Warren Oates
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).
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Movie Appearances
The Wild Bunch
as Lyle Gorch
1969
Badlands
as Holly's Father
1974
In the Heat of the Night
as Deputy Sam Wood
1967
Shenandoah
as Billy Packer
1965
Stripes
as Sgt. Hulka
1981
1941
as Col. 'Madman' Maddox
1979
The Border
as Red
1982
China 9, Liberty 37
as Matthew Sebanek
1978
The White Dawn
as Billy
1974
Blue Thunder
as Braddock
1983
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
as Bennie
1974
The Split
as Marty Gough
1968
The Brink's Job
as Specs O'Keefe
1978
Race with the Devil
as Frank
1975
Barquero
as Jake Remy
1970
Return of the Seven
as Colbee
1966
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Floyd Moon
1970
Two-Lane Blacktop
as G.T.O.
1971
Cockfighter
as Frank Mansfield
1974
Dillinger
as John Dillinger
1973
TV Appearances
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Trackdown
1957
The F.B.I.
as Richie Billings
1965
Tales of the Unexpected
as Harry
1979
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
as Eldon Bishop
1963
Lost in Space
as Jimmy Hapgood
1965
Gunsmoke
as Jed Hakes
1955
Studio One
as Card Player #2
1948
Combat!
as Pvt. James Stark
1962
The Twilight Zone
as Jeep Driver
1959
The Monroes
1966
Target: The Corruptors!
1961