Ron O'Neal
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 1, 1937
- Died
- January 14, 2004 (aged 66)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Movie · as Self
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
Movie · as Self
BaadAsssss Cinema
Movie · as Self
On the Edge
Movie · as Frank Harris
The Rage Within
Movie · as Captain Lang
Original Gangstas
Movie · as Bubba
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep
The Wayans Bros.
TV · as Sergeant Scully · 1 ep
Puppet Master 5
Movie · as Dectective
Up Against the Wall
Movie · as George Wilkes
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
Movie · as Ray Samuels
Trained To Kill
Movie · as George 'Cotton' Shorter
Hyper Space
Movie · as Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
Zombie Death House
Movie · as Tom Boyle
Hero and the Terror
Movie · as Mayor
Mercenary Fighters
Movie · as Cliff Taylor
A Different World
TV · as Mercer Gilbert, Quentin · 4 eps
Mathnet
TV · as Sgt. Bill Dietrich · 2 eps
Beauty and the Beast
TV · as Isaac Stubbs · 1 ep
As Summers Die
Movie · as Daniel Backus
North Beach and Rawhide
Movie · as Kyle Weston
Playing with Fire
Movie · as Steve Phillips
North and South
TV · as William Still · 1 ep
The Equalizer
TV · as Lt. Isadore Smalls · 7 eps
Red Dawn
Movie · as Bella
Crazy like a Fox
TV · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Sgt. Joe Santiago · 1 ep
1st & Ten
TV · as Mr. Byron · 1 ep
St. Helens
Movie · as Otis Kaylor
Remington Steele
TV · as Gabe Putnam · 1 ep
Bring 'Em Back Alive
TV · 17 eps
Knight Rider
TV · as Charles Zurich · 1 ep
The Sophisticated Gents
TV · as Clarence 'Clare' Henderson · 3 eps
Hill Street Blues
TV · as Pete, Stan Williams · 1 ep
The Greatest American Hero
TV · as Colonel · 1 ep
The Final Countdown
Movie · as Commander Dan Thurman
Brave New World
Movie · as Mustapha Mond
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
TV · as Col. Robles · 2 eps
A Force of One
Movie · as Rollins
When a Stranger Calls
Movie · as Lt. Charlie Garber
The Hitter
Movie · as Otis
Freedom Road
Movie · as Francis Cardoza
Brothers
Movie · as Walter Nance
The Master Gunfighter
Movie · as Paulo
Hot l Baltimore
TV · 1 ep
Super Fly T.N.T.
Movie · as Priest
Super Fly
Movie · as Priest
The Organization
Movie · as Joe Peralez
Move
Movie · as Peter