- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 5, 1928
- Place of Birth
- Depoy, Kentucky, USA
- Died
- April 3, 1982
Warren Oates
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
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
movieRide with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movieSam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 · Self (archive footage)
movieWarren Oates: Across the Border
1993 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieTough Enough
1983 · James Neese
movieBlue Thunder
1983 · Braddock
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
movieBehind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983
tvThe Blue and the Gray
1982 · Preacher / Maj. Welles, Major Welles
movieThe Border
1982 · Red
movieStripes
1981 · Sgt. Hulka
tvEast of Eden
1981 · Cyrus Trask
movieBaby Comes Home
1980 · Michael Kramer
movie1941
1979 · Col. 'Madman' Maddox
movieMy Old Man
1979 · Frank Butler
movieAnd Baby Makes Six
1979 · Michael Kramer
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979 · Harry
movieThe Brink's Job
1978 · Specs O'Keefe
movieChina 9, Liberty 37
1978 · Matthew Sebanek
movieTrue Grit: A Further Adventure
1978 · Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
tvBlack Beauty
1978 · Jerry Barker
movieSleeping Dogs
1977 · Col. Willoughby
movieAmerican Raspberry
1977 · Celebrity Sportsman
movieThe African Queen
1977 · Capt. Charlie Allnut
movieDrum
1976 · Hammond Maxwell
movieDixie Dynamite
1976 · Mack
movie92 in the Shade
1975 · Nichol Dance
movieRace with the Devil
1975 · Frank
movieRancho Deluxe
1975 · Harmonica Player (uncredited)
movieBring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974 · Bennie
movieCockfighter
1974 · Frank Mansfield
movieThe White Dawn
1974 · Billy
movieBadlands
1974 · Holly's Father
movieDillinger
1973 · John Dillinger
tvPolice Story
1973
movieTom Sawyer
1973 · Muff Potter
movieThe Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973 · Dave Reilly
movieKid Blue
1973 · Reese Ford
movieChandler
1971 · Chandler
movieThe Reluctant Heroes
1971 · Cpl. Leroy Sprague
movieThe Hired Hand
1971 · Arch Harris
movieTwo-Lane Blacktop
1971 · G.T.O.
movieThere Was a Crooked Man...
1970 · Floyd Moon
movieBarquero
1970 · Jake Remy
movieThe Movie Murderer
1970 · Alfred Fisher
movieLanton Mills
1969 · Gunman
movieThe Wild Bunch
1969 · Lyle Gorch
movieCrooks and Coronets
1969 · Marty Miller
movieSmith!
1969 · Walter Charlie
movieSomething for a Lonely Man
1968 · Angus Duren
movieThe Split
1968 · Marty Gough
tvLancer
1968
tvThe Name of the Game
1968 · Lew Weatherford / John Weatherford
movieGallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
1968 · John Blythe
tvCimarron Strip
1967
tvDundee and the Culhane
1967 · Lafe Doolin
movieIn the Heat of the Night
1967 · Deputy Sam Wood
movieWelcome to Hard Times
1967 · Leo Jenks
movieReturn of the Seven
1966 · Colbee
tvShane
1966 · Kemp Spicer
tvThe Monroes
1966
movieThe Shooting
1966 · Willett Gashade
tvThe F.B.I.
1965 · Richie Billings
tvLost in Space
1965 · Jimmy Hapgood
tvThe Big Valley
1965 · Korby Kyles, Duke
tvRun for Your Life
1965 · Deputy LaVern Potter
tvA Man Called Shenandoah
1965 · Sergeant Ryder
movieShenandoah
1965 · Billy Packer
movieMajor Dundee
1965 · O.W. Hadley
tvBranded
1965
movieThe Rounders
1965 · Harley Williams (uncredited)
tv12 O'Clock High
1964 · Lt. Col. Jerry Troper
movieMail Order Bride
1964 · Jace
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
tvBob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Joe Grover
tvThe Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963 · Eldon Bishop
tvThe Fugitive
1963 · Hanes McClure, Herbie Grant
tvThe Outer Limits
1963 · Reese Fowler
tvCombat!
1962 · Pvt. James Stark
tvStoney Burke
1962 · Ves Painter
tvThe Virginian
1962 · Corbie, Roy Judd, Bowers, Buxton
movieHero's Island
1962 · Wayte Giddens
movieRide the High Country
1962 · Henry Hammond
tvTarget: The Corruptors!
1961
tvStagecoach West
1960 · Tom Lochlin, Warren Oates
tvThe Westerner
1960 · Drunk
tvOutlaws
1960
tvThriller
1960 · Hugo Wheeler, Benny
tvTate
1960
movieThe Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
1960 · Eddie Diamond
moviePrivate Property
1960 · Boots
movieYellowstone Kelly
1959 · Corporal
tvThe Untouchables
1959 · Artie Krebs
tvHawaiian Eye
1959 · Al
tvThe Rebel
1959 · Troy Armbruster
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959 · Jeep Driver, Richard Langsford
tvJohnny Ringo
1959 · Burt Scanlon
tvBonanza
1959 · Paul Magruder
tvThe Lawless Years
1959
movieUp Periscope
1959 · Seaman Kovacs
tvBlack Saddle
1959 · Simms
tvRawhide
1959 · Charlie 'Rabbit' Waters, Weed, Jesse Gufler
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958 · , Dink Strahman
tvBat Masterson
1958 · Sonny Parsons, Cat Crail
tvThe Rifleman
1958 · , Andrew Sheltin, Marty Ryan
tvBronco
1958
tvWanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Jesse Cox, Billy Clegg, George Aswell, Clem Robinson
tvTrackdown
1957 · , Kelly, Norvil
tvWagon Train
1957 · Private Silas Carpenter
tvHave Gun, Will Travel
1957 · , Harrison
movieThe Night America Trembled
1957 · 2nd Card Player
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Jed Hakes, Seth, Jep, Sweet Billy, Chris Kelly, Deke, Speeler, Al Tresh, Lafe, Reb
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · John Blythe
tvStudio One
1948 · Card Player #2
tvKraft Television Theatre
1947