Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 5, 1928
Place of Birth
Depoy, Kentucky, USA
Also Known As
- Warren M. Oates
- Warren Oats
- Warren 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 Devil (1975). Oates also portrayed Sergeant Hulka in the box office hit Stripes (1981).
Known For - Movies
1941
as Col. 'Madman' Maddox
The Wild Bunch
as Lyle Gorch
In the Heat of the Night
as Deputy Sam Wood
Stripes
as Sgt. Hulka
Ride the High Country
as Henry Hammond
Blue Thunder
as Braddock
Badlands
as Holly's Father
Major Dundee
as O.W. Hadley
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Floyd Moon
The Brink's Job
as Specs O'Keefe
Known For - TV Shows
Bonanza
as Paul Magruder
The Fugitive
as Hanes McClure
The Fugitive
as Herbie Grant
The Twilight Zone
as Jeep Driver
The Twilight Zone
as Richard Langsford
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Harrison
Wagon Train
as Private Silas Carpenter
The Virginian
as Corbie
The Virginian
as Roy Judd