Warren Oates
ActingAlso 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).
Movies
(60 total)
Badlands
as Holly's Father
The Wild Bunch
as Lyle Gorch
In the Heat of the Night
as Deputy Sam Wood
Stripes
as Sgt. Hulka
1941
as Col. 'Madman' Maddox
Blue Thunder
as Braddock
Return of the Seven
as Colbee
Two-Lane Blacktop
as G.T.O.
Ride the High Country
as Henry Hammond
Major Dundee
as O.W. Hadley
Shenandoah
as Billy Packer
The Border
as Red
Race with the Devil
as Frank
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Floyd Moon
The Shooting
as Willett Gashade
Dillinger
as John Dillinger
The Hired Hand
as Arch Harris
The Brink's Job
as Specs O'Keefe
Cockfighter
as Frank Mansfield
TV Shows
(82 total)
The Twilight Zone
as Jeep Driver
The Twilight Zone
as Richard Langsford
Bonanza
as Paul Magruder
The Outer Limits
as Reese Fowler
The Untouchables
as Artie Krebs
Lost in Space
as Jimmy Hapgood
Gunsmoke
as Jed Hakes
Gunsmoke
as Seth
Gunsmoke
as Jep
Gunsmoke
as Sweet Billy
Gunsmoke
as Chris Kelly
Gunsmoke
as Deke
Gunsmoke
as Speeler
Gunsmoke
as Al Tresh
Gunsmoke
as Lafe
Gunsmoke
as Reb
Combat!
as Pvt. James Stark
The Fugitive
as Hanes McClure
The Fugitive
as Herbie Grant
The Big Valley
as Korby Kyles