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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 1, 1937
Place of Birth:
Utica, New York, USA
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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 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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self |
| 2004 | Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted | Self |
| 2002 | BaadAsssss Cinema | Self |
| 2002 | On the Edge | Frank Harris |
| 2001 | The Rage Within | Captain Lang |
| 1996 | Original Gangstas | Bubba |
| 1994 | Puppet Master 5 | Dectective |
| 1991 | Up Against the Wall | George Wilkes |
| 1990 | Hammer, Slammer, & Slade | Ray Samuels |
| 1989 | Trained To Kill | George 'Cotton' Shorter |
| 1989 | Hyper Space | Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian |
| 1988 | Zombie Death House | Tom Boyle |
| 1988 | Hero and the Terror | Mayor |
| 1988 | Mercenary Fighters | Cliff Taylor |
| 1986 | As Summers Die | Daniel Backus |
| 1985 | North Beach and Rawhide | Kyle Weston |
| 1985 | Playing with Fire | Steve Phillips |
| 1984 | Red Dawn | Bella |
| 1982 | St. Helens | Otis Kaylor |
| 1980 | The Final Countdown | Commander Dan Thurman |
| 1980 | Brave New World | Mustapha Mond |
| 1979 | A Force of One | Rollins |
| 1979 | When a Stranger Calls | Lt. Charlie Garber |
| 1979 | The Hitter | Otis |
| 1979 | Freedom Road | Francis Cardoza |
| 1977 | Brothers | Walter Nance |
| 1975 | The Master Gunfighter | Paulo |
| 1973 | Super Fly T.N.T. | Priest |
| 1972 | Super Fly | Priest |
| 1971 | The Organization | Joe Peralez |
| 1970 | Move | Peter |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1995 | The Wayans Bros. | Sergeant Scully |
| 1987 | A Different World | Mercer Gilbert |
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast | Isaac Stubbs |
| 1987 | A Different World | Quentin |
| 1987 | Mathnet | Sgt. Bill Dietrich |
| 1985 | North and South | William Still |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Lt. Isadore Smalls |
| 1984 | Crazy like a Fox | |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Sgt. Joe Santiago |
| 1984 | 1st & Ten | Mr. Byron |
| 1982 | Remington Steele | Gabe Putnam |
| 1982 | Bring 'Em Back Alive | |
| 1982 | Knight Rider | Charles Zurich |
| 1981 | The Sophisticated Gents | Clarence 'Clare' Henderson |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | Pete |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | Stan Williams |
| 1981 | The Greatest American Hero | Colonel |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | Col. Robles |
| 1975 | Hot l Baltimore |