How old was Warren Oates in the movie In the Heat of the Night?

Warren Oates was 38 in In the Heat of the Night when he played the character 'Deputy Sam Wood'.

That was over 57 years ago in 1967.

In 1982 he died aged just 53, starring in 58 films in his career, 43 of those after In the Heat of the Night was first released. If he were alive today he would be 95.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In In the Heat of the Night, I think Warren Oates looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Norman Jewison has worked with Warren Oates just once in his career.
  • Warren Oates' first movie was as '' in The Night America Trembled, released in 1957 when he was 28
  • In the Heat of the Night scores 7.7 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of In the Heat of the Night

Warren Oates' other movies