
Warren Oates
Known for Acting · 112 credits
- Born
- 1928-07-05
- Died
- 1982-04-03
- Place of birth
- Depoy, Kentucky, USA
- Also known as
- Warren M. Oates · Warren Oats · Warren Mercer 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
TV Shows (52)

Bonanza
1959
as Paul Magruder

The Fugitive
1963
as Hanes McClure / Herbie Grant

The Rifleman
1958
as Andrew Sheltin / Marty Ryan

Wagon Train
1957
as Private Silas Carpenter

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Jeep Driver / Richard Langsford

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Harrison

The Virginian
1962
as Corbie / Roy Judd / Bowers / Buxton
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Joe Grover

Studio One
1948
as Card Player #2

The Untouchables
1959
as Artie Krebs

Combat!
1962
as Pvt. James Stark

The F.B.I.
1965
as Richie Billings

Rawhide
1959
as Charlie 'Rabbit' Waters / Weed / Jesse Gufler

Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Harry

The Big Valley
1965
as Korby Kyles / Duke

Lost in Space
1965
as Jimmy Hapgood

Run for Your Life
1965
as Deputy LaVern Potter

Hawaiian Eye
1959
as Al

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Jesse Cox / Billy Clegg / George Aswell / Clem Robinson

The Name of the Game
1968
as Lew Weatherford / John Weatherford

The Outer Limits
1963
as Reese Fowler

Gunsmoke
1955
as Jed Hakes / Seth / Jep / Sweet Billy / Chris Kelly / Deke / Speeler / Al Tresh / Lafe / Reb

Thriller
1960
as Hugo Wheeler / Benny

77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Dink Strahman

Bat Masterson
1958
as Sonny Parsons / Cat Crail

The Rebel
1959
as Troy Armbruster

Trackdown
1957
as Kelly / Norvil

Kraft Television Theatre
1947

Lancer
1968

Branded
1965

Police Story
1973

Black Saddle
1959
as Simms

12 O'Clock High
1964
as Lt. Col. Jerry Troper

Bronco
1958

Outlaws
1960

Stagecoach West
1960
as Tom Lochlin / Warren Oates

Stoney Burke
1962
as Ves Painter

Johnny Ringo
1959
as Burt Scanlon

Target: The Corruptors!
1961

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as John Blythe

Cimarron Strip
1967

The Lawless Years
1959

The Monroes
1966

Shane
1966
as Kemp Spicer

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963
as Eldon Bishop

The Westerner
1960
as Drunk

East of Eden
1981
as Cyrus Trask

The Blue and the Gray
1982
as Preacher / Maj. Welles / Major Welles

Dundee and the Culhane
1967
as Lafe Doolin

Tate
1960

Black Beauty
1978
as Jerry Barker

A Man Called Shenandoah
1965
as Sergeant Ryder
Movies (60)

In the Heat of the Night
1967
as Deputy Sam Wood

Blue Thunder
1983
as Braddock

1941
1979
as Col. 'Madman' Maddox

Stripes
1981
as Sgt. Hulka

Badlands
1974
as Holly's Father

Shenandoah
1965
as Billy Packer

The Wild Bunch
1969
as Lyle Gorch

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

Return of the Seven
1966
as Colbee

Tom Sawyer
1973
as Muff Potter

Ride the High Country
1962
as Henry Hammond

The Split
1968
as Marty Gough

Major Dundee
1965
as O.W. Hadley

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974
as Bennie

Yellowstone Kelly
1959
as Corporal

Chandler
1971
as Chandler

Drum
1976
as Hammond Maxwell

Cockfighter
1974
as Frank Mansfield

Mail Order Bride
1964
as Jace

Dillinger
1973
as John Dillinger

Race with the Devil
1975
as Frank

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

Two-Lane Blacktop
1971
as G.T.O.

The Rounders
1965
as Harley Williams (uncredited)

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
1960
as Eddie Diamond

The Brink's Job
1978
as Specs O'Keefe

The Border
1982
as Red

Rancho Deluxe
1975
as Harmonica Player (uncredited)

Barquero
1970
as Jake Remy

Tough Enough
1983
as James Neese

Lanton Mills
1969
as Gunman

Up Periscope
1959
as Seaman Kovacs

Kid Blue
1973
as Reese Ford

Smith!
1969
as Walter Charlie

China 9, Liberty 37
1978
as Matthew Sebanek

Sleeping Dogs
1977
as Col. Willoughby

92 in the Shade
1975
as Nichol Dance

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

Something for a Lonely Man
1968
as Angus Duren

The Hired Hand
1971
as Arch Harris

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

The Shooting
1966
as Willett Gashade

The White Dawn
1974
as Billy

The Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973
as Dave Reilly

Crooks and Coronets
1969
as Marty Miller

Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Leo Jenks

American Raspberry
1977
as Celebrity Sportsman

The Night America Trembled
1957
as 2nd Card Player

Hero's Island
1962
as Wayte Giddens

The Movie Murderer
1970
as Alfred Fisher
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006
as Self (archive footage)

Baby Comes Home
1980
as Michael Kramer

My Old Man
1979
as Frank Butler

Dixie Dynamite
1976
as Mack

And Baby Makes Six
1979
as Michael Kramer

The African Queen
1977
as Capt. Charlie Allnut

The Reluctant Heroes
1971
as Cpl. Leroy Sprague

Private Property
1960
as Boots

Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
1968
as John Blythe
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983
About Warren Oates
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). With 112 credits spanning from 1947 to 2006, Warren Oates has appeared in 60 films and 52 TV shows.
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Most Popular Warren Oates Movies
- In the Heat of the Night (1967) — as Deputy Sam Wood
- Blue Thunder (1983) — as Braddock
- 1941 (1979) — as Col. 'Madman' Maddox
- Stripes (1981) — as Sgt. Hulka
- Badlands (1974) — as Holly's Father
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