Warren Oates

Warren Oates

Known for
Acting
Born
July 5, 1928
Died
April 3, 1982 (aged 53)
Birthplace
Depoy, Kentucky, USA

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).

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Filmography

2006
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'

Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade poster

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1993
Warren Oates: Across the Border poster

Warren Oates: Across the Border

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983
Blue Thunder poster

Blue Thunder

Movie · as Braddock

1983
Tough Enough poster

Tough Enough

Movie · as James Neese

1983
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder

Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder

Movie

1982
The Border poster

The Border

Movie · as Red

1982
The Blue and the Gray poster

The Blue and the Gray

TV · as Preacher / Maj. Welles, Major Welles · 3 eps

1981
Stripes poster

Stripes

Movie · as Sgt. Hulka

1981
East of Eden poster

East of Eden

TV · as Cyrus Trask · 3 eps

1980
Baby Comes Home poster

Baby Comes Home

Movie · as Michael Kramer

1979
1941 poster

1941

Movie · as Col. 'Madman' Maddox

1979
My Old Man poster

My Old Man

Movie · as Frank Butler

1979
And Baby Makes Six poster

And Baby Makes Six

Movie · as Michael Kramer

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Harry · 1 ep

1978
China 9, Liberty 37 poster

China 9, Liberty 37

Movie · as Matthew Sebanek

1978
The Brink's Job poster

The Brink's Job

Movie · as Specs O'Keefe

1978
Sleeping Dogs poster

Sleeping Dogs

Movie · as Col. Willoughby

1978
True Grit: A Further Adventure poster

True Grit: A Further Adventure

Movie · as Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn

1978
Black Beauty poster

Black Beauty

TV · as Jerry Barker · 5 eps

1977
American Raspberry poster

American Raspberry

Movie · as Celebrity Sportsman

1977
The African Queen poster

The African Queen

Movie · as Capt. Charlie Allnut

1976
Dixie Dynamite poster

Dixie Dynamite

Movie · as Mack

1976
Drum poster

Drum

Movie · as Hammond Maxwell

1975
Race with the Devil poster

Race with the Devil

Movie · as Frank

1975
92 in the Shade poster

92 in the Shade

Movie · as Nichol Dance

1975
Rancho Deluxe poster

Rancho Deluxe

Movie · as Harmonica Player (uncredited)

1974
The White Dawn poster

The White Dawn

Movie · as Billy

1974
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia poster

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Movie · as Bennie

1974
Cockfighter poster

Cockfighter

Movie · as Frank Mansfield

1973
Badlands poster

Badlands

Movie · as Holly's Father

1973
Dillinger poster

Dillinger

Movie · as John Dillinger

1973
The Thief Who Came to Dinner poster

The Thief Who Came to Dinner

Movie · as Dave Reilly

1973
Kid Blue poster

Kid Blue

Movie · as Reese Ford

1973
Tom Sawyer poster

Tom Sawyer

Movie · as Muff Potter

1973
Police Story poster

Police Story

TV · as Richey Neptune

1971
Two-Lane Blacktop poster

Two-Lane Blacktop

Movie · as G.T.O.

1971
The Hired Hand poster

The Hired Hand

Movie · as Arch Harris

1971
Chandler poster

Chandler

Movie · as Chandler

1971
The Reluctant Heroes poster

The Reluctant Heroes

Movie · as Cpl. Leroy Sprague

1970
Barquero poster

Barquero

Movie · as Jake Remy

1970
There Was a Crooked Man... poster

There Was a Crooked Man...

Movie · as Floyd Moon

1970
The Movie Murderer poster

The Movie Murderer

Movie · as Alfred Fisher

1969
The Wild Bunch poster

The Wild Bunch

Movie · as Lyle Gorch

1969
Smith! poster

Smith!

Movie · as Walter Charlie

1969
Crooks and Coronets poster

Crooks and Coronets

Movie · as Marty Miller

1969
Lanton Mills poster

Lanton Mills

Movie · as Gunman

1968
The Split poster

The Split

Movie · as Marty Gough

1968
Something for a Lonely Man poster

Something for a Lonely Man

Movie · as Angus Duren

1968
Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims poster

Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims

Movie · as John Blythe

1968
Lancer poster

Lancer

TV · 2 eps

1968
The Name of the Game poster

The Name of the Game

TV · as Lew Weatherford / John Weatherford · 1 ep

1967
In the Heat of the Night poster

In the Heat of the Night

Movie · as Deputy Sam Wood

1967
Welcome to Hard Times poster

Welcome to Hard Times

Movie · as Leo Jenks

1967
Cimarron Strip poster

Cimarron Strip

TV · 2 eps

1967
Dundee and the Culhane poster

Dundee and the Culhane

TV · as Lafe Doolin · 1 ep

1966
Return of the Seven poster

Return of the Seven

Movie · as Colbee

1966
The Shooting poster

The Shooting

Movie · as Willett Gashade

1966
The Monroes poster

The Monroes

TV · 1 ep

1966
Shane poster

Shane

TV · as Kemp Spicer · 1 ep

1965
Shenandoah poster

Shenandoah

Movie · as Billy Packer

1965
Major Dundee poster

Major Dundee

Movie · as O.W. Hadley

1965
The Rounders poster

The Rounders

Movie · as Harley Williams (uncredited)

1965
The F.B.I. poster

The F.B.I.

TV · as Richie Billings · 1 ep

1965
Lost in Space poster

Lost in Space

TV · as Jimmy Hapgood · 1 ep

1965
Run for Your Life poster

Run for Your Life

TV · as Deputy LaVern Potter · 1 ep

1965
The Big Valley poster

The Big Valley

TV · as Korby Kyles, Duke · 1 ep

1965
Branded poster

Branded

TV · 1 ep

1965
A Man Called Shenandoah poster

A Man Called Shenandoah

TV · as Sergeant Ryder · 1 ep

1964
Mail Order Bride poster

Mail Order Bride

Movie · as Jace

1964
12 O'Clock High poster

12 O'Clock High

TV · as Lt. Col. Jerry Troper · 1 ep

1963
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters poster

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

TV · as Eldon Bishop · 1 ep

1963
The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

TV · as Hanes McClure, Herbie Grant · 1 ep

1963
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Reese Fowler · 1 ep

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · as Joe Grover · 1 ep

1962
Ride the High Country poster

Ride the High Country

Movie · as Henry Hammond

1962
Hero's Island poster

Hero's Island

Movie · as Wayte Giddens

1962
Combat! poster

Combat!

TV · as Pvt. James Stark · 1 ep

1962
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

TV · as Corbie, Roy Judd, Bowers, Buxton · 1 ep

1962
Stoney Burke poster

Stoney Burke

TV · as Ves Painter · 32 eps

1961
Target: The Corruptors! poster

Target: The Corruptors!

TV · 1 ep

1960
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond poster

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

Movie · as Eddie Diamond

1960
Private Property poster

Private Property

Movie · as Boots

1960
Outlaws poster

Outlaws

TV · 1 ep

1960
Thriller poster

Thriller

TV · as Hugo Wheeler, Benny · 1 ep

1960
Tate poster

Tate

TV · 1 ep

1960
The Westerner poster

The Westerner

TV · as Drunk · 1 ep

1960
Stagecoach West poster

Stagecoach West

TV · as Tom Lochlin, Warren Oates · 1 ep

1959
Yellowstone Kelly poster

Yellowstone Kelly

Movie · as Corporal

1959
Up Periscope poster

Up Periscope

Movie · as Seaman Kovacs

1959
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Jeep Driver, Richard Langsford · 2 eps

1959
The Lawless Years poster

The Lawless Years

TV · 1 ep

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

TV · as Charlie 'Rabbit' Waters, Weed, Jesse Gufler · 1 ep

1959
Black Saddle poster

Black Saddle

TV · as Simms · 1 ep

1959
The Rebel poster

The Rebel

TV · as Troy Armbruster · 1 ep

1959
Johnny Ringo poster

Johnny Ringo

TV · as Burt Scanlon · 1 ep

1959
Hawaiian Eye poster

Hawaiian Eye

TV · as Al · 1 ep

1959
The Untouchables poster

The Untouchables

TV · as Artie Krebs · 1 ep

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Paul Magruder · 1 ep

1958
77 Sunset Strip poster

77 Sunset Strip

TV · as Dink Strahman · 1 ep

1958
Bronco poster

Bronco

TV · 1 ep

1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive poster

Wanted: Dead or Alive

TV · as Jesse Cox, Billy Clegg, George Aswell, Clem Robinson · 1 ep

1958
The Rifleman poster

The Rifleman

TV · as Andrew Sheltin, Marty Ryan · 3 eps

1958
Bat Masterson poster

Bat Masterson

TV · as Sonny Parsons, Cat Crail · 1 ep

1957
The Night America Trembled poster

The Night America Trembled

Movie · as 2nd Card Player

1957
Trackdown poster

Trackdown

TV · as Kelly, Norvil · 2 eps

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV · as Harrison · 1 ep

1957
Wagon Train poster

Wagon Train

TV · as Private Silas Carpenter · 1 ep

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Jed Hakes, Seth, Jep, Sweet Billy, Chris Kelly, Deke, Speeler, Al Tresh, Lafe, Reb · 1 ep

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · as John Blythe · 1 ep

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Card Player #2 · 1 ep

1947
Kraft Television Theatre poster

Kraft Television Theatre

TV · 2 eps