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Acting

Warren Oates

Career: Active from 1960 to 1983, busiest in 1973 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 33
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: The Wild Bunch
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 85 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Warren Oates Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.3, average 5.4
Fantasy
0.7, average 1.7
Situational Comedy
1.9, average 2.7
Cringe Humor
1.4, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 6
Moral Ambiguity 5
Western 4
Historical Setting 4
Gritty 3
Psychological Thriller 3
Intrigue 3
Character-Driven 3
Character Study 2
Crime 2
Classic Western Drama 2
Ensemble Cast 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

108

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

7 titles · average score 67

Blue Thunder

68

as Braddock

Tough Enough

58

as James Neese

The Border

61

as Red

The Blue and the Gray

71

TV show · as Preacher / Maj. Welles / Major Welles

Stripes

68

as Sgt. Hulka

East of Eden

74

TV show · as Cyrus Trask

Baby Comes Home

as Michael Kramer

1970s

32 titles · average score 60

China 9, Liberty 37

52

as Matthew Sebanek

Drum

33

as Hammond Maxwell

Race with the Devil

62

as Frank

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

76

as Bennie

Badlands

87

as Holly's Father

Tom Sawyer

61

as Muff Potter

Dillinger

51

as John Dillinger

The Thief Who Came to Dinner

58

as Dave Reilly

Two-Lane Blacktop

83

as G.T.O.

Chandler

38

as Chandler

The Hired Hand

66

as Arch Harris

Barquero

54

as Jake Remy

1960s

45 titles · average score 68

The Wild Bunch

87

as Lyle Gorch

Crooks and Coronets

60

as Marty Miller

Lanton Mills

as Gunman

Smith!

57

as Walter Charlie

The Split

48

as Marty Gough

In the Heat of the Night

83

as Deputy Sam Wood

Welcome to Hard Times

51

as Leo Jenks

The Shooting

81

as Willett Gashade

Return of the Seven

32

as Colbee

Mail Order Bride

65

as Jace

Stoney Burke

72

TV show · as Ves Painter

Private Property

61

as Boots

1950s

22 titles · average score 67

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Jeep Driver / Richard Langsford

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Paul Magruder

Rawhide

50

TV show · as Weed / Charlie 'Rabbit' Waters

The Untouchables

53

TV show · as Artie Krebs

Hawaiian Eye

66

TV show · as Al

The Rifleman

77

TV show · as Marty Ryan / Andrew Sheltin

Wanted: Dead or Alive

50

TV show · as George Aswell / Clem Robinson

77 Sunset Strip

74

TV show · as Dink Strahman

Bat Masterson

69

TV show · as Sonny Parsons / Cat Crail

Wagon Train

71

TV show · as Private Silas Carpenter

Have Gun, Will Travel

78

TV show · as Harrison

Gunsmoke

76

TV show · as Chris Kelly / Jep

1940s

2 titles · average score 71

Studio One

65

TV show · as Card Player #2

Kraft Television Theatre

78

TV show