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).
Known For
All Movies (60)
- Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'2006 · as Self (archive footage)
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004 · as Self (archive footage)
- Warren Oates: Across the Border1993 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Tough Enough1983 · as James Neese
- Blue Thunder1983 · as Braddock
- Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder1983
- The Border1982 · as Red
- Stripes1981 · as Sgt. Hulka
- Baby Comes Home1980 · as Michael Kramer
- 19411979 · as Col. 'Madman' Maddox
- My Old Man1979 · as Frank Butler
- And Baby Makes Six1979 · as Michael Kramer
- The Brink's Job1978 · as Specs O'Keefe
- China 9, Liberty 371978 · as Matthew Sebanek
- True Grit: A Further Adventure1978 · as Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
- Sleeping Dogs1977 · as Col. Willoughby
- American Raspberry1977 · as Celebrity Sportsman
- The African Queen1977 · as Capt. Charlie Allnut
- Drum1976 · as Hammond Maxwell
- Dixie Dynamite1976 · as Mack
- 92 in the Shade1975 · as Nichol Dance
- Race with the Devil1975 · as Frank
- Rancho Deluxe1975 · as Harmonica Player (uncredited)
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia1974 · as Bennie
- Cockfighter1974 · as Frank Mansfield
- The White Dawn1974 · as Billy
- Badlands1974 · as Holly's Father
- Dillinger1973 · as John Dillinger
- Tom Sawyer1973 · as Muff Potter
- The Thief Who Came to Dinner1973 · as Dave Reilly
- Kid Blue1973 · as Reese Ford
- Chandler1971 · as Chandler
- The Reluctant Heroes1971 · as Cpl. Leroy Sprague
- The Hired Hand1971 · as Arch Harris
- Two-Lane Blacktop1971 · as G.T.O.
- There Was a Crooked Man...1970 · as Floyd Moon
- Barquero1970 · as Jake Remy
- The Movie Murderer1970 · as Alfred Fisher
- Lanton Mills1969 · as Gunman
- The Wild Bunch1969 · as Lyle Gorch
- Crooks and Coronets1969 · as Marty Miller
- Smith!1969 · as Walter Charlie
- Something for a Lonely Man1968 · as Angus Duren
- The Split1968 · as Marty Gough
- Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims1968 · as John Blythe
- In the Heat of the Night1967 · as Deputy Sam Wood
- Welcome to Hard Times1967 · as Leo Jenks
- Return of the Seven1966 · as Colbee
- The Shooting1966 · as Willett Gashade
- Shenandoah1965 · as Billy Packer
- Major Dundee1965 · as O.W. Hadley
- The Rounders1965 · as Harley Williams (uncredited)
- Mail Order Bride1964 · as Jace
- Hero's Island1962 · as Wayte Giddens
- Ride the High Country1962 · as Henry Hammond
- The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond1960 · as Eddie Diamond
- Private Property1960 · as Boots
- Yellowstone Kelly1959 · as Corporal
- Up Periscope1959 · as Seaman Kovacs
- The Night America Trembled1957 · as 2nd Card Player
All TV Shows (82)
- The Blue and the Gray1982 · as Preacher / Maj. Welles
- The Blue and the Gray1982 · as Major Welles
- East of Eden1981 · as Cyrus Trask
- Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Harry
- Black Beauty1978 · as Jerry Barker
- Police Story1973
- Lancer1968
- The Name of the Game1968 · as Lew Weatherford / John Weatherford
- Cimarron Strip1967
- Dundee and the Culhane1967 · as Lafe Doolin
- Shane1966 · as Kemp Spicer
- The Monroes1966
- The F.B.I.1965 · as Richie Billings
- Lost in Space1965 · as Jimmy Hapgood
- The Big Valley1965 · as Korby Kyles
- The Big Valley1965 · as Duke
- Run for Your Life1965 · as Deputy LaVern Potter
- A Man Called Shenandoah1965 · as Sergeant Ryder
- Branded1965
- 12 O'Clock High1964 · as Lt. Col. Jerry Troper
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Joe Grover
- The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters1963 · as Eldon Bishop
- The Fugitive1963 · as Hanes McClure
- The Fugitive1963 · as Herbie Grant
- The Outer Limits1963 · as Reese Fowler
- Combat!1962 · as Pvt. James Stark
- Stoney Burke1962 · as Ves Painter
- The Virginian1962 · as Corbie
- The Virginian1962 · as Roy Judd
- The Virginian1962 · as Bowers
- The Virginian1962 · as Buxton
- Target: The Corruptors!1961
- Stagecoach West1960 · as Tom Lochlin
- Stagecoach West1960 · as Warren Oates
- The Westerner1960 · as Drunk
- Outlaws1960
- Thriller1960 · as Hugo Wheeler
- Thriller1960 · as Benny
- Tate1960
- The Untouchables1959 · as Artie Krebs
- Hawaiian Eye1959 · as Al
- The Rebel1959 · as Troy Armbruster
- The Twilight Zone1959 · as Jeep Driver
- Johnny Ringo1959 · as Burt Scanlon
- The Twilight Zone1959 · as Richard Langsford
- Bonanza1959 · as Paul Magruder
- The Lawless Years1959
- Black Saddle1959 · as Simms
- Rawhide1959 · as Charlie 'Rabbit' Waters
- Rawhide1959 · as Weed
- Rawhide1959 · as Jesse Gufler
- 77 Sunset Strip1958
- 77 Sunset Strip1958 · as Dink Strahman
- Bat Masterson1958 · as Sonny Parsons
- Bat Masterson1958 · as Cat Crail
- The Rifleman1958
- The Rifleman1958 · as Andrew Sheltin
- The Rifleman1958 · as Marty Ryan
- Bronco1958
- Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as Jesse Cox
- Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as Billy Clegg
- Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as George Aswell
- Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as Clem Robinson
- Trackdown1957
- Trackdown1957 · as Kelly
- Trackdown1957 · as Norvil
- Wagon Train1957 · as Private Silas Carpenter
- Have Gun, Will Travel1957
- Have Gun, Will Travel1957 · as Harrison
- Gunsmoke1955 · as Jed Hakes
- Gunsmoke1955 · as Seth
- Gunsmoke1955 · as Jep
- Gunsmoke1955 · as Sweet Billy
- Gunsmoke1955 · as Chris Kelly
- Gunsmoke1955 · as Deke
- Gunsmoke1955 · as Speeler
- Gunsmoke1955 · as Al Tresh
- Gunsmoke1955 · as Lafe
- Gunsmoke1955 · as Reb
- The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as John Blythe
- Studio One1948 · as Card Player #2
- Kraft Television Theatre1947