Warren Oates
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"Warren Oates was a wonderful actor. He was in Cockfighter, a film which, because of its accurate depiction of its subject matter, can’t be shown in Britain; he was in Drum, Kid Blue, The Shooting, Bring Me the Head Of Alfredo Garcia and The Wild Bunch, among others. If you talk to a really good American actor who’s working today - someone like Dennis Hopper, Harry Dean Stanton, Ed Harris - and you ask who they think is the best American actor, living or dead, it is quite likely that they are not going to say Marlon Brando. They’ll tell you it’s Warren Oates."- Alex Cox’s original introduction, from the first Moviedrome Guide. |
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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 that have since achieved cult status, such as The Hired Hand (1971), Two-Lane Blacktop (1971), and Race with the Devil (1975). Oates also portrayed John Dillinger in the biopic Dillinger (1973) and as the supporting character U.S. Army Sergeant Hulka in the military comedy Stripes (1981). Another notable appearance was in the classic New Zealand film Sleeping Dogs (1977), in which he played the commander of the American forces in the country.
