Ron O'Neal
Age: 66 | From: Utica, New York, U.S.
Person Details
Birthday: 1937-09-01 08:56:31
Death: 2004-01-14 08:56:31
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Utica, New York, U.S.
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 30
TV Involvements: 4
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ron O'Neal (September 1, 1937 in Utica, New York – January 14, 2004 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor, director and screenwriter. O'Neal is most remembered for his starring role as Youngblood Priest in the blaxploitation film Super Fly and the anti-villain Cuban officer Colonel Bella in the film Red Dawn, although he also had recurring roles on the television show Living Single as Synclaire's father and as Whitley Gilbert's father on A Different World. He was also a regular on the 1982 series "Bring 'Em Back Alive" with Bruce Boxleitner in which he played the Sultan of Johore. He died in 2004 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 66 on the same day "Super Fly" was released on DVD in the US. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron O'Neal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Knight Rider
(1982) Charles Zurich
The Equalizer
(1985) Lt. Isadore Smalls
The Final Countdown
(1980) Commander Dan Thurman
Red Dawn
(1984) Col Ernesto Bella
Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter
(1994) Dectective
When a Stranger Calls
(1979) Lt. Charlie Garber
A Force of One
(1979) Rollins
Hero and the Terror
(1988) MayorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Self | |
| 2004 | Self | |
| 2002 | Frank Harris | |
| Self | ||
| 2001 | Captain Lang | |
| 1996 | N/A | |
| Bubba | ||
| 1995 | Sergeant Scully | |
| 1994 | Dectective | |
| 1991 | George Wilkes | |
| 1990 | Ray Samuels | |
| 1989 | George 'Cotton' Shorter | |
| Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian | ||
| 1988 | Tom Boyle | |
| Mayor | ||
| Cliff Taylor | ||
| 1987 | N/A | |
| Mercer Gilbert | ||
| 1986 | Daniel Backus | |
| 1985 | Lt. Isadore Smalls | |
| Steve Phillips | ||
| 1984 | N/A | |
| Col Ernesto Bella | ||
| 1982 | Gabe Putnam | |
| Charles Zurich | ||
| N/A | ||
| Otis Kaylor | ||
| 1981 | Clarence 'Clare' Henderson | |
| N/A | ||
| 1980 | Col. Robles | |
| Mustapha Mond | ||
| Commander Dan Thurman | ||
| 1979 | Francis Cardoza | |
| Lt. Charlie Garber | ||
| Rollins | ||
| Otis | ||
| 1977 | Walter Nance | |
| 1975 | Paulo | |
| N/A | ||
| 1973 | Priest | |
| 1972 | Priest | |
| 1971 | Joe Peralez | |
| 1970 | Peter | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Director | |
| 1973 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Story | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |