Person
Warren Oates
Born 5 July 1928 Died 3 April 1982, aged 53 Depoy, Kentucky, USA TMDB ↗
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).
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The numbers
29age in their first credit on record (1957)
26years on screen and counting
3credits in 1974, their busiest year
24dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 54 Tough Enough
1983as James Neese
Age: 54 Blue Thunder
1983as Braddock
Age: 50 The Brink's Job
1978as Specs O'Keefe
Age: 49 American Raspberry
1977as Celebrity Sportsman
Age: 48 Drum
1976as Hammond Maxwell
Age: 46 Cockfighter
1974as Frank Mansfield
Age: 46 The White Dawn
1974as Billy
Age: 45 Badlands
1974as Holly's Father
Age: 44 Tom Sawyer
1973as Muff Potter
Age: 44 Kid Blue
1973as Reese Ford
Age: 40 The Wild Bunch
1969as Lyle Gorch
Age: 38 Welcome to Hard Times
1967as Leo Jenks
Age: 38 Return of the Seven
1966as Colbee
Age: 36 The Rounders
1965as Harley Williams (uncredited)
Age: 31 The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
1960as Eddie Diamond
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TV credits
Age: 54 The Blue and the Gray
1982as Preacher / Maj. Welles
Age: 52 East of Eden
1981as Cyrus Trask
Age: 39 Dundee and the Culhane
1967as Lafe Doolin
Age: 37 A Man Called Shenandoah
1965as Sergeant Ryder
Age: 34 Stoney Burke
1962as Ves Painter
Age: 32 The Westerner
1960as Drunk
Age: 31 Tate
1960
Age: 30 Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958as Jesse Cox
Age: 29