Warren Oates
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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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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1993 | Warren Oates: Across the Border | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | FLOP | |
| 1983 | Tough Enough | James Neese | FLOP | |
| 1983 | Blue Thunder | Braddock | FLOP | |
| 1982 | The Border | Red | FLOP | |
| 1981 | Stripes | Sgt. Hulka | HIT | |
| 1979 | 1941 | Col. 'Madman' Maddox | FLOP | |
| 1978 | The Brink's Job | Specs O'Keefe | FLOP | |
| 1978 | China 9, Liberty 37 | Matthew Sebanek | FLOP | |
| 1978 | True Grit: A Further Adventure | Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn | FLOP | |
| 1977 | Sleeping Dogs | Col. Willoughby | FLOP | |
| 1977 | American Raspberry | Celebrity Sportsman | FLOP | |
| 1977 | The African Queen | Capt. Charlie Allnut | HIT | |
| 1976 | Dixie Dynamite | Mack | FLOP | |
| 1975 | 92 in the Shade | Nichol Dance | FLOP | |
| 1975 | Race with the Devil | Frank | FLOP | |
| 1975 | Rancho Deluxe | Harmonica Player (uncredited) | FLOP | |
| 1974 | Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia | Bennie | HIT | |
| 1974 | Cockfighter | Frank Mansfield | FLOP | |
| 1974 | The White Dawn | Billy | HIT | |
| 1974 | Badlands | Holly's Father | HIT | |
| 1973 | Dillinger | John Dillinger | HIT | |
| 1973 | Tom Sawyer | Muff Potter | FLOP | |
| 1973 | The Thief Who Came to Dinner | Dave Reilly | HIT | |
| 1973 | Kid Blue | Reese Ford | HIT | |
| 1971 | The Hired Hand | Arch Harris | FLOP | |
| 1971 | Two-Lane Blacktop | G.T.O. | HIT | |
| 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man... | Floyd Moon | HIT | |
| 1970 | Barquero | Jake Remy | FLOP | |
| 1970 | The Movie Murderer | Alfred Fisher | HIT | |
| 1969 | The Wild Bunch | Lyle Gorch | HIT | |
| 1969 | Crooks and Coronets | Marty Miller | HIT | |
| 1969 | Smith! | Walter Charlie | FLOP | |
| 1968 | Something for a Lonely Man | Angus Duren | HIT | |
| 1968 | The Split | Marty Gough | HIT | |
| 1968 | Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims | John Blythe | HIT | |
| 1967 | In the Heat of the Night | Deputy Sam Wood | HIT | |
| 1967 | Welcome to Hard Times | Leo Jenks | FLOP | |
| 1966 | Return of the Seven | Colbee | FLOP | |
| 1966 | The Shooting | Willett Gashade | FLOP | |
| 1965 | Shenandoah | Billy Packer | HIT | |
| 1965 | Major Dundee | O.W. Hadley | HIT | |
| 1965 | The Rounders | Harley Williams (uncredited) | FLOP | |
| 1964 | Mail Order Bride | Jace | HIT | |
| 1962 | Ride the High Country | Henry Hammond | HIT | |
| 1960 | The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond | Eddie Diamond | FLOP | |
| 1960 | Private Property | Boots | FLOP | |
| 1959 | Yellowstone Kelly | Corporal | FLOP | |
| 1959 | Up Periscope | Seaman Kovacs | FLOP | |
| 1957 | The Night America Trembled | 2nd Card Player | HIT |