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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Ron O'Neal
Acting
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Movies: 31Series: 18Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 55841
IMDb ID: nm0641938
Known for: Acting
Born: September 1, 1937
Died: January 14, 2004
Age: 66
Place of birth: Utica, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1970 - 2007
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 6.55
Wikidata: Q2165507
Also known as
Ron O'Neil
Other jobs
Director (1)Story (1)
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Ron O'Neal.
6.8
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self
2007 Movie
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
as Self
2004 Movie
2.3
On the Edge
as Frank Harris
2002 Movie
5.9
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
2002 Movie
10.0
The Rage Within
as Captain Lang
2001 Movie
5.6
Original Gangstas
as Bubba
1996 Movie
5.1
Puppet Master 5
as Dectective
1994 Movie
10.0
Up Against the Wall
as George Wilkes
1991 Movie
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
as Ray Samuels
1990 Movie
7.8
Trained To Kill
as George 'Cotton' Shorter
1989 Movie
1.0
Hyper Space
as Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
1989 Movie
4.2
Zombie Death House
as Tom Boyle
1988 Movie
5.3
Hero and the Terror
as Mayor
1988 Movie
4.6
Mercenary Fighters
as Cliff Taylor
1988 Movie
6.2
As Summers Die
as Daniel Backus
1986 Movie
North Beach and Rawhide
as Kyle Weston
1985 Movie
6.0
Playing with Fire
as Steve Phillips
1985 Movie
6.3
Red Dawn
as Bella
1984 Movie
5.8
St. Helens
as Otis Kaylor
1982 Movie
6.1
Brave New World
as Mustapha Mond
1980 Movie
6.6
The Final Countdown
as Commander Dan Thurman
1980 Movie
4.8
Freedom Road
as Francis Cardoza
1979 Movie
6.2
When a Stranger Calls
as Lt. Charlie Garber
1979 Movie
4.8
A Force of One
as Rollins
1979 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ron O'Neal.
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
1996 Series
7.2
The Wayans Bros.
as Sergeant Scully • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.4
Beauty and the Beast
as Isaac Stubbs • 1 eps
1987 Series
7.0
A Different World
as Mercer Gilbert • 4 eps
1987 Series
7.0
Mathnet
as Sgt. Bill Dietrich • 2 eps
1987 Series
7.4
North and South
as William Still • 1 eps
1985 Series
7.1
The Equalizer
as Lt. Isadore Smalls • 7 eps
1985 Series
7.1
Crazy like a Fox
1 eps
1984 Series
5.9
1st & Ten
as Mr. Byron • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Sgt. Joe Santiago • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.1
Remington Steele
as Gabe Putnam • 1 eps
1982 Series
7.5
Knight Rider
as Charles Zurich • 1 eps
1982 Series
5.9
Bring 'Em Back Alive
17 eps
1982 Series
7.0
The Sophisticated Gents
as Clarence 'Clare' Henderson • 3 eps
1981 Series
7.2
The Greatest American Hero
as Colonel • 1 eps
1981 Series
7.6
Hill Street Blues
as Pete • 1 eps
1981 Series
7.2
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Col. Robles • 2 eps
1980 Series
3.5
Hot l Baltimore
1 eps
1975 Series