Warren Oates

Known for: Acting

Born: 1928-07-05 – 1982-04-03 (aged 53)

From: 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).

Filmography (112)

MOVIE
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.6
Tough Enough
1983
as James Neese
MOVIE★ 6.2
Blue Thunder
1983
as Braddock
MOVIE
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983
TV★ 6.7
The Blue and the Gray
1982
as Preacher / Maj. Welles
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Border
1982
as Red
MOVIE★ 6.6
Stripes
1981
as Sgt. Hulka
TV★ 7.4
East of Eden
1981
as Cyrus Trask
MOVIE
Baby Comes Home
1980
as Michael Kramer
MOVIE★ 5.8
1941
1979
as Col. 'Madman' Maddox
MOVIE★ 5.3
My Old Man
1979
as Frank Butler
MOVIE★ 10.0
And Baby Makes Six
1979
as Michael Kramer
TV★ 6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Harry
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Brink's Job
1978
as Specs O'Keefe
MOVIE★ 5.4
China 9, Liberty 37
1978
as Matthew Sebanek
MOVIE★ 5.8
True Grit: A Further Adventure
1978
as Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
TV★ 7.0
Black Beauty
1978
as Jerry Barker
MOVIE★ 5.6
Sleeping Dogs
1977
as Col. Willoughby
MOVIE★ 5.6
American Raspberry
1977
as Celebrity Sportsman
MOVIE★ 6.7
The African Queen
1977
as Capt. Charlie Allnut
MOVIE★ 5.3
Drum
1976
as Hammond Maxwell
MOVIE★ 5.2
Dixie Dynamite
1976
as Mack
MOVIE★ 5.8
92 in the Shade
1975
as Nichol Dance
MOVIE★ 6.4
Race with the Devil
1975
as Frank
MOVIE★ 5.4
Rancho Deluxe
1975
as Harmonica Player (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.1
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974
as Bennie
MOVIE★ 6.0
Cockfighter
1974
as Frank Mansfield
MOVIE★ 6.7
The White Dawn
1974
as Billy
MOVIE★ 7.5
Badlands
1974
as Holly's Father
MOVIE★ 6.6
Dillinger
1973
as John Dillinger
TV★ 7.0
Police Story
1973
MOVIE★ 6.4
Tom Sawyer
1973
as Muff Potter
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973
as Dave Reilly
MOVIE★ 6.9
Kid Blue
1973
as Reese Ford
MOVIE★ 4.6
Chandler
1971
as Chandler
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Reluctant Heroes
1971
as Cpl. Leroy Sprague
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Hired Hand
1971
as Arch Harris
MOVIE★ 6.9
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971
as G.T.O.
MOVIE★ 6.8
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as Floyd Moon
MOVIE★ 6.2
Barquero
1970
as Jake Remy
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Movie Murderer
1970
as Alfred Fisher
MOVIE★ 8.0
Lanton Mills
1969
as Gunman
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Wild Bunch
1969
as Lyle Gorch
MOVIE★ 8.5
Crooks and Coronets
1969
as Marty Miller
MOVIE★ 5.9
Smith!
1969
as Walter Charlie
MOVIE★ 7.6
Something for a Lonely Man
1968
as Angus Duren
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Split
1968
as Marty Gough
TV★ 5.6
Lancer
1968
TV★ 7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
as Lew Weatherford / John Weatherford
MOVIE★ 9.0
Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
1968
as John Blythe
TV★ 5.7
Cimarron Strip
1967
TV★ 5.3
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
as Lafe Doolin
MOVIE★ 7.7
In the Heat of the Night
1967
as Deputy Sam Wood
MOVIE★ 5.3
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Leo Jenks
MOVIE★ 6.1
Return of the Seven
1966
as Colbee
TV★ 6.2
Shane
1966
as Kemp Spicer
TV★ 6.8
The Monroes
1966
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Shooting
1966
as Willett Gashade
TV★ 5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
as Richie Billings
TV★ 7.2
Lost in Space
1965
as Jimmy Hapgood
TV★ 6.2
The Big Valley
1965
as Korby Kyles
TV★ 7.1
Run for Your Life
1965
as Deputy LaVern Potter
TV★ 6.9
A Man Called Shenandoah
1965
as Sergeant Ryder
MOVIE★ 7.0
Shenandoah
1965
as Billy Packer
MOVIE★ 6.7
Major Dundee
1965
as O.W. Hadley
TV★ 6.8
Branded
1965
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Rounders
1965
as Harley Williams (uncredited)
TV★ 7.2
12 O'Clock High
1964
as Lt. Col. Jerry Troper
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mail Order Bride
1964
as Jace
TV★ 5.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Joe Grover
TV★ 6.3
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963
as Eldon Bishop
TV★ 7.3
The Fugitive
1963
as Hanes McClure
TV★ 7.8
The Outer Limits
1963
as Reese Fowler
TV★ 7.8
Combat!
1962
as Pvt. James Stark
TV★ 6.8
Stoney Burke
1962
as Ves Painter
TV★ 6.5
The Virginian
1962
as Corbie
MOVIE★ 5.6
Hero's Island
1962
as Wayte Giddens
MOVIE★ 7.0
Ride the High Country
1962
as Henry Hammond
TV★ 5.7
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
TV★ 6.7
Stagecoach West
1960
as Tom Lochlin
TV★ 7.0
The Westerner
1960
as Drunk
TV★ 6.7
Outlaws
1960
TV★ 6.7
Thriller
1960
as Hugo Wheeler
TV★ 5.4
Tate
1960
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
1960
as Eddie Diamond
MOVIE★ 6.3
Private Property
1960
as Boots
MOVIE★ 6.2
Yellowstone Kelly
1959
as Corporal
TV★ 8.0
The Untouchables
1959
as Artie Krebs
TV★ 5.6
Hawaiian Eye
1959
as Al
TV★ 5.1
The Rebel
1959
as Troy Armbruster
TV★ 8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Jeep Driver
TV★ 5.9
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Burt Scanlon
TV★ 7.5
Bonanza
1959
as Paul Magruder
TV★ 7.0
The Lawless Years
1959
MOVIE★ 6.3
Up Periscope
1959
as Seaman Kovacs
TV★ 6.2
Black Saddle
1959
as Simms
TV★ 7.2
Rawhide
1959
as Charlie 'Rabbit' Waters
TV★ 7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
TV★ 6.1
Bat Masterson
1958
as Sonny Parsons
TV★ 7.1
The Rifleman
1958
TV★ 6.0
Bronco
1958
TV★ 7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Jesse Cox
TV★ 6.9
Trackdown
1957
TV★ 6.6
Wagon Train
1957
as Private Silas Carpenter
TV★ 7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Night America Trembled
1957
as 2nd Card Player
TV★ 6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
as Jed Hakes
TV★ 7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as John Blythe
TV★ 5.4
Studio One
1948
as Card Player #2
TV★ 7.8
Kraft Television Theatre
1947