

Warren Oates
Acting
July 5, 1928
Depoy, Kentucky, USA
April 3, 1982
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).
The Filmography


The Hired Hand

Two-Lane Blacktop

There Was a Crooked Man...

Barquero

The Movie Murderer

The Wild Bunch

Smith!

Something for a Lonely Man

The Split

In the Heat of the Night

Welcome to Hard Times

Return of the Seven

The Shooting

Major Dundee

Hero's Island

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
