Portrait of Warren Oates

Warren Oates

Acting

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).

Born: July 5, 1928

Place of Birth: Depoy, Kentucky, USA

Filmography

1993
Warren Oates: Across the Border

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983
Tough Enough

as James Neese

1983
Blue Thunder

as Braddock

1982
The Blue and the Gray

as Preacher / Maj. Welles

1982
The Blue and the Gray

as Major Welles

1982
1981
Stripes

as Sgt. Hulka

1981
East of Eden

as Cyrus Trask

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

1978
The Brink's Job

as Specs O'Keefe

1978
China 9, Liberty 37

as Matthew Sebanek

1978
True Grit: A Further Adventure

as Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn

1978
Black Beauty

as Jerry Barker

1977
Sleeping Dogs

as Col. Willoughby

1977
American Raspberry

as Celebrity Sportsman

1977
The African Queen

as Capt. Charlie Allnut

1976
Drum

as Hammond Maxwell

1976
1975
92 in the Shade

as Nichol Dance

1975
Rancho Deluxe

as Harmonica Player (uncredited)

1974
Cockfighter

as Frank Mansfield

1974
1974
Badlands

as Holly's Father

1973
Dillinger

as John Dillinger

1973
Tom Sawyer

as Muff Potter

1973
Kid Blue

as Reese Ford

1971
Chandler

as Chandler

1971
The Reluctant Heroes

as Cpl. Leroy Sprague

1971
The Hired Hand

as Arch Harris

1971
1970
Barquero

as Jake Remy

1970
The Movie Murderer

as Alfred Fisher

1969
Lanton Mills

as Gunman

1969
The Wild Bunch

as Lyle Gorch

1969
Crooks and Coronets

as Marty Miller

1969
Smith!

as Walter Charlie

1968
1968
The Split

as Marty Gough

1968
1968
The Name of the Game

as Lew Weatherford / John Weatherford

1967
1967
In the Heat of the Night

as Deputy Sam Wood

1967
1966
1966
Shane

as Kemp Spicer

1966
The Shooting

as Willett Gashade

1965
The F.B.I.

as Richie Billings

1965
Lost in Space

as Jimmy Hapgood

1965
The Big Valley

as Korby Kyles

1965
1965
Run for Your Life

as Deputy LaVern Potter

1965
A Man Called Shenandoah

as Sergeant Ryder

1965
Shenandoah

as Billy Packer

1965
Major Dundee

as O.W. Hadley

1965
The Rounders

as Harley Williams (uncredited)

1964
12 O'Clock High

as Lt. Col. Jerry Troper

1964
1963
The Fugitive

as Hanes McClure

1963
The Fugitive

as Herbie Grant

1963
The Outer Limits

as Reese Fowler

1962
Combat!

as Pvt. James Stark

1962
Stoney Burke

as Ves Painter

1962
The Virginian

as Corbie

1962
The Virginian

as Roy Judd

1962
The Virginian

as Bowers

1962
The Virginian

as Buxton

1962
Hero's Island

as Wayte Giddens

1962
Ride the High Country

as Henry Hammond

1960
Stagecoach West

as Tom Lochlin

1960
Stagecoach West

as Warren Oates

1960
1960
Thriller

as Hugo Wheeler

1960
Thriller

as Benny

1960
1960
1959
1959
The Untouchables

as Artie Krebs

1959
1959
The Rebel

as Troy Armbruster

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Jeep Driver

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Richard Langsford

1959
Johnny Ringo

as Burt Scanlon

1959
Bonanza

as Paul Magruder

1959
Up Periscope

as Seaman Kovacs

1959
Black Saddle

as Simms

1959
Rawhide

as Charlie 'Rabbit' Waters

1959
Rawhide

as Weed

1959
Rawhide

as Jesse Gufler

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Dink Strahman

1958
Bat Masterson

as Sonny Parsons

1958
Bat Masterson

as Cat Crail

1958
The Rifleman

as Andrew Sheltin

1958
The Rifleman

as Marty Ryan

1958
1958
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Billy Clegg

1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive

as George Aswell

1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Clem Robinson

1957
Trackdown

as Kelly

1957
Trackdown

as Norvil

1957
Wagon Train

as Private Silas Carpenter

1957
1957
The Night America Trembled

as 2nd Card Player

1955
Gunsmoke

as Jed Hakes

1955
Gunsmoke

as Seth

1955
Gunsmoke

as Jep

1955
Gunsmoke

as Sweet Billy

1955
Gunsmoke

as Chris Kelly

1955
Gunsmoke

as Deke

1955
Gunsmoke

as Speeler

1955
Gunsmoke

as Al Tresh

1955
Gunsmoke

as Lafe

1955
Gunsmoke

as Reb

1948
Studio One

as Card Player #2