Person Details

Birthday: 1941-04-20 23:14:56

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 28

TV Involvements: 6


Most Famous Work

Biography

Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal (born April 20, 1941) is an American actor and former boxer. O'Neal trained as an amateur boxer before beginning his career in acting in 1960. In 1964, he landed the role of Rodney Harrington on the ABC nighttime soap opera Peyton Place. The series was an instant hit and boosted O'Neal's career. He later found success in films, most notably Love Story (1970), for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations as Best Actor, Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973), Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975), Richard Attenborough's A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Walter Hill's The Driver (1978). From 2005 to 2017, he had a recurring role in the Fox TV series Bones as Max, the father of the show's protagonist.

Most Famous Work

Bones
Average
8

Bones

(2005) Max Keenan
The Virginian
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6

The Virginian

(1962) Ben Anders
Perry Mason
Average
8

Perry Mason

(1957) John Carew
The Oscars
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7

The Oscars

(1953) Self
Love Story
Average
7

Love Story

(1970) Oliver Barrett IV
Peyton Place
Average
7

Peyton Place

(1964) Rodney Harrington
Barry Lyndon
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8

Barry Lyndon

(1975) Redmond Barry / Barry Lyndon
A Bridge Too Far
Average
7

A Bridge Too Far

(1977) Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2019 Himself
Self (archive footage)
2018 Self
2015 Narrator (voice)
Ryan
2014 Self
2012 William O'Toole
2011 N/A
2009 N/A
Self
2006 N/A
N/A
2005 Max Keenan
2004 N/A
2003 Jerry Fox
Bill Gluckman
Phil, Bank Manager
2002 Cary Launer
2001 Allen Lysander
2000 Richard Miller
N/A
1999 Dick
1998 James Edmunds
Gregory Stark
1997 N/A
Dr. Applefield
Self (archive footage)
1996 N/A
Jack Connor
1995 Man with Kite (uncredited)
1993 N/A
1992 Mooney Polaski
Jeremy Proctor
1991 Bobby Tannen
1989 Lew Lewiston
Philip Train
1988 Pimp
1987 N/A
Tim Madden
1985 Taggart
1984 Albert Brodsky
1982 Sgt. Benson
1981 Bobby Fine
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Joseph Wiley
1979 Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
1978 Oliver Barrett IV
The Driver
1977 Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
1976 Leo Harrigan
1975 Redmond Barry / Barry Lyndon
1973 Moses Pray
Webster McGee
1972 Howard Bannister
Self
1971 Frank Post
Russ Emery
Tal Garrett
1970 Oliver Barrett IV
Scott Reynolds
1969 Jack Ryan
1968 Self - Guest
1966 N/A
1965 N/A
1964 Rodney Harrington
1962 Self
Tal Garrett
Ben Anders
1961 Self
1959 N/A
1957 N/A
John Carew
N/A
1953 Self
Art Anderson
Year Character Movie/Tv

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