Ron O'Neal

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-09-01 (67 years old)

Deathday

2004-01-14

Place of Birth

Utica, New York, USA

Ron O'Neal

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 die...

Acting

1988

Zombie Death House

as Tom Boyle

1972

Super Fly

as Priest

1979

A Force of One

as Rollins

1980

The Final Countdown

as Commander Dan Thurman

1994

Puppet Master 5

as Dectective

1980

Brave New World

as Mustapha Mond

1979

When a Stranger Calls

as Lt. Charlie Garber

1989

Trained To Kill

as George 'Cotton' Shorter

1989

Hyper Space

as Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian

1973

1979

The Hitter

as Otis

2002

On the Edge

as Frank Harris

1977

Brothers

as Walter Nance

1988

Mercenary Fighters

as Cliff Taylor

1986

As Summers Die

as Daniel Backus

1996

1985

1985

Playing with Fire

as Steve Phillips

1984

Red Dawn

as Bella

1979

Freedom Road

as Francis Cardoza

1970

Move

as Peter

2001

The Rage Within

as Captain Lang

1982

St. Helens

as Otis Kaylor

1990

1971

The Organization

as Joe Peralez

1991

Up Against the Wall

as George Wilkes

Production

1991

1973

1973

Super Fly T.N.T.

as Director

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