Warren Oates
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
Bonanza
Paul Magruder
1959
Series
The Fugitive
Hanes McClure
1963
Series
The Fugitive
Herbie Grant
1963
Series
Wagon Train
Private Silas Carpenter
1957
Series
The Virginian
Corbie
1962
Series
The Virginian
Roy Judd
1962
Series
The Virginian
Bowers
1962
Series
The Virginian
Buxton
1962
Series
The Twilight Zone
Jeep Driver
1959
Series
The Twilight Zone
Richard Langsford
1959
Series
The Rifleman
1958
Series
The Rifleman
Andrew Sheltin
1958
Series
The Rifleman
Marty Ryan
1958
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
Harrison
1957
Series
The F.B.I.
Richie Billings
1965
Series
Studio One
Card Player #2
1948
Series
The Big Valley
Korby Kyles
1965
Series
The Big Valley
Duke
1965
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Joe Grover
1963
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Harry
1979
Series
The Untouchables
Artie Krebs
1959
Series
Combat!
Pvt. James Stark
1962
Series
Rawhide
Charlie 'Rabbit' Waters
1959
Series
Rawhide
Weed
1959
Series
Rawhide
Jesse Gufler
1959
Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Jesse Cox
1958
Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Billy Clegg
1958
Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
George Aswell
1958
Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Clem Robinson
1958
Series
Lost in Space
Jimmy Hapgood
1965
Series
The Name of the Game
Lew Weatherford / John Weatherford
1968
Series
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Series
77 Sunset Strip
Dink Strahman
1958
Series
Run for Your Life
Deputy LaVern Potter
1965
Series
Hawaiian Eye
Al
1959
Series
Gunsmoke
Jed Hakes
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Seth
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Jep
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Sweet Billy
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Chris Kelly
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Deke
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Speeler
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Al Tresh
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Lafe
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Reb
1955
Series
The Outer Limits
Reese Fowler
1963
Series
Bat Masterson
Sonny Parsons
1958
Series
Bat Masterson
Cat Crail
1958
Series
Thriller
Hugo Wheeler
1960
Series
Thriller
Benny
1960
Series
12 O'Clock High
Lt. Col. Jerry Troper
1964
Series
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Series
Police Story
1973
Series
The Rebel
Troy Armbruster
1959
Series
Bronco
1958
Series
Trackdown
1957
Series
Trackdown
Kelly
1957
Series
Trackdown
Norvil
1957
Series
Black Saddle
Simms
1959
Series
Branded
1965
Series
Outlaws
1960
Series
Lancer
1968
Film
Blue Thunder
Braddock
1983
Series
Stoney Burke
Ves Painter
1962
Series
Johnny Ringo
Burt Scanlon
1959
Series
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Series
Cimarron Strip
1967
Series
Stagecoach West
Tom Lochlin
1960
Series
Stagecoach West
Warren Oates
1960
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
John Blythe
1954
Series
The Monroes
1966
Film
The Wild Bunch
Lyle Gorch
1969
Series
The Lawless Years
1959
Film
Badlands
Holly's Father
1973
Series
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Eldon Bishop
1963
Film
Stripes
Sgt. Hulka
1981
Series
East of Eden
Cyrus Trask
1981
Series
The Blue and the Gray
Preacher / Maj. Welles
1982
Series
The Blue and the Gray
Major Welles
1982
Series
The Westerner
Drunk
1960
Series
Shane
Kemp Spicer
1966
Film
In the Heat of the Night
Deputy Sam Wood
1967
Film
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Eddie Diamond
1960
Film
Major Dundee
O.W. Hadley
1965
Series
Tate
1960
Film
Welcome to Hard Times
Leo Jenks
1967
Film
1941
Col. 'Madman' Maddox
1979
Film
Return of the Seven
Colbee
1966
Film
Ride the High Country
Henry Hammond
1962
Series
Black Beauty
Jerry Barker
1978
Film
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Bennie
1974
Film
Race with the Devil
Frank
1975
Series
Dundee and the Culhane
Lafe Doolin
1967
Film
The Shooting
Willett Gashade
1966
Film
Two-Lane Blacktop
G.T.O.
1971
Film
Tom Sawyer
Muff Potter
1973
Film
The Rounders
Harley Williams (uncredited)
1965
Film
The Brink's Job
Specs O'Keefe
1978
Film
Dillinger
John Dillinger
1973
Film
The Split
Marty Gough
1968
Film
Private Property
Boots
1960
Series
A Man Called Shenandoah
Sergeant Ryder
1965
Film
Shenandoah
Billy Packer
1965
Film
There Was a Crooked Man...
Floyd Moon
1970
Film
The Border
Red
1982
Film
Up Periscope
Seaman Kovacs
1959
Film
Drum
Hammond Maxwell
1976
Film
Barquero
Jake Remy
1970
Film
Cockfighter
Frank Mansfield
1974
Film
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
Dave Reilly
1973
Film
Chandler
Chandler
1971
Film
Sleeping Dogs
Col. Willoughby
1978
Film
Smith!
Walter Charlie
1969
Film
The Hired Hand
Arch Harris
1971
Film
China 9, Liberty 37
Matthew Sebanek
1978
Film
Yellowstone Kelly
Corporal
1959
Film
Tough Enough
James Neese
1983
Film
Mail Order Bride
Jace
1964
Film
Rancho Deluxe
Harmonica Player (uncredited)
1975
Film
Kid Blue
Reese Ford
1973
Film
The Movie Murderer
Alfred Fisher
1970
Film
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
True Grit: A Further Adventure
Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
1978
Film
92 in the Shade
Nichol Dance
1975
Film
Warren Oates: Across the Border
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993
Film
The White Dawn
Billy
1974
Film
Crooks and Coronets
Marty Miller
1969
Film
Something for a Lonely Man
Angus Duren
1968
Film
Lanton Mills
Gunman
1969
Film
And Baby Makes Six
Michael Kramer
1979
Film
The Night America Trembled
2nd Card Player
1957
Film
My Old Man
Frank Butler
1979
Film
The Reluctant Heroes
Cpl. Leroy Sprague
1971
Film
American Raspberry
Celebrity Sportsman
1977
Film
Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
John Blythe
1968
Film
Hero's Island
Wayte Giddens
1962
Film
The African Queen
Capt. Charlie Allnut
1977
Film
Dixie Dynamite
Mack
1976
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
Self (archive footage)
2006
Film
Baby Comes Home
Michael Kramer
1980