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Warren Oates
Known for: ActingWarren 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).
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Blue Thunder
as Braddock 
Badlands
as Holly's Father 
Stripes
as Sgt. Hulka 
The Wild Bunch
as Lyle Gorch 
In the Heat of the Night
as Deputy Sam Wood 
1941
as Col. 'Madman' Maddox 
The Shooting
as Willett Gashade 
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
as Bennie 
Ride the High Country
as Henry Hammond 
Return of the Seven
as Colbee 
The Split
as Marty Gough 
Major Dundee
as O.W. Hadley 
Race with the Devil
as Frank 
The Rounders
as Harley Williams (uncredited) 
The Border
as Red 
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Floyd Moon 
Dillinger
as John Dillinger 
Drum
as Hammond Maxwell 
Two-Lane Blacktop
as G.T.O. 
Chandler
as Chandler 
Tom Sawyer
as Muff Potter 
The Brink's Job
as Specs O'Keefe 
Welcome to Hard Times
as Leo Jenks 
China 9, Liberty 37
as Matthew Sebanek 
Mail Order Bride
as Jace 
True Grit: A Further Adventure
as Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn 
Private Property
as Boots 
Up Periscope
as Seaman Kovacs 
Barquero
as Jake Remy 
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
as Eddie Diamond 
Yellowstone Kelly
as Corporal 
Tough Enough
as James Neese 
Sleeping Dogs
as Col. Willoughby 
Smith!
as Walter Charlie 
Kid Blue
as Reese Ford 
The Night America Trembled
as 2nd Card Player 
92 in the Shade
as Nichol Dance 
The White Dawn
as Billy 
Cockfighter
as Frank Mansfield 
My Old Man
as Frank Butler 
Hero's Island
as Wayte Giddens