Warren Oates
Acting
Born July 5, 1928 · Depoy, Kentucky, USA
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).
Films (60)
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993
Tough Enough
1983
Blue Thunder
1983
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983
The Border
1982
Stripes
1981
Baby Comes Home
1980
1941
1979
My Old Man
1979
And Baby Makes Six
1979
The Brink's Job
1978
China 9, Liberty 37
1978
True Grit: A Further Adventure
1978
Sleeping Dogs
1977
American Raspberry
1977
The African Queen
1977
Drum
1976
Dixie Dynamite
1976
92 in the Shade
1975
Race with the Devil
1975
Rancho Deluxe
1975
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974
Cockfighter
1974
The White Dawn
1974
Badlands
1974
Dillinger
1973
Tom Sawyer
1973
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973
Kid Blue
1973
Chandler
1971
The Reluctant Heroes
1971
The Hired Hand
1971
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
Barquero
1970
The Movie Murderer
1970
Lanton Mills
1969
The Wild Bunch
1969
Crooks and Coronets
1969
Smith!
1969
Something for a Lonely Man
1968
The Split
1968
Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
1968
In the Heat of the Night
1967
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
Return of the Seven
1966
The Shooting
1966
Shenandoah
1965
Major Dundee
1965
The Rounders
1965
Mail Order Bride
1964
Hero's Island
1962
Ride the High Country
1962
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
1960
Private Property
1960
Yellowstone Kelly
1959
Up Periscope
1959
The Night America Trembled
1957