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).
Filmography50+ titles
The Twilight Zone
The Outer Limits
Combat!
In the Heat of the Night
The Wild Bunch
Badlands
Bonanza
The Fugitive
Have Gun, Will Travel
Lost in Space
Rawhide
Ride the High Country
The Rifleman
Police Story
Shenandoah
Mail Order Bride
Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Westerner
The Lawless Years
Kid Blue
Tales of the Unexpected
There Was a Crooked Man...
Stoney Burke
The White Dawn
The Split
Major Dundee
Thriller
Gunsmoke
Stripes
Dillinger
Wagon Train
The Virginian
Race with the Devil
Tom Sawyer
Up Periscope
Barquero
Blue Thunder
The Brink's Job
The Shooting
The Big Valley
Private Property
Return of the Seven
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Yellowstone Kelly
Bat Masterson
The Border
Cockfighter
Smith!
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