Highest rated as cast or director
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).
Acted in 107
1980s
- 1983
Tough Enough
James Neese
- 1982
The Blue and the Gray
Preacher / Maj. Welles, Major Welles · 3 episodes
The Border
Red
- 1981
East of Eden
Cyrus Trask · 3 episodes
- 1980
Baby Comes Home
Michael Kramer
1970s
- 1979
My Old Man
Frank Butler
And Baby Makes Six
Michael Kramer
- 1978
Sleeping Dogs
Col. Willoughby
True Grit: A Further Adventure
Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
Black Beauty
Jerry Barker · 5 episodes
- 1977
American Raspberry
Celebrity Sportsman
The African Queen
Capt. Charlie Allnut
- 1976
Dixie Dynamite
Mack
- 1975
92 in the Shade
Nichol Dance
- 1974
Cockfighter
Frank Mansfield
The White Dawn
Billy
- 1973
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
Dave Reilly
Kid Blue
Reese Ford
- 1971
Chandler
Chandler
The Reluctant Heroes
Cpl. Leroy Sprague
The Hired Hand
Arch Harris
Two-Lane Blacktop
G.T.O.
- 1970
The Movie Murderer
Alfred Fisher
1960s
- 1969
Lanton Mills
Gunman
Crooks and Coronets
Marty Miller
Smith!
Walter Charlie
- 1968
Something for a Lonely Man
Angus Duren
Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
John Blythe
- 1967
Dundee and the Culhane
Lafe Doolin · 1 episode
Welcome to Hard Times
Leo Jenks
- 1966
Shane
Kemp Spicer · 1 episode
- 1965
A Man Called Shenandoah
Sergeant Ryder · 1 episode
The Rounders
Harley Williams (uncredited)
- 1964
- 1963
- 1962
Hero's Island
Wayte Giddens
- 1961
- 1960
Tate
TV
Private Property
Boots
1950s
- 1959
Yellowstone Kelly
Corporal
Up Periscope
Seaman Kovacs
- 1958
- 1957
The Night America Trembled
2nd Card Player
- 1955
- 1954
Appearances2
2000s
- 2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
1990s
- 1993
Warren Oates: Across the Border
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)