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Aliases: Ron O'Neil

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Utica, New York, USA

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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
Average
8

Knight Rider

(1982) Charles Zurich
The Equalizer
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7

The Equalizer

(1985) Lt. Isadore Smalls
The Final Countdown
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7

The Final Countdown

(1980) Commander Dan Thurman
Red Dawn
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6

Red Dawn

(1984) Col Ernesto Bella
Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter
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5
When a Stranger Calls
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6

When a Stranger Calls

(1979) Lt. Charlie Garber
A Force of One
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5

A Force of One

(1979) Rollins
Hero and the Terror
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5

Hero and the Terror

(1988) Mayor

Acting

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

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