Warren Oates
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Warren Oates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Lyle Gorch
The Wild Bunch
Holly's Father
Badlands
Deputy Sam Wood
In the Heat of the Night
Billy Packer
Shenandoah
Sgt. Hulka
Stripes
Col. 'Madman' Maddox
1941
Red
The Border
Matthew Sebanek
Amore, piombo e furore
Billy
The White Dawn
Braddock
Blue Thunder
Bennie
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Marty Gough
The Split
Specs O'Keefe
The Brink's Job
Frank
Race with the Devil
Jake Remy
Barquero
Colbee
Return of the Seven
Floyd Moon
There Was a Crooked Man...
G.T.O.
Two-Lane Blacktop
Frank Mansfield
Cockfighter
John Dillinger
Dillinger
Henry Hammond
Ride the High Country
O.W. Hadley
Major Dundee
Arch Harris
The Hired Hand
Willett Gashade
The Shooting
Eddie Diamond
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Col. Willoughby
Sleeping Dogs
Nichol Dance
92 in the Shade
James Neese
Tough Enough
Corporal
Yellowstone Kelly
Mack
Dixie Dynamite
Dave Reilly
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
Hammond Maxwell
Drum
Chandler
Chandler
Reese Ford
Kid Blue
Walter Charlie
Smith!
Leo Jenks
Welcome to Hard Times
Jace
Mail Order Bride
Wayte Giddens
Hero's Island
Boots
Private Property
Michael Kramer
Baby Comes Home
Harley Williams (uncredited)
The Rounders
Cpl. Leroy Sprague
The Reluctant Heroes
Muff Potter
Tom Sawyer
Harmonica Player (uncredited)
Rancho Deluxe
Marty Miller
Crooks and Coronets
Alfred Fisher
The Movie Murderer
Self (archive footage)
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
Frank Butler
My Old Man
Celebrity Sportsman
American Raspberry
Michael Kramer
And Baby Makes Six
Angus Duren
Something for a Lonely Man
Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
True Grit: A Further Adventure
Gunman
Lanton Mills
John Blythe
Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
Capt. Charlie Allnut
The African Queen
Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Warren Oates: Across the Border
2nd Card Player
The Night America Trembled
Seaman Kovacs
Up Periscope
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
59
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-07-05
Place of Birth
Depoy, Kentucky, USA
Also Known As
Warren M. Oates