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Warren Oates

1928 - 1982

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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). Another of his most acclaimed performances was as officer Sam Wood in In the Heat of the Night (1967). Oates 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Warren Oates has received more than 2,710,132 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Warren Oates is the 2,642nd most popular actor (down from 2,540th in 2019), the 4,107th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,072nd in 2019) and the 1,202nd most popular American Actor.

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  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Warren Oates ranks 2,642 out of 13,578. Before him are Bruno S., Madhubala, Clark Gregg, Chita Rivera, Helena Modjeska, and Sarah Clarke. After him are Chico Marx, Bill Irwin, Jan Werich, Sherilyn Fenn, Harry Carey Jr., and Jordana Brewster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Warren Oates ranks 264. Before him are Charles Gray, William Klein, Pilar Lorengar, Maynard Ferguson, Ann Morgan Guilbert, and Hubert Selby Jr.. After him are Paul Johnson, Raoul Servais, Amata Kabua, Levko Lukianenko, Joan Martí i Alanis, and Sven Davidson. Among people deceased in 1982, Warren Oates ranks 127. Before him are Teinosuke Kinugasa, Hermann Rauschning, Nahum Goldmann, Alberto Cavalcanti, Yuen Ren Chao, and Leonid Utyosov. After him are Igor Gouzenko, Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, Jean Effel, Ulla Jacobsson, Johan Wilhelm Rangell, and Alfredo Ovando Candía.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Warren Oates ranks 4,107 out of 20,380. Before him are Lester Germer (1896), David Zucker (1947), Clark Gregg (1962), Halton Arp (1927), Chita Rivera (1933), and Sarah Clarke (1972). After him are Chuck Schuldiner (1967), Allan Sandage (1926), Chico Marx (1887), David D. Friedman (1945), Adam Levine (1979), and Bill Irwin (1950).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Warren Oates ranks 1,202. Before him are Jack Klugman (1922), Fred MacMurray (1908), David Huddleston (1930), Clark Gregg (1962), Chita Rivera (1933), and Sarah Clarke (1972). After him are Chico Marx (1887), Bill Irwin (1950), Sherilyn Fenn (1965), Harry Carey Jr. (1921), E. G. Marshall (1914), and Sally Kirkland (1941).

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