Warren Oates Overview:

Character actor, Warren Oates, was born Warren Mercer Oates on Jul 5, 1928 in Depoy, KY. Oates died at the age of 53 on Apr 3, 1982 in Los Angeles, CA and was cremated and his ashes scattered in Montana.

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Kentucky-born actor with dark, curly hair, who played loutish, countrified villains in his early screen days, but was soon singled out by critics and moved into better roles. When stardom came, he proved distinctly unconventional, mixing such commercial leading roles as Dillinger with unshowy secondary parts in other films: he was associated with some quite weird projects in his time. Died from a heart attack.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Character Actors: an Illustrated Directory).

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Chandler: Not Raymond, but

By Rick29 on Jul 4, 2022 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

as Chandler. After a long career as a supporting actor, was ready to headline a major motion picture in 1971. He had garnered good notices in Sam Peckinpah's controversial Western The Wild Bunch (1969) and earned more acclaim as the lead in Two-Lane Blacktop (1971), a low-... Read full article


Summer Under the Stars Guide:

By Amanda Garrett on Aug 24, 2015 From Old Hollywood Films

Today's star is Western favorite . TCM is celebrating the career of with 13 movies on Aug. 24. Here's what you need to know about an actor who collaborated with director Sam Peckinpah several times. FYI: TCM sometimes changes the air times and /or movies, so you can go ... Read full article


Summer Under the Stars: Day 24 –

on Aug 24, 2015 From Journeys in Classic Film

?is the star for today!?Below, you?ll find links to those participating and honoring Oates?(updated as they come in), as well as my own reviews of his work throughout the years. Twenty Four Frames?reviews?The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond?(1960) Fill in your details below or click an ic... Read full article


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Warren Oates Quotes:

Colbee: How did I know she was married? Women aren't like cattle. They ain't got a brand on their hip to let you know when you're driving another man's stock.


Colbee: Had me a quiet woman once. Outside she was calm as Sunday. Inside, she was wild as mountain scenery. I'm going to ride back that way again.
Luis Emilio Delgado: Where's that?
Colbee: Sonora town.
Luis Emilio Delgado: I was there once.
Colbee: Once? You mean you didn't go back?
Luis Emilio Delgado: What for?
Colbee: Well, there's over ten head of females for every male in Sonora, that's for what. And I ought to know - I went through half of them one night. And I would have got around to the rest of 'em, if I hadn't pulled a leg muscle.


Arthur Hadley: [Arthur and a few others are bathing in a spring] Come on in, O.W.!
O.W. Hadley: I already took my bath!


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Subject of the song by "Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes", title "Warren Oates", from their album "You Wanna Be There But You Don't Wanna Travel" phonogram 1994

Father of Jennifer Oates and Tim Oates.

Sang in the backup chorus for "Rocket to Stardom" on Kris Kristofferson's 1975 album "Who's to Bless . . . Who's to Blame."

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