Warren Oates
Acting
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
2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
1993Warren Oates: Across the Border
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983Blue Thunder
Braddock
1983Tough Enough
James Neese
1982The Border
Red
1981Stripes
Sgt. Hulka
1980Baby Comes Home
Michael Kramer
19791941
Col. 'Madman' Maddox
1979My Old Man
Frank Butler
1979And Baby Makes Six
Michael Kramer
1978China 9, Liberty 37
Matthew Sebanek
1978The Brink's Job
Specs O'Keefe
1978True Grit: A Further Adventure
Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
1977Sleeping Dogs
Col. Willoughby
1977American Raspberry
Celebrity Sportsman
1977The African Queen
Capt. Charlie Allnut
1976Dixie Dynamite
Mack
1976Drum
Hammond Maxwell
1975Race with the Devil
Frank
197592 in the Shade
Nichol Dance
1975Rancho Deluxe
Harmonica Player (uncredited)
1974Badlands
Holly's Father
1974The White Dawn
Billy
1974Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Bennie