Acting · Depoy, Kentucky, USA · Born July 5, 1928
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).
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
MovieWarren Oates: Across the Border
1993
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieTough Enough
1983
as James Neese
MovieBlue Thunder
1983
as Braddock
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983
TVThe Blue and the Gray
1982
as Preacher / Maj. Welles
MovieThe Border
1982
as Red
MovieStripes
1981
as Sgt. Hulka
TVEast of Eden
1981
as Cyrus Trask
MovieBaby Comes Home
1980
as Michael Kramer
Movie1941
1979
as Col. 'Madman' Maddox
MovieMy Old Man
1979
as Frank Butler
MovieAnd Baby Makes Six
1979
as Michael Kramer
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as Harry
MovieThe Brink's Job
1978
as Specs O'Keefe
MovieChina 9, Liberty 37
1978
as Matthew Sebanek
MovieSleeping Dogs
1978
as Col. Willoughby
MovieTrue Grit: A Further Adventure
1978
as Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
TVBlack Beauty
1978
as Jerry Barker
MovieAmerican Raspberry
1977
as Celebrity Sportsman
MovieThe African Queen
1977
as Capt. Charlie Allnut
MovieDrum
1976
as Hammond Maxwell
MovieDixie Dynamite
1976
as Mack
Movie92 in the Shade
1975
as Nichol Dance
MovieRace with the Devil
1975
as Frank
MovieRancho Deluxe
1975
as Harmonica Player (uncredited)
MovieBring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974
as Bennie
MovieCockfighter
1974
as Frank Mansfield
MovieThe White Dawn
1974
as Billy
MovieBadlands
1974
as Holly's Father
MovieDillinger
1973
as John Dillinger
TVPolice Story
1973
MovieTom Sawyer
1973
as Muff Potter
MovieThe Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973
as Dave Reilly
MovieKid Blue
1973
as Reese Ford
MovieChandler
1971
as Chandler
MovieThe Reluctant Heroes
1971
as Cpl. Leroy Sprague
MovieThe Hired Hand
1971
as Arch Harris
MovieTwo-Lane Blacktop
1971
as G.T.O.
MovieThere Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as Floyd Moon
MovieBarquero
1970
as Jake Remy
MovieThe Movie Murderer
1970
as Alfred Fisher
MovieLanton Mills
1969
as Gunman
MovieThe Wild Bunch
1969
as Lyle Gorch
MovieCrooks and Coronets
1969
as Marty Miller
MovieSmith!
1969
as Walter Charlie
MovieSomething for a Lonely Man
1968
as Angus Duren
MovieThe Split
1968
as Marty Gough
TVLancer
1968
TVThe Name of the Game
1968
as Lew Weatherford / John Weatherford
MovieGallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
1968
as John Blythe
TVCimarron Strip
1967
TVDundee and the Culhane
1967
as Lafe Doolin
MovieIn the Heat of the Night
1967
as Deputy Sam Wood
MovieWelcome to Hard Times
1967
as Leo Jenks
MovieReturn of the Seven
1966
as Colbee
TVShane
1966
as Kemp Spicer
TVThe Monroes
1966
MovieThe Shooting
1966
as Willett Gashade
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Richie Billings
TVLost in Space
1965
as Jimmy Hapgood
TVThe Big Valley
1965
as Korby Kyles
TVRun for Your Life
1965
as Deputy LaVern Potter
TVA Man Called Shenandoah
1965
as Sergeant Ryder
MovieShenandoah
1965
as Billy Packer
MovieMajor Dundee
1965
as O.W. Hadley
TVBranded
1965
MovieThe Rounders
1965
as Harley Williams (uncredited)
TV12 O'Clock High
1964
as Lt. Col. Jerry Troper
MovieMail Order Bride
1964
as Jace
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Joe Grover
TVThe Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963
as Eldon Bishop
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Hanes McClure
TVThe Outer Limits
1963
as Reese Fowler
TVCombat!
1962
as Pvt. James Stark
TVStoney Burke
1962
as Ves Painter
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Corbie
MovieHero's Island
1962
as Wayte Giddens
MovieRide the High Country
1962
as Henry Hammond
TVTarget: The Corruptors!
1961
TVStagecoach West
1960
as Tom Lochlin
TVThe Westerner
1960
as Drunk
TVOutlaws
1960
TVThriller
1960
as Hugo Wheeler
TVTate
1960
MovieThe Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
1960
as Eddie Diamond
MoviePrivate Property
1960
as Boots
MovieYellowstone Kelly
1959
as Corporal
TVThe Untouchables
1959
as Artie Krebs
TVHawaiian Eye
1959
as Al
TVThe Rebel
1959
as Troy Armbruster
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Jeep Driver
TVJohnny Ringo
1959
as Burt Scanlon
TVBonanza
1959
as Paul Magruder
TVThe Lawless Years
1959
MovieUp Periscope
1959
as Seaman Kovacs
TVBlack Saddle
1959
as Simms
TVRawhide
1959
as Charlie 'Rabbit' Waters
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
TVBat Masterson
1958
as Sonny Parsons
TVThe Rifleman
1958
TVBronco
1958
TVWanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Jesse Cox
TVTrackdown
1957
TVWagon Train
1957
as Private Silas Carpenter
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
MovieThe Night America Trembled
1957
as 2nd Card Player
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Jed Hakes
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as John Blythe
TVStudio One
1948
as Card Player #2
TVKraft Television Theatre
1947
