Warren Oates

Known for

Acting

Born

July 5, 1928

Birthplace

Depoy, Kentucky, USA

Died

April 3, 1982 (aged 53)

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).

Best known work

Badlands

1973

The Wild Bunch

1969

In the Heat of the Night

1967

Stripes

1981

The Twilight Zone

1959

1941

1979

Blue Thunder

1983

Bonanza

1959

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

1974

Return of the Seven

1966

Filmography

2006
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
1993
Warren Oates: Across the Border
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Tough Enough
as James Neese
1983
Blue Thunder
as Braddock
1983
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1982
The Blue and the GrayTV
as Preacher / Maj. Welles (3 episodes), as Major Welles (3 episodes)
1982
The Border
as Red
1981
Stripes
as Sgt. Hulka
1981
East of EdenTV
as Cyrus Trask (3 episodes)
1980
Baby Comes Home
as Michael Kramer
1979
1941
as Col. 'Madman' Maddox
1979
My Old Man
as Frank Butler
1979
And Baby Makes Six
as Michael Kramer
1979
Tales of the UnexpectedTV
as Harry (1 episode)
1978
The Brink's Job
as Specs O'Keefe
1978
China 9, Liberty 37
as Matthew Sebanek
1978
Sleeping Dogs
as Col. Willoughby
1978
True Grit: A Further Adventure
as Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
1978
Black BeautyTV
as Jerry Barker (5 episodes)
1977
American Raspberry
as Celebrity Sportsman
1977
The African Queen
as Capt. Charlie Allnut
1976
Drum
as Hammond Maxwell
1976
Dixie Dynamite
as Mack
1975
92 in the Shade
as Nichol Dance