Person
Warren Oates
Acting · 1928–1982 · Depoy, Kentucky, USA
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).
Known for
The Rifleman
1958
Bonanza
Paul Magruder
Wagon Train
Private Silas Carpenter
12 O'Clock High
Lt. Col. Jerry Troper
The Fugitive
Hanes McClure
The Twilight Zone
Jeep Driver
The Rebel
Troy Armbruster
Bat Masterson
Sonny Parsons
Combat!
Pvt. James Stark
The Virginian
Corbie
Filmography
- 2006Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'Self (archive footage)
- 2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)
- 1993Warren Oates: Across the BorderSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1983Tough EnoughJames Neese
- 1983Blue ThunderBraddock
- 1983Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
- 1982The Blue and the GrayPreacher / Maj. Welles
- 1982The BorderRed
- 1981StripesSgt. Hulka
- 1981East of EdenCyrus Trask
- 1980Baby Comes HomeMichael Kramer
- 19791941Col. 'Madman' Maddox
- 1979My Old ManFrank Butler
- 1979And Baby Makes SixMichael Kramer
- 1979Tales of the UnexpectedHarry
- 1978The Brink's JobSpecs O'Keefe
- 1978China 9, Liberty 37Matthew Sebanek
- 1978True Grit: A Further AdventureReuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
- 1978Black BeautyJerry Barker
- 1977Sleeping DogsCol. Willoughby
- 1977American RaspberryCelebrity Sportsman
- 1977The African QueenCapt. Charlie Allnut
- 1976DrumHammond Maxwell
- 1976Dixie DynamiteMack
- 197592 in the ShadeNichol Dance
- 1975Race with the DevilFrank
- 1975Rancho DeluxeHarmonica Player (uncredited)
- 1974Bring Me the Head of Alfredo GarciaBennie
- 1974CockfighterFrank Mansfield
- 1974The White DawnBilly
- 1974BadlandsHolly's Father
- 1973DillingerJohn Dillinger
- 1973Police Story
- 1973Tom SawyerMuff Potter
- 1973The Thief Who Came to DinnerDave Reilly
- 1973Kid BlueReese Ford
- 1971ChandlerChandler
- 1971The Reluctant HeroesCpl. Leroy Sprague
- 1971The Hired HandArch Harris
- 1971Two-Lane BlacktopG.T.O.
- 1970There Was a Crooked Man...Floyd Moon
- 1970BarqueroJake Remy
- 1970The Movie MurdererAlfred Fisher
- 1969Lanton MillsGunman
- 1969The Wild BunchLyle Gorch
- 1969Crooks and CoronetsMarty Miller
- 1969Smith!Walter Charlie
- 1968Something for a Lonely ManAngus Duren
- 1968The SplitMarty Gough
- 1968Lancer
- 1968The Name of the GameLew Weatherford / John Weatherford
- 1968Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward SimsJohn Blythe
- 1967Cimarron Strip
- 1967Dundee and the CulhaneLafe Doolin
- 1967In the Heat of the NightDeputy Sam Wood
- 1967Welcome to Hard TimesLeo Jenks
- 1966Return of the SevenColbee
- 1966ShaneKemp Spicer
- 1966The Monroes
- 1966The ShootingWillett Gashade
- 1965The F.B.I.Richie Billings
- 1965Lost in SpaceJimmy Hapgood
- 1965The Big ValleyKorby Kyles
- 1965Run for Your LifeDeputy LaVern Potter
- 1965A Man Called ShenandoahSergeant Ryder
- 1965ShenandoahBilly Packer
- 1965Major DundeeO.W. Hadley
- 1965Branded
- 1965The RoundersHarley Williams (uncredited)
- 196412 O'Clock HighLt. Col. Jerry Troper
- 1964Mail Order BrideJace
- 1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreJoe Grover
- 1963The Travels of Jaimie McPheetersEldon Bishop
- 1963The FugitiveHanes McClure
- 1963The Outer LimitsReese Fowler
- 1962Combat!Pvt. James Stark
- 1962Stoney BurkeVes Painter
- 1962The VirginianCorbie
- 1962Hero's IslandWayte Giddens
- 1962Ride the High CountryHenry Hammond
- 1961Target: The Corruptors!
- 1960Stagecoach WestTom Lochlin
- 1960The WesternerDrunk
- 1960Outlaws
- 1960ThrillerHugo Wheeler
- 1960Tate
- 1960The Rise and Fall of Legs DiamondEddie Diamond
- 1960Private PropertyBoots
- 1959Yellowstone KellyCorporal
- 1959The UntouchablesArtie Krebs
- 1959Hawaiian EyeAl
- 1959The RebelTroy Armbruster
- 1959The Twilight ZoneJeep Driver
- 1959Johnny RingoBurt Scanlon
- 1959BonanzaPaul Magruder
- 1959The Lawless Years
- 1959Up PeriscopeSeaman Kovacs
- 1959Black SaddleSimms
- 1959RawhideCharlie 'Rabbit' Waters
- 195877 Sunset Strip
- 1958Bat MastersonSonny Parsons
- 1958The Rifleman
- 1958Bronco
- 1958Wanted: Dead or AliveJesse Cox
- 1957Trackdown
- 1957Wagon TrainPrivate Silas Carpenter
- 1957Have Gun, Will Travel
- 1957The Night America Trembled2nd Card Player
- 1955GunsmokeJed Hakes
- 1954The Wonderful World of DisneyJohn Blythe
- 1948Studio OneCard Player #2
- 1947Kraft Television Theatre
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