
Warren Oates
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday5 July 1928
Died3 April 1982 (age 53)
Place of birthDepoy, Kentucky, USA
Known credits112
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).
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006 · Self (archive footage)

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 · Self (archive footage)

Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tough Enough
1983 · James Neese

Blue Thunder
1983 · Braddock
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983

The Blue and the Gray
1982 · Preacher / Maj. Welles

The Blue and the Gray
1982 · Major Welles

The Border
1982 · Red

Stripes
1981 · Sgt. Hulka

East of Eden
1981 · Cyrus Trask

Baby Comes Home
1980 · Michael Kramer

1941
1979 · Col. 'Madman' Maddox

My Old Man
1979 · Frank Butler

And Baby Makes Six
1979 · Michael Kramer

Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Harry

The Brink's Job
1978 · Specs O'Keefe

China 9, Liberty 37
1978 · Matthew Sebanek

Sleeping Dogs
1978 · Col. Willoughby

True Grit: A Further Adventure
1978 · Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn

Black Beauty
1978 · Jerry Barker

American Raspberry
1977 · Celebrity Sportsman

The African Queen
1977 · Capt. Charlie Allnut

Drum
1976 · Hammond Maxwell

Dixie Dynamite
1976 · Mack

92 in the Shade
1975 · Nichol Dance

Race with the Devil
1975 · Frank

Rancho Deluxe
1975 · Harmonica Player (uncredited)

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974 · Bennie

Cockfighter
1974 · Frank Mansfield

The White Dawn
1974 · Billy

Badlands
1973 · Holly's Father

Dillinger
1973 · John Dillinger

Police Story
1973

Tom Sawyer
1973 · Muff Potter

The Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973 · Dave Reilly

Kid Blue
1973 · Reese Ford

Chandler
1971 · Chandler

The Reluctant Heroes
1971 · Cpl. Leroy Sprague

The Hired Hand
1971 · Arch Harris

Two-Lane Blacktop
1971 · G.T.O.

There Was a Crooked Man...
1970 · Floyd Moon

Barquero
1970 · Jake Remy

The Movie Murderer
1970 · Alfred Fisher

Lanton Mills
1969 · Gunman

The Wild Bunch
1969 · Lyle Gorch

Crooks and Coronets
1969 · Marty Miller

Smith!
1969 · Walter Charlie
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