Warren Oates

...Europe, where playful hijinx very nearly trigger an international incident. As with most comedies, it's all about the performances. There are some memorable ones here from the stars, as well as John Candy, John Larroquette and Warren Oates.

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...love the 1971 movie. His sixth reason, "Because there was once a god who walked the Earth named Warren Oates." The documentary film Warren Oates: Across the Border was produced by Tom Thurman in 1993 in tribute to the actor's career.

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...full of Western character actors who look very much at home: Chill Wills, Edgar Buchanan, Denver Pyle and a pre-stardom Warren Oates. TV sets •The Prisoner (Blu-ray; 1967, '68 in the USA; A&E, unrated $100): A former top-secret employee...

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...the credit it's due, so we've framed these interviews as an award for their efforts, named after the quintessential character actor, Warren Oates. Inveterate scene-stealer for over two decades in film and on stage and television whose...

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...Ivan Reitman's 1981 service comedy. Harold Ramis portrays his best buddy, who decides to enlist in the Army with him, and Warren Oates is cast as their strict sergeant. With John Candy (10:30 p.m. AMC). If you are under 13 years of age...

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...in director Ivan Reitman's 1981 military comedy. Harold Ramis portrays his best buddy, who decides to enlist with him, and Warren Oates is cast as their strict sergeant. (10:30 p.m., AMC) - Compiled by Raymond A. Edel THE GOONIES - A...

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...of his formative years in Louisville. Other silver screen celebrities from our city include Irene Dunne, Jack Warden, Ned Beatty, Warren Oates, William Conrad, Jane Withers, Billy Gilbert, Henry Hull, Tommy Kirk, Victor Mature, Sean Young,...

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...-- a comic turn as the drill sergeant in Stripes -- but he nails the series of restless roles Oates played in the '60s and '70s. "Warren Oates had roots and he had the wanderlust," writes Kauffman, "and that tension is palpable in many of...

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...a star, but he had a fascinating career By Scott Coffman Special to The Courier-Journal August 1, 2009 Kentucky native Warren Oates was one of Hollywood's most treasured character actors. He was never a star he had neither the...

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...not invited to the service," Compo writes, but "nothing would keep him away." The parts of Warren Oates' life are greater than its sum; he was not a visionary but a chameleon always searching for a new skin to inhabit. Behind the...

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