Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1928-07-05
- Day of Death1982-04-03 (53 years)
- Place of BirthDepoy, Kentucky, USA
- Also Known AsWarren M. OatesWarren OatsWarren Mercer Oates
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1983
Tough Enough
As: James Neese
- 1983
Blue Thunder
As: Braddock
- 1982
The Blue and the Gray
As: Preacher / Maj. Welles
- 1982
The Blue and the Gray
As: Major Welles
- 1982
The Border
As: Red
- 1981
Stripes
As: Sgt. Hulka
- 1981
East of Eden
As: Cyrus Trask
- 1980
Baby Comes Home
As: Michael Kramer
- 1979
1941
As: Col. 'Madman' Maddox
1979My Old Man
As: Frank Butler
1979And Baby Makes Six
As: Michael Kramer
1979Tales of the Unexpected
As: Harry
1978The Brink's Job
As: Specs O'Keefe
1978China 9, Liberty 37
As: Matthew Sebanek
1978True Grit: A Further Adventure
As: Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
1978Black Beauty
As: Jerry Barker
1977Sleeping Dogs
As: Col. Willoughby
1977American Raspberry
As: Celebrity Sportsman
1977The African Queen
As: Capt. Charlie Allnut
1976Drum
As: Hammond Maxwell
1976Dixie Dynamite
As: Mack
197592 in the Shade
As: Nichol Dance
1975Race with the Devil
As: Frank
1975Rancho Deluxe
As: Harmonica Player (uncredited)
1974Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
As: Bennie
1974Cockfighter
As: Frank Mansfield
1974The White Dawn
As: Billy
- 1974
Badlands
As: Holly's Father
1973Dillinger
As: John Dillinger
1973Tom Sawyer
As: Muff Potter
1973The Thief Who Came to Dinner
As: Dave Reilly
1973Kid Blue
As: Reese Ford
1971Chandler
As: Chandler
1971The Reluctant Heroes
As: Cpl. Leroy Sprague
1971The Hired Hand
As: Arch Harris
1971Two-Lane Blacktop
As: G.T.O.
1970There Was a Crooked Man...
As: Floyd Moon
1970Barquero
As: Jake Remy
1970The Movie Murderer
As: Alfred Fisher
1969Lanton Mills
As: Gunman
- 1969
The Wild Bunch
As: Lyle Gorch
1969Crooks and Coronets
As: Marty Miller
1969Smith!
As: Walter Charlie
1968Something for a Lonely Man
As: Angus Duren
1968The Split
As: Marty Gough
1968The Name of the Game
As: Lew Weatherford / John Weatherford
1968Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
As: John Blythe
1967Dundee and the Culhane
As: Lafe Doolin
- 1967
In the Heat of the Night
As: Deputy Sam Wood
1967Welcome to Hard Times
As: Leo Jenks
1966Return of the Seven
As: Colbee
1966Shane
As: Kemp Spicer
1966The Shooting
As: Willett Gashade
1965The F.B.I.
As: Richie Billings
1965Lost in Space
As: Jimmy Hapgood
1965The Big Valley
As: Korby Kyles
- 1965
The Big Valley
As: Duke
1965Run for Your Life
As: Deputy LaVern Potter
1965A Man Called Shenandoah
As: Sergeant Ryder
1965Shenandoah
As: Billy Packer
1965Major Dundee
As: O.W. Hadley
1965The Rounders
As: Harley Williams (uncredited)
196412 O'Clock High
As: Lt. Col. Jerry Troper
1964Mail Order Bride
As: Jace
1963The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
As: Eldon Bishop
1963The Fugitive
As: Hanes McClure
- 1963
The Fugitive
As: Herbie Grant
1963The Outer Limits
As: Reese Fowler
1962Combat!
As: Pvt. James Stark
1962Stoney Burke
As: Ves Painter
1962The Virginian
As: Corbie
- 1962
The Virginian
As: Roy Judd
- 1962
The Virginian
As: Bowers
- 1962
The Virginian
As: Buxton
1962Hero's Island
As: Wayte Giddens
1962Ride the High Country
As: Henry Hammond
1960Stagecoach West
As: Tom Lochlin
- 1960
Stagecoach West
As: Warren Oates
1960The Westerner
As: Drunk
1960Thriller
As: Hugo Wheeler
- 1960
Thriller
As: Benny
1960The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
As: Eddie Diamond
1960Private Property
As: Boots
1959Yellowstone Kelly
As: Corporal
1959The Untouchables
As: Artie Krebs
1959Hawaiian Eye
As: Al
1959The Rebel
As: Troy Armbruster
1959The Twilight Zone
As: Jeep Driver
1959Johnny Ringo
As: Burt Scanlon
- 1959
The Twilight Zone
As: Richard Langsford
1959Bonanza
As: Paul Magruder
1959Up Periscope
As: Seaman Kovacs
1959Black Saddle
As: Simms
1959Rawhide
As: Charlie 'Rabbit' Waters
- 1959
Rawhide
As: Weed
- 1959
Rawhide
As: Jesse Gufler
195877 Sunset Strip
As: Dink Strahman
1958Bat Masterson
As: Sonny Parsons
- 1958
Bat Masterson
As: Cat Crail
1958The Rifleman
As: Andrew Sheltin
- 1958
The Rifleman
As: Marty Ryan
1958Wanted: Dead or Alive
As: Jesse Cox
- 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
As: Billy Clegg
- 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
As: George Aswell
- 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
As: Clem Robinson
1957Trackdown
As: Kelly
- 1957
Trackdown
As: Norvil
1957Wagon Train
As: Private Silas Carpenter
1957Have Gun, Will Travel
As: Harrison
1957The Night America Trembled
As: 2nd Card Player
1955Gunsmoke
As: Jed Hakes
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Seth
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Jep
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Sweet Billy
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Chris Kelly
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Deke
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Speeler
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Al Tresh
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Lafe
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Reb
1954The Wonderful World of Disney
As: John Blythe
1948Studio One
As: Card Player #2