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). Another of his most acclaimed performances was as officer Sam Wood in In the Heat of the Night (1967). Oates starred in numerous films during the early 1970s that have since achieved cult status, such as The Hired Hand (1971), Two-Lane Blacktop (1971), and Race with the Devil (1975). Oates also portrayed John Dillinger in the biopic Dillinger (1973) and as the supporting character U.S. Army Sergeant Hulka in the military comedy Stripes (1981). Another notable appearance was in the classic New Zealand film Sleeping Dogs (1977), in which he played the commander of the American forces in the country.
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...
screenplay by Carole Eastman (using the pseudonym Adrien Joyce). It stars WarrenOates, Millie Perkins, Will Hutchins, and Jack Nicholson, and was produced...
was written by Larry Cohen and directed by Burt Kennedy, and features WarrenOates, Claude Akins, Jordan Christopher and Virgílio Teixeira. Emilio Fernández...
McGuane, based on his 1973 novel of the same name, it stars Peter Fonda, WarrenOates, Elizabeth Ashley and Margot Kidder. Tom Skelton, a young man, opens...
Starrett, written by Wes Bishop and Lee Frost, and starring Peter Fonda, WarrenOates, Loretta Swit, and Lara Parker. Its plot follows two couples on a road...
Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson and WarrenOates. The plot concerns an aging outlaw gang on the Mexico–United States border...
the film stars Ryan O'Neal and Jacqueline Bisset, with Charles Cioffi, WarrenOates, and in an early appearance, Jill Clayburgh. Webster McGee is a divorced...
as a result, the conspirators are arrested. Roy Scheider as Murphy WarrenOates as Braddock Candy Clark as Kate Daniel Stern as Richard Lymangood Malcolm...
Comedy Western film directed by James Frawley and starring Dennis Hopper, WarrenOates, Lee Purcell, Peter Boyle and Ben Johnson. Bickford Waner, who has failed...
Gordon Dawson from a story by Peckinpah and Frank Kowalski, and starring WarrenOates and Isela Vega, with Robert Webber, Gig Young, Helmut Dantine, Emilio...
Wild Drifter) is a 1974 drama film by director Monte Hellman, starring WarrenOates, Harry Dean Stanton and featuring Laurie Bird and Ed Begley, Jr. The...
Peter Fonda, with a screenplay by Alan Sharp. The film stars Fonda, WarrenOates, and Verna Bloom. The cinematography was by Vilmos Zsigmond. Bruce Langhorne...
Barquero is a 1970 American Western film starring Lee Van Cleef and WarrenOates directed by Gordon Douglas. After stealing a shipment of silver and weapons...
Devil (1975), fleeing devil worshippers with WarrenOates (another hit); 92 in the Shade (1975), again with Oates, for writer-director Thomas McGuane; Killer...
Dixie Dynamite is a 1976 American film directed by Lee Frost that stars WarrenOates. Steve McQueen appears uncredited in a scene as a motorbike driver. A...
Mariette Hartley. The supporting cast includes Edgar Buchanan, James Drury, WarrenOates, and Ron Starr. The film's script, though credited solely to veteran...
of Congress. Her second release, Cockfighter, had her paired opposite WarrenOates. He loses her in a bet. Film critic Michael Atkinson wrote in his book...
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