Warren Oates
Acting
Born 1928-07-05 · Depoy, Kentucky, USA · Died 1982-04-03
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).
Acting
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
Warren Oates: Across the Border
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tough Enough
James Neese
Blue Thunder
Braddock
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
The Blue and the Gray
Preacher / Maj. Welles
The Blue and the Gray
Major Welles
The Border
Red
Stripes
Sgt. Hulka
East of Eden
Cyrus Trask
Baby Comes Home
Michael Kramer
1941
Col. 'Madman' Maddox
My Old Man
Frank Butler
And Baby Makes Six
Michael Kramer
Tales of the Unexpected
Harry
The Brink's Job
Specs O'Keefe
China 9, Liberty 37
Matthew Sebanek
True Grit: A Further Adventure
Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
Black Beauty
Jerry Barker
Sleeping Dogs
Col. Willoughby
American Raspberry
Celebrity Sportsman
The African Queen
Capt. Charlie Allnut
Drum
Hammond Maxwell
Dixie Dynamite
Mack
92 in the Shade
Nichol Dance
Race with the Devil
Frank
Rancho Deluxe
Harmonica Player (uncredited)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Bennie
Cockfighter
Frank Mansfield