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Warren Oates
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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).
Notable films
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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
The Wild Bunch
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Two-Lane Blacktop
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Stripes
As Sgt. Hulka
Blue Thunder
As Braddock
1941
As Col. 'Madman' Maddox
In the Heat of the Night
As Deputy Sam Wood
Major Dundee
As O.W. Hadley
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Off the Map
From desert highways to dead-end towns, these eight films reroute the road movie into strange, funny, and surreal territory.
7 films
Full Throttle
From the neon-lit streets of Tokyo to the dusty backroads of America, this chain follows the adrenaline, the engineering, and the outlaws who live for the race.
8 films
Criminal Alliances
A chain tracing the anti-hero ensemble film from its war-movie origins through heist, western, and genre mutations to the modern comic-book iteration, examining...
8 films
The Long Goodbye: Twilight of Heroes and Outlaws
There is a moment in Richard Lester's Robin and Marian (1976) that cuts deeper than any broadsword. Sean Connery, sporting grey in his beard and exhaustion in h...
8 films
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Blue Thunder
1983 · Braddock
Stripes
1981 · Sgt. Hulka
1941
1979 · Col. 'Madman' Maddox
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974 · Bennie
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971 · G.T.O.
The Wild Bunch
1969 · Lyle Gorch
In the Heat of the Night
1967 · Deputy Sam Wood
The Shooting
1966 · Willett Gashade
Major Dundee
1965 · O.W. Hadley
Ride the High Country
1962 · Henry Hammond