Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
July 5, 1928
Died
April 3, 1982 (53 years old)
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
Acting
6.2
Blue Thunder
1983
6.7
The Blue and the Gray
1982
6.7
The Blue and the Gray
1982
6.1
The Border
1982
6.6
Stripes
1981
5.8
1941
1979
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
6.1
The Brink's Job
1978
5.2
China 9, Liberty 37
1978
5.6
Sleeping Dogs
1977
4.8
Drum
1976
5.0
Dixie Dynamite
1976
6.4
Race with the Devil
1975
5.3
Rancho Deluxe
1975
7.1
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974
6.0
Cockfighter
1974
6.6
The White Dawn
1974
7.5
Badlands
1974
6.5
Dillinger
1973
6.9
Police Story
1973
6.3
Tom Sawyer
1973
6.9
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973
6.9
Kid Blue
1973
6.0
The Hired Hand
1971