Warren Oates

Acting · Born 1928-07-05 in 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).

Filmography

• The Wild Bunch as Lyle Gorch
• Badlands as Holly's Father
• In the Heat of the Night as Deputy Sam Wood
• Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia as Bennie
• Two-Lane Blacktop as G.T.O.
• Ride the High Country as Henry Hammond
• Shenandoah as Billy Packer
• Stripes as Sgt. Hulka
• 1941 as Col. 'Madman' Maddox
• The Border as Red

TV

• Combat! as Pvt. James Stark
• The Twilight Zone as Jeep Driver
• The Outer Limits as Reese Fowler
• The Twilight Zone as Richard Langsford
• The Untouchables as Artie Krebs
• 77 Sunset Strip
• Trackdown
• The F.B.I. as Richie Billings
• Tales of the Unexpected as Harry
• The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters as Eldon Bishop