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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 2,550,795 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Warren Oates is the 2,544th most popular actor (down from 2,399th in 2019), the 4,083rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,971st in 2019) and the 1,214th most popular American Actor.

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  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Warren Oates ranks 2,544 out of 9,996. Before him are Paul Wesley, Claudio Brook, Jackie Earle Haley, Delroy Lindo, Gedeon Burkhard, and Mira Sorvino. After him are Krystyna Janda, Howard Keel, Celeste Holm, Janusz Gajos, Clifton James, and Ha Ji-won.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Warren Oates ranks 244. Before him are Annie Cordy, Pedro Casaldáliga, Anthony Franciosa, Torben Ulrich, Anna Kolesárová, and Morihiro Saito. After him are Cristina Calderón, Eve Meyer, Hiroshi Nakajima, Ian Bannen, Marion Ross, and William Martínez. Among people deceased in 1982, Warren Oates ranks 124. Before him are Yuen Ren Chao, Hubert Lanz, Khalid al-Islambouli, Art Pepper, Harald Ertl, and Leonid Utyosov. After him are Patrick Magee, C. R. Swart, Alberto Cavalcanti, Seraphim Rose, Haskell Curry, and Renzo Rossellini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Warren Oates ranks 4,083 out of 18,182. Before him are Paul Wesley (1982), Jackie Earle Haley (1961), Reggie Miller (1965), Augustine Washington (1694), Nancy Spungen (1958), and Mira Sorvino (1967). After him are Gene Kranz (1933), Howard Keel (1919), Celeste Holm (1917), Clifton James (1920), Eric Carmen (1949), and Jim Carroll (1949).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Warren Oates ranks 1,214. Before him are Frank Welker (1946), Margaret Hamilton (1902), Kristen Bell (1980), Paul Wesley (1982), Jackie Earle Haley (1961), and Mira Sorvino (1967). After him are Howard Keel (1919), Celeste Holm (1917), Clifton James (1920), Arielle Dombasle (1953), Angélica María (1943), and Eve Meyer (1928).

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