FrameThrower · Actors · Warren Oates
Warren Oates
9 films · 603 frames · top-billed in 7 · 1966–1979
Born 5 July 1928 · Depoy, Kentucky, USA · died 3 April 1982
Warren Mercer Oates 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).
How their films are shot
Measured across 603 frames from the 9 films we hold. This is the look of the work Warren takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 9 films we hold, 62% of their frames are day, 64% natural — the look of the work Warren takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Cockfighter
1974 · Frank Mansfield
Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974 · Bennie
Badlands
1973 · Holly's Father
Two Lane Blacktop
1971 · G.T.O.
The Hired Hand
1971 · Arch Harris
In the Heat of the Night
1967 · Deputy Sam Wood
The Shooting
1966 · Willett Gashade
1941
1979 · Col. 'Madman' Maddox
The Wild Bunch
1969 · Lyle Gorch
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
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