Warren Oates

Actor

Born July 5, 1928 in Depoy, Kentucky, USA. Died April 3, 1982.

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).

Acting

Tough Enough
Film, 1983
as James Neese
Blue Thunder
Film, 1983
as Braddock
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
Film, 1983
The Blue and the Gray
TV series, 1982
as Preacher / Maj. Welles
The Border
Film, 1982
as Red
Stripes
Film, 1981
as Sgt. Hulka
East of Eden
TV series, 1981
as Cyrus Trask
Baby Comes Home
Film, 1980
as Michael Kramer
1941
Film, 1979
as Col. 'Madman' Maddox
My Old Man
Film, 1979
as Frank Butler
And Baby Makes Six
Film, 1979
as Michael Kramer
Tales of the Unexpected
TV series, 1979
as Harry
The Brink's Job
Film, 1978
as Specs O'Keefe
China 9, Liberty 37
Film, 1978
as Matthew Sebanek
Sleeping Dogs
Film, 1978
as Col. Willoughby
True Grit: A Further Adventure
Film, 1978
as Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
Black Beauty
TV series, 1978
as Jerry Barker
American Raspberry
Film, 1977
as Celebrity Sportsman
The African Queen
Film, 1977
as Capt. Charlie Allnut
Drum
Film, 1976
as Hammond Maxwell
Dixie Dynamite
Film, 1976
as Mack
92 in the Shade
Film, 1975
as Nichol Dance
Race with the Devil
Film, 1975
as Frank
Rancho Deluxe
Film, 1975
as Harmonica Player (uncredited)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Film, 1974
as Bennie
Cockfighter
Film, 1974
as Frank Mansfield
The White Dawn
Film, 1974
as Billy
Badlands
Film, 1973
as Holly's Father
Dillinger
Film, 1973
as John Dillinger
Police Story
TV series, 1973
1 episode