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