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Warren Mercer Oates 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 that have since achieved cult status, such as The Hired Hand (1971), Two-Lane Blacktop (1971), and Race with the Devil (1975). Oates also portrayed John Dillinger in the biopic Dillinger (1973) and as the supporting character U.S. Army Sergeant Hulka in the military comedy Stripes (1981). Another notable appearance was in the classic New Zealand film Sleeping Dogs (1977), in which he played the commander of the American forces in the country.
Birth Name
Warren Mercer Oates
Born
Thursday, 05 July 1928
Died
Saturday, 03 April 1982
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Old Man & the Gun | G.T.O. | 2018 |
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
Warren Oates: Across the Border | Self | 1993 |
Hollywood Mavericks | Lyle Gorch | 1990 |
American Masters | Self | 1986 |
Tough Enough | James Neese | 1983 |
Blue Thunder | Braddock | 1983 |
The Blue and the Gray | Preacher / Maj. Welles / Major Welles | 1982 |
The Border | Red | 1982 |
Stripes | Sgt. Hulka | 1981 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Old Man & the Gun | G.T.O. | 2018 |
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
Warren Oates: Across the Border | Self | 1993 |
Hollywood Mavericks | Lyle Gorch | 1990 |
American Masters | Self | 1986 |
Tough Enough | James Neese | 1983 |
Blue Thunder | Braddock | 1983 |
The Blue and the Gray | Preacher / Maj. Welles / Major Welles | 1982 |
The Border | Red | 1982 |
Stripes | Sgt. Hulka | 1981 |
East of Eden | Cyrus Trask | 1981 |
Baby Comes Home | Michael Kramer | 1980 |
1941 | Col. 'Madman' Maddox | 1979 |
My Old Man | Frank Butler | 1979 |
Tales of the Unexpected | Harry | 1979 |
The Brink's Job | Specs O'Keefe | 1978 |
China 9, Liberty 37 | Matthew Sebanek / Matthew | 1978 |
True Grit: A Further Adventure | Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn | 1978 |
Black Beauty | Jerry Barker | 1978 |
Sleeping Dogs | Col. Willoughby | 1977 |
Prime Time | Celebrity Sportsman | 1977 |
America at the Movies | Henry Hammond | 1976 |
Drum | Hammond Maxwell | 1976 |
Dixie Dynamite | Mack | 1976 |
92 in the Shade | Nichol Dance | 1975 |
Race with the Devil | Frank | 1975 |
Rancho Deluxe | Harmonica player | 1975 |
Cockfighter | Frank Mansfield | 1974 |
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia | Bennie | 1974 |
The White Dawn | Billy | 1974 |
Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
Badlands | Father / Holly's Father | 1974 |
Dillinger | John Dillinger | 1973 |
Police Story | Richey Neptune | 1973 |
Tom Sawyer | Muff Potter | 1973 |
The Thief Who Came to Dinner | Dave Reilly | 1973 |
Kid Blue | Reese Ford | 1973 |
Chandler | Chandler | 1971 |
The Reluctant Heroes | Cpl. Leroy Sprague | 1971 |
The Hired Hand | Arch Harris | 1971 |
Two-Lane Blacktop | G.T.O / G.T.O. | 1971 |
There Was a Crooked Man... | Floyd Moon | 1970 |
Barquero | Remy / Jake Remy | 1970 |
The Movie Murderer | Alfred Fisher | 1970 |
Sophie's Place | Marty Miller | 1969 |
The Wild Bunch | Lyle Gorch | 1969 |
Smith! | Walter Charlie | 1969 |
The Split | Marty Gough | 1968 |
Lancer | Drago / Sheriff Val Crawford | 1968 |
The Name of the Game | Lew Weatherford / John Weatherford | 1968 |
The Shooting | Willett Gashade | 1968 |
Cimarron Strip | Mobeetie | 1967 |
Dundee and the Culhane | Lafe Doolin | 1967 |
In the Heat of the Night | Officer Sam Wood / Deputy Sam Wood | 1967 |
Welcome to Hard Times | Leo Jenks | 1967 |
Return of the Seven | Colbee | 1966 |
Iron Horse | Hode Avery | 1966 |
Shane | Kemp Spicer | 1966 |
The Monroes | Nick Beresford | 1966 |
The F.B.I. | Richie Billings | 1965 |
The Big Valley | Korby Kyles / Duke | 1965 |
Run for Your Life | Deputy LaVern Potter | 1965 |
A Man Called Shenandoah | Sergeant Ryder | 1965 |
Lost in Space | Jimmy Hapgood | 1965 |
Shenandoah | Billy Packer | 1965 |
Major Dundee | O. W. Hadley / O.W. Hadley | 1965 |
Branded | Pierce Crawley / Frank Crawley | 1965 |
The Rounders | Harley Williams | 1965 |
The Reporter | Mickroe | 1964 |
Slattery's People | Stu Burns / Eugene Henson | 1964 |
12 O'Clock High | Lt. Col. Jerry Troper | 1964 |
Mail Order Bride | Jace | 1964 |
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Joe Grover | 1963 |
The Fugitive | Hanes McClure / Herbie Grant | 1963 |
The Outer Limits | Reese Fowler | 1963 |
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | Eldon Bishop | 1963 |
Combat! | Pvt. James Stark | 1962 |
Stoney Burke | Ves Painter | 1962 |
The Virginian | Roy Judd / Corbie / Buxton / Bowers | 1962 |
Hero's Island | Wayte Giddens | 1962 |
Ride the High Country | Henry Hammond | 1962 |
Target: The Corruptors | Billy Joe | 1961 |
The Dick Powell Theatre | Bruno | 1961 |
Stagecoach West | Trooper Haig / Tom Lochlin / Billy Joe | 1960 |
Michael Shayne | Frank Hobbes | 1960 |
The Westerner | Drunk | 1960 |
Outlaws | Bill Hooton | 1960 |
Thriller | Hugo Wheeler / Benny | 1960 |
Wrangler | Shep Martin | 1960 |
Tate | Cowpoke | 1960 |
Private Property | Boots | 1960 |
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond | Eddie Diamond | 1960 |
Yellowstone Kelly | Corporal | 1959 |
Shotgun Slade | Pony | 1959 |
Hawaiian Eye | Al | 1959 |
The Rebel | Troy Armbruster | 1959 |
The Twilight Zone | CPL Richard Langsford / Jeep Driver | 1959 |
Hotel de Paree | Charlie Aiken | 1959 |
Johnny Ringo | Burt Scanlon | 1959 |
Laramie | Pete Dixson | 1959 |
Bonanza | Paul Magruder | 1959 |
The Lawless Years | Charlie Brown | 1959 |
Up Periscope | Seaman Kovacs | 1959 |
The Untouchables | Artie Krebs | 1959 |
Black Saddle | Simms | 1959 |
Rawhide | Charlie 'Rabbit' Waters / Jesse Gufler / Marco / Weed | 1959 |
77 Sunset Strip | Dink Strahman / Orville | 1958 |
Bat Masterson | Sonny Parsons / Cat Crail | 1958 |
Lawman | Al May | 1958 |
The Rough Riders | Frank Day | 1958 |
The Rifleman | Willie Breen / Santos / Marty Ryan / Jud Malakie / Andrew Sheltin | 1958 |
Bronco | Pvt. Hurd Maple | 1958 |
Rescue 8 | Pete | 1958 |
Wanted: Dead or Alive | Jesse Cox / George Aswell / Clem Robinson / Billy Clegg | 1958 |
Buckskin | Charlie | 1958 |
Tombstone Territory | Vic Reel / Joe Clinton / Bob Pickett | 1957 |
Trackdown | Kelly / Lute Borden / Norvil | 1957 |
Wagon Train | Private Silas Carpenter | 1957 |
Have Gun - Will Travel | Harrison / John Bosworth | 1957 |
Tales of Wells Fargo | Bowie | 1957 |
Playhouse 90 | Ted Ryan | 1956 |
Gunsmoke | Al Tresh / Chris Kelly / Deke / Jed Hakes / Jep / Lafe / Seth / Speeler / Sweet Billy / Tate Crocker | 1955 |
The Magical World of Disney | John Blythe | 1954 |
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Deke | 1954 |
The United States Steel Hour | Private Lear | 1953 |
The Big Story | Danny, as an Adult | 1949 |
Studio One | Second Card Player / Prisoner | 1948 |
Kraft Theatre | Milkman | 1947 |