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