Warren Oates
Acting
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).
TV Shows(52)
The Blue and the Gray
Preacher / Maj. Welles
1982
East of Eden
Cyrus Trask
1981
Tales of the Unexpected
Harry
1979
Black Beauty
Jerry Barker
1978
Police Story
1973
Lancer
1968
The Name of the Game
Lew Weatherford / John Weatherford
1968
Cimarron Strip
1967
Dundee and the Culhane
Lafe Doolin
1967
Shane
Kemp Spicer
1966
The Monroes
1966
The F.B.I.
Richie Billings
1965
Lost in Space
Jimmy Hapgood
1965
The Big Valley
Korby Kyles
1965
Run for Your Life
Deputy LaVern Potter
1965
A Man Called Shenandoah
Sergeant Ryder
1965
Branded
1965
12 O'Clock High
Lt. Col. Jerry Troper
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Joe Grover
1963
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Eldon Bishop
1963
The Fugitive
Hanes McClure
1963
The Outer Limits
Reese Fowler
1963
Combat!
Pvt. James Stark
1962
Stoney Burke
Ves Painter
1962
The Virginian
Corbie
1962
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Stagecoach West
Tom Lochlin
1960
The Westerner
Drunk
1960
Outlaws
1960
Thriller
Hugo Wheeler
1960
Tate
1960
The Untouchables
Artie Krebs
1959
Hawaiian Eye
Al
1959
The Rebel
Troy Armbruster
1959
The Twilight Zone
Jeep Driver
1959
Johnny Ringo
Burt Scanlon
1959
Bonanza
Paul Magruder
1959
The Lawless Years
1959
Black Saddle
Simms
1959
Rawhide
Charlie 'Rabbit' Waters
1959
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Bat Masterson
Sonny Parsons
1958
The Rifleman
1958
Bronco
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Jesse Cox
1958
Trackdown
1957
Wagon Train
Private Silas Carpenter
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Gunsmoke
Jed Hakes
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
John Blythe
1954
Studio One
Card Player #2
1948
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Movies(60)
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
Self (archive footage)
2006
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
2004
Warren Oates: Across the Border
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993
Tough Enough
James Neese
1983
Blue Thunder
Braddock
1983
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983
The Border
Red
1982
Stripes
Sgt. Hulka
1981
Baby Comes Home
Michael Kramer
1980
1941
Col. 'Madman' Maddox
1979
My Old Man
Frank Butler
1979
And Baby Makes Six
Michael Kramer
1979
The Brink's Job
Specs O'Keefe
1978
China 9, Liberty 37
Matthew Sebanek
1978
True Grit: A Further Adventure
Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
1978
Sleeping Dogs
Col. Willoughby
1977
American Raspberry
Celebrity Sportsman
1977
The African Queen
Capt. Charlie Allnut
1977
Drum
Hammond Maxwell
1976
Dixie Dynamite
Mack
1976
92 in the Shade
Nichol Dance
1975
Race with the Devil
Frank
1975
Rancho Deluxe
Harmonica Player (uncredited)
1975
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Bennie
1974
Cockfighter
Frank Mansfield
1974
The White Dawn
Billy
1974
Badlands
Holly's Father
1974
Dillinger
John Dillinger
1973
Tom Sawyer
Muff Potter
1973
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
Dave Reilly
1973
Kid Blue
Reese Ford
1973
Chandler
Chandler
1971
The Reluctant Heroes
Cpl. Leroy Sprague
1971
The Hired Hand
Arch Harris
1971
Two-Lane Blacktop
G.T.O.
1971
There Was a Crooked Man...
Floyd Moon
1970
Barquero
Jake Remy
1970
The Movie Murderer
Alfred Fisher
1970
Lanton Mills
Gunman
1969
The Wild Bunch
Lyle Gorch
1969
Crooks and Coronets
Marty Miller
1969
Smith!
Walter Charlie
1969
Something for a Lonely Man
Angus Duren
1968
The Split
Marty Gough
1968
Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
John Blythe
1968
In the Heat of the Night
Deputy Sam Wood
1967
Welcome to Hard Times
Leo Jenks
1967
Return of the Seven
Colbee
1966
The Shooting
Willett Gashade
1966
Shenandoah
Billy Packer
1965
Major Dundee
O.W. Hadley
1965
The Rounders
Harley Williams (uncredited)
1965
Mail Order Bride
Jace
1964
Hero's Island
Wayte Giddens
1962
Ride the High Country
Henry Hammond
1962
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Eddie Diamond
1960
Private Property
Boots
1960
Yellowstone Kelly
Corporal
1959
Up Periscope
Seaman Kovacs
1959
The Night America Trembled
2nd Card Player
1957