
Blue Thunder
Braddock
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
7.1
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Bennie
The Split
6.7
The Split
Marty Gough
The Brink's Job
6.2
The Brink's Job
Specs O'Keefe
Race with the Devil
6.4
Race with the Devil
Frank
Barquero
6.3
Barquero
Jake Remy
Return of the Seven
6.1
Return of the Seven
Colbee
There Was a Crooked Man...
6.8
There Was a Crooked Man...
Floyd Moon
Two-Lane Blacktop
6.9
Two-Lane Blacktop
G.T.O.
Cockfighter
6.0
Cockfighter
Frank Mansfield
Dillinger
6.6
Dillinger
John Dillinger
Ride the High Country
7.1
Ride the High Country
Henry Hammond
Major Dundee
6.7
Major Dundee
O.W. Hadley
The Hired Hand
6.1
The Hired Hand
Arch Harris
The Shooting
6.2
The Shooting
Willett Gashade
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
6.1
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Eddie Diamond
Sleeping Dogs
5.6
Sleeping Dogs
Col. Willoughby
92 in the Shade
5.8
92 in the Shade
Nichol Dance
Tough Enough
5.4
Tough Enough
James Neese
Yellowstone Kelly
6.1
Yellowstone Kelly
Corporal
Dixie Dynamite
5.2
Dixie Dynamite
Mack
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
7.0
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
Dave Reilly
Drum
5.3
Drum
Hammond Maxwell
Chandler
4.6
Chandler
Chandler
Kid Blue
6.9
Kid Blue
Reese Ford
Smith!
5.9
Smith!
Walter Charlie
Welcome to Hard Times
5.3
Welcome to Hard Times
Leo Jenks
Mail Order Bride
7.2
Mail Order Bride
Jace
Hero's Island
5.6
Hero's Island
Wayte Giddens
Private Property
6.2
Private Property
Boots
Baby Comes Home
Baby Comes Home
Michael Kramer
The Rounders
5.5
The Rounders
Harley Williams (uncredited)
The Reluctant Heroes
8.0
The Reluctant Heroes
Cpl. Leroy Sprague
Tom Sawyer
6.4
Tom Sawyer
Muff Potter
Rancho Deluxe
5.4
Rancho Deluxe
Harmonica Player (uncredited)
Crooks and Coronets
8.5
Crooks and Coronets
Marty Miller
The Movie Murderer
6.9
The Movie Murderer
Alfred Fisher
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
Self (archive footage)
My Old Man
5.3
My Old Man
Frank Butler
American Raspberry
5.6
American Raspberry
Celebrity Sportsman
And Baby Makes Six
10.0
And Baby Makes Six
Michael Kramer
Something for a Lonely Man
7.6
Something for a Lonely Man
Angus Duren
True Grit: A Further Adventure
5.8
True Grit: A Further Adventure
Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
Lanton Mills
8.0
Lanton Mills
Gunman
Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
9.0
Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
John Blythe
The African Queen
6.7
The African Queen
Capt. Charlie Allnut
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
8.0
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
Warren Oates: Across the Border
6.5
Warren Oates: Across the Border
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Night America Trembled
7.5
The Night America Trembled
2nd Card Player
Up Periscope
6.4
Up Periscope
Seaman Kovacs
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
77 Sunset Strip
7.1
77 Sunset Strip
Trackdown
6.9
Trackdown
The F.B.I.
5.5
The F.B.I.
Richie Billings
Tales of the Unexpected
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
Harry
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
6.3
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Eldon Bishop
Lost in Space
7.1
Lost in Space
Jimmy Hapgood
Gunsmoke
6.7
Gunsmoke
Jed Hakes
Studio One
5.4
Studio One
Card Player #2
Combat!
7.7
Combat!
Pvt. James Stark
The Twilight Zone
8.5
The Twilight Zone
Jeep Driver
The Monroes
6.8
The Monroes
Target: The Corruptors!
5.7
Target: The Corruptors!
Outlaws
6.7
Outlaws
The Lawless Years
7.0
The Lawless Years
Rawhide
7.2
Rawhide
Charlie 'Rabbit' Waters
Run for Your Life
7.1
Run for Your Life
Deputy LaVern Potter
Have Gun, Will Travel
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
Cimarron Strip
5.7
Cimarron Strip
The Fugitive
7.3
The Fugitive
Hanes McClure
Police Story
7.0
Police Story
The Virginian
6.5
The Virginian
Corbie
Lancer
5.6
Lancer
Thriller
6.7
Thriller
Hugo Wheeler
The Big Valley
6.2
The Big Valley
Korby Kyles
Bronco
6.0
Bronco
Black Saddle
6.2
Black Saddle
Simms
Branded
6.8
Branded
Wanted: Dead or Alive
6.9
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Jesse Cox
The Rebel
5.1
The Rebel
Troy Armbruster
The Rifleman
7.1
The Rifleman
Bat Masterson
6.1
Bat Masterson
Sonny Parsons
Tate
5.4
Tate
Stoney Burke
6.8
Stoney Burke
Ves Painter
Johnny Ringo
5.9
Johnny Ringo
Burt Scanlon
Shane
6.2
Shane
Kemp Spicer
The Fugitive
7.3
The Fugitive
Herbie Grant
Hawaiian Eye
5.6
Hawaiian Eye
Al
Rawhide
7.2
Rawhide
Weed
Rawhide
7.2
Rawhide
Jesse Gufler
The Big Valley
6.2
The Big Valley
Duke
The Virginian
6.5
The Virginian
Roy Judd
The Virginian
6.5
The Virginian
Bowers
Gunsmoke
6.7
Gunsmoke
Seth
Gunsmoke
6.7
Gunsmoke
Jep
The Virginian
6.5
The Virginian
Buxton
Gunsmoke
6.7
Gunsmoke
Sweet Billy
Gunsmoke
6.7
Gunsmoke
Chris Kelly
Gunsmoke
6.7
Gunsmoke
Deke
Gunsmoke
6.7
Gunsmoke
Speeler
Gunsmoke
6.7
Gunsmoke
Al Tresh
Gunsmoke
6.7
Gunsmoke
Lafe
Gunsmoke
6.7
Gunsmoke
Reb
The Outer Limits
7.8
The Outer Limits
Reese Fowler
Dundee and the Culhane
5.3
Dundee and the Culhane
Lafe Doolin
Wanted: Dead or Alive
6.9
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Billy Clegg
Wanted: Dead or Alive
6.9
Wanted: Dead or Alive
George Aswell
Wanted: Dead or Alive
6.9
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Clem Robinson
The Twilight Zone
8.5
The Twilight Zone
Richard Langsford
Black Beauty
7.0
Black Beauty
Jerry Barker
Thriller
6.7
Thriller
Benny
Bat Masterson
6.1
Bat Masterson
Cat Crail
A Man Called Shenandoah
6.9
A Man Called Shenandoah
Sergeant Ryder
12 O'Clock High
7.2
12 O'Clock High
Lt. Col. Jerry Troper
The Untouchables
7.9
The Untouchables
Artie Krebs
Wagon Train
6.6
Wagon Train
Private Silas Carpenter
The Blue and the Gray
6.7
The Blue and the Gray
Preacher / Maj. Welles
77 Sunset Strip
7.1
77 Sunset Strip
Dink Strahman
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
5.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Joe Grover
Bonanza
7.5
Bonanza
Paul Magruder
Trackdown
6.9
Trackdown
Kelly
The Blue and the Gray
6.7
The Blue and the Gray
Major Welles
Trackdown
6.9
Trackdown
Norvil
The Westerner
7.0
The Westerner
Drunk
The Wonderful World of Disney
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
John Blythe
East of Eden
7.4
East of Eden
Cyrus Trask
Have Gun, Will Travel
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
Harrison
The Name of the Game
7.0
The Name of the Game
Lew Weatherford / John Weatherford
Kraft Television Theatre
7.8
Kraft Television Theatre
The Rifleman
7.1
The Rifleman
Andrew Sheltin
Stagecoach West
6.7
Stagecoach West
Tom Lochlin
The Rifleman
7.1
The Rifleman
Marty Ryan
Stagecoach West
6.7
Stagecoach West
Warren Oates

Crew

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