Warren Oates
ActingWarren 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
Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993
James Neese
Tough Enough
1983
Braddock
Blue Thunder
1983
Red
The Border
1982
Sgt. Hulka
Stripes
1981
Michael Kramer
Baby Comes Home
1980
Col. 'Madman' Maddox
1941
1979
Frank Butler
My Old Man
1979
Michael Kramer
And Baby Makes Six
1979
Specs O'Keefe
The Brink's Job
1978
Matthew Sebanek
China 9, Liberty 37
1978
Col. Willoughby
Sleeping Dogs
1978
Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
True Grit: A Further Adventure
1978
Celebrity Sportsman
American Raspberry
1977
Capt. Charlie Allnut
The African Queen
1977
Hammond Maxwell
Drum
1976
Mack
Dixie Dynamite
1976
Nichol Dance
92 in the Shade
1975
Frank
Race with the Devil
1975
TV Shows
Preacher / Maj. Welles
The Blue and the Gray
1982
Major Welles
The Blue and the Gray
1982
Cyrus Trask
East of Eden
1981
Harry
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Jerry Barker
Black Beauty
1978
Police Story
1973
Lancer
1968
Lew Weatherford / John Weatherford
The Name of the Game
1968
Cimarron Strip
1967
Lafe Doolin
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
Kemp Spicer
Shane
1966
The Monroes
1966
Richie Billings
The F.B.I.
1965
Jimmy Hapgood
Lost in Space
1965
Korby Kyles
The Big Valley
1965
Duke
The Big Valley
1965
Deputy LaVern Potter
Run for Your Life
1965
Sergeant Ryder
A Man Called Shenandoah
1965
Branded
1965
Lt. Col. Jerry Troper
12 O'Clock High
1964