Ron O'Neal
Acting
- Born:
- 1937-09-01
- Died:
- 2004-01-14
- Place of birth:
- Utica, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
On the Edge
BaadAsssss Cinema
The Rage Within
E! True Hollywood Story
Original Gangstas
The Wayans Bros.
Puppet Master 5
Up Against the Wall
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
Trained To Kill
Hyper Space
Zombie Death House
Hero and the Terror
Mercenary Fighters
Beauty and the Beast
A Different World
Mathnet
As Summers Die
North Beach and Rawhide
North and South
The Equalizer
Playing with Fire
Crazy like a Fox
1st & Ten
Murder, She Wrote
Red Dawn
Remington Steele
Knight Rider
Bring 'Em Back Alive
St. Helens
The Sophisticated Gents
The Greatest American Hero
Hill Street Blues
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Brave New World
The Final Countdown
Freedom Road
When a Stranger Calls
A Force of One
The Hitter
Brothers
The Master Gunfighter
Hot l Baltimore
Super Fly T.N.T.
Super Fly
The Organization
Move