Warren Oates
American actor (1928-1982) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 53
Warren Mercer Oates was an American actor. He was best known for his roles in Western and crime films, most notably in collaboration with directors Sam Peckinpah and Monte Hellman. He had starring roles in Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969) and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974).
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The BorderFilm, 1982Red1979
Tales of the UnexpectedSeries, Harry
1941Film, 1979Col. 'Madman' Maddox1978
China 9, Liberty 37Film, Matthew Sebanek1975
Race with the DevilFilm, Frank1974
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo GarciaFilm, Bennie1973
BadlandsFilm, Holly's Father1970
BarqueroFilm, Jake Remy1969
Smith!Film, Walter Charlie1968
The Name of the GameSeries, Lew Weatherford / John Weatherford
The SplitFilm, 1968Marty Gough1966
Return of the SevenFilm, Colbee1965
Lost in SpaceSeries, Jimmy Hapgood
Major DundeeFilm, 1965O.W. Hadley1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeries, Joe Grover1962
Combat!Series, Pvt. James Stark1960
Private PropertyFilm, Boots1959
BonanzaSeries, Paul Magruder
Up PeriscopeFilm, 1959Seaman Kovacs1958
77 Sunset StripSeries, Dink Strahman1957
Have Gun, Will TravelSeries, Harrison1955
GunsmokeSeries, Jed Hakes1948
Studio OneSeries, Card Player #21928Born5 July 1928People around Warren
Sam Peckinpah Directed The Wild Bunch and Major Dundee
Monte Hellman Directed Two-Lane Blacktop and The Shooting
Burt Kennedy Directed Return of the Seven (1966)
Harry Dean Stanton Also in In the Heat of the Night (1967)- Gordon Douglas Directed Yellowstone Kelly and Barquero
Peter Fonda Directed The Hired Hand (1971)
Terrence Malick Produced Badlands (1975)
Dino De Laurentiis Produced The Brink's Job and Drum
R. G. Armstrong Also in Major Dundee and Ride the High Country
Dub Taylor Also in Major Dundee and Tom Sawyer
Michael Laughlin Produced Two-Lane Blacktop and Chandler
Jack Nicholson Produced The Shooting (1972)
Henry Fonda Also in There Was a Crooked Man... (1971)
Ben Johnson Also in Major Dundee and The Wild Bunch
Emilio Fernández Also in Return of the Seven and The Wild Bunch
John Milius Directed Dillinger (1974), wrote 1941 (1980)
Denver Pyle Also in The Rounders and Shenandoah
L. Q. Jones Also in Major Dundee and Ride the High Country
Edgar Buchanan Also in Ride the High Country and The Rounders
John Davis Chandler Also in Ride the High Country and Barquero- Jack Starrett Directed Race with the Devil (1981)
Leslie Stevens Directed Hero's Island (1962)
Walon Green Wrote The Brink's Job and The Wild Bunch
Enrique Lucero Also in The Wild Bunch (1969)
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In the Heat of the Night 1967
The Wild Bunch 1969
Badlands 1973
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1974
Ride the High Country 1962
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Other of his most acclaimed performances was as officer Sam Wood in Norman Jewison's In the Heat of the Night (1967) and as Mr. Sargis in Terrence Malick's Badlands (1973).
