Warren Oates
Acting
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).
Filmography 112
Movies (60)
- Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'2006Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004Self (archive footage)
Warren Oates: Across the Border1993Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tough Enough1983James Neese
Blue Thunder1983Braddock- Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder1983
The Border1982Red
Stripes1981Sgt. Hulka
Baby Comes Home1980Michael Kramer
19411979Col. 'Madman' Maddox
My Old Man1979Frank Butler
And Baby Makes Six1979Michael Kramer
The Brink's Job1978Specs O'Keefe
China 9, Liberty 371978Matthew Sebanek
True Grit: A Further Adventure1978Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
Sleeping Dogs1977Col. Willoughby
American Raspberry1977Celebrity Sportsman
The African Queen1977Capt. Charlie Allnut
Drum1976Hammond Maxwell
Dixie Dynamite1976Mack
92 in the Shade1975Nichol Dance
Race with the Devil1975Frank
Rancho Deluxe1975Harmonica Player (uncredited)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia1974Bennie
Cockfighter1974Frank Mansfield
The White Dawn1974Billy
Badlands1974Holly's Father
Dillinger1973John Dillinger
Tom Sawyer1973Muff Potter
The Thief Who Came to Dinner1973Dave Reilly
Shows (52)
The Blue and the Gray1982Preacher / Maj. Welles
East of Eden1981Cyrus Trask
Tales of the Unexpected1979Harry
Black Beauty1978Jerry Barker
Police Story1973
Lancer1968
The Name of the Game1968Lew Weatherford / John Weatherford
Cimarron Strip1967
Dundee and the Culhane1967Lafe Doolin
Shane1966Kemp Spicer
The Monroes1966
The F.B.I.1965Richie Billings
The Big Valley1965Korby Kyles
Lost in Space1965Jimmy Hapgood
Run for Your Life1965Deputy LaVern Potter
A Man Called Shenandoah1965Sergeant Ryder
Branded1965
12 O'Clock High1964Lt. Col. Jerry Troper- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963Joe Grover
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters1963Eldon Bishop
The Fugitive1963Hanes McClure
The Outer Limits1963Reese Fowler
Combat!1962Pvt. James Stark
Stoney Burke1962Ves Painter
The Virginian1962Corbie
Target: The Corruptors!1961
Stagecoach West1960Tom Lochlin
The Westerner1960Drunk
Outlaws1960
Thriller1960Hugo Wheeler