Ryan O'Neal

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-04-20 (82 years old)

Deathday

2023-12-08

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Ryan O'Neal

Biography

Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal (April 20, 1941 - December 8, 2023) was 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 ...

Acting

1978

The Driver

as The Driver

1989

Chances Are

as Philip Train

1975

Barry Lyndon

as Barry Lyndon

2001

Epoch

as Allen Lysander

1977

A Bridge Too Far

as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

1973

Paper Moon

as Moses Pray

2002

People I Know

as Cary Launer

1972

What's Up, Doc?

as Howard Bannister

1970

Love Story

as Oliver Barrett IV

2003

Malibu's Most Wanted

as Bill Gluckman

1979

The Main Event

as Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon

1971

Wild Rovers

as Frank Post

1998

Zero Effect

as Gregory Stark

1984

1996

Faithful

as Jack Connor

1989

Small Sacrifices

as Lew Lewiston

1982

Partners

as Sgt. Benson

1970

The Games

as Scott Reynolds

1973

1981

So Fine

as Bobby Fine

1987

1976

Nickelodeon

as Leo Harrigan

1981

Green Ice

as Joseph Wiley

1969

The Big Bounce

as Jack Ryan

1985

Fever Pitch

as Taggart

1978

Oliver's Story

as Oliver Barrett IV

1997

Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me

as Self (archive footage)

2009

2000

The List

as Richard Miller

1992

The Man Upstairs

as Mooney Polaski

1971

Love Hate Love

as Russ Emery

2019

This Is Farrah Fawcett

as Self (archive footage)

1995

Man of the House

as Man with Kite (uncredited)

2012

Slumber Party Slaughter

as William O'Toole

2015

Unity

as Narrator (voice)

2015

1971

Mean Justice

as Tal Garrett

2018

Filmworker

as Self

2003

Gentleman B.

as Phil, Bank Manager

1999

1997

Sink Or Swim

as Dr. Applefield

1981

Circle of Two

as Theatre Patron (uncredited)

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