Warren Oates
Acting
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).
Born: July 5, 1928
Place of Birth: Depoy, Kentucky, USA
Known For
Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
The cub reporter, Gallegher, becomes involved in a land fraud, when some valueless land is sold to a group of Cornish immigrants. A murder implicates one of the immigrants, and it is up to Gallegher to prove that a local resident is actually the murderer and the swindler is a local banker.
The Twilight Zone
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
The Twilight Zone
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
Crooks and Coronets
Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.
The Untouchables
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the Western genre forever.
The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes with a plot twist at the end.
The Wonderful World of Disney
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
Combat!
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.
In the Heat of the Night
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as James Neese
as Braddock
as Preacher / Maj. Welles
as Major Welles
as Red
as Sgt. Hulka
as Cyrus Trask
as Michael Kramer
as Col. 'Madman' Maddox
as Frank Butler
as Michael Kramer
as Harry
as Specs O'Keefe
as Matthew Sebanek
as Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
as Jerry Barker
as Col. Willoughby
as Celebrity Sportsman
as Capt. Charlie Allnut
as Hammond Maxwell
as Mack
as Nichol Dance
as Frank
as Harmonica Player (uncredited)
as Bennie
as Frank Mansfield
as Billy
as Holly's Father
as John Dillinger
as Muff Potter
as Dave Reilly
as Reese Ford
as Chandler
as Cpl. Leroy Sprague
as Arch Harris
as G.T.O.
as Floyd Moon
as Jake Remy
as Alfred Fisher
as Gunman
as Lyle Gorch
as Marty Miller
as Walter Charlie
as Angus Duren
as Marty Gough
as Lew Weatherford / John Weatherford
as John Blythe
as Lafe Doolin
as Deputy Sam Wood
as Leo Jenks
as Colbee
as Kemp Spicer
as Willett Gashade
as Richie Billings
as Jimmy Hapgood
as Korby Kyles
as Duke
as Deputy LaVern Potter
as Sergeant Ryder
as Billy Packer
as O.W. Hadley
as Harley Williams (uncredited)
as Lt. Col. Jerry Troper
as Jace
as Eldon Bishop
as Hanes McClure
as Herbie Grant
as Reese Fowler
as Pvt. James Stark
as Ves Painter
as Corbie
as Roy Judd
as Bowers
as Buxton
as Wayte Giddens
as Henry Hammond
as Tom Lochlin
as Warren Oates
as Drunk
as Hugo Wheeler
as Benny
as Eddie Diamond
as Boots
as Corporal
as Artie Krebs
as Al
as Troy Armbruster
as Jeep Driver
as Richard Langsford
as Burt Scanlon
as Paul Magruder
as Seaman Kovacs
as Simms
as Charlie 'Rabbit' Waters
as Weed
as Jesse Gufler
as Dink Strahman
as Sonny Parsons
as Cat Crail
as Andrew Sheltin
as Marty Ryan
as Jesse Cox
as Billy Clegg
as George Aswell
as Clem Robinson
as Kelly
as Norvil
as Private Silas Carpenter
as Harrison
as 2nd Card Player
as Jed Hakes
as Seth
as Jep
as Sweet Billy
as Chris Kelly
as Deke
as Speeler
as Al Tresh
as Lafe
as Reb
as John Blythe
as Card Player #2