Ron O'Neal
Acting
Born: September 1, 1937 · Utica, New York, USA
Died: January 14, 2004 (aged 66)
Highest Rated
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
Knight Rider
1982
Red Dawn
1984
The Final Countdown
1980
Murder, She Wrote
1984
When a Stranger Calls
1979
Beauty and the Beast
1987
North and South
1985
Super Fly
1972
Remington Steele
1982
Puppet Master 5
1994
Hill Street Blues
1981
A Force of One
1979
Photos (2)
Movies (28)
The Final Countdown
Commander Dan Thurman
Red Dawn
Bella
When a Stranger Calls
Lt. Charlie Garber
Hero and the Terror
Mayor
A Force of One
Rollins
The Organization
Joe Peralez
Puppet Master 5
Dectective
Original Gangstas
Bubba
Brave New World
Mustapha Mond
North Beach and Rawhide
Kyle Weston
Trained To Kill
George 'Cotton' Shorter
Up Against the Wall
George Wilkes
Hyper Space
Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
St. Helens
Otis Kaylor
Super Fly T.N.T.
Priest
Super Fly
Priest
The Hitter
Otis
Zombie Death House
Tom Boyle
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
Ray Samuels
The Master Gunfighter
Paulo
Freedom Road
Francis Cardoza
As Summers Die
Daniel Backus
On the Edge
Frank Harris
Move
Peter
Playing with Fire
Steve Phillips
Mercenary Fighters
Cliff Taylor
The Rage Within
Captain Lang
Brothers
Walter Nance
TV Shows (20)
Murder, She Wrote
Sgt. Joe Santiago · 1 eps
Knight Rider
Charles Zurich · 1 eps
Hill Street Blues
Pete · 1 eps
Hill Street Blues
Stan Williams · 2 eps
The Equalizer
Lt. Isadore Smalls · 7 eps
A Different World
Mercer Gilbert · 4 eps
A Different World
Quentin · 1 eps
Remington Steele
Gabe Putnam · 1 eps
North and South
William Still · 1 eps
Crazy like a Fox
1 eps
The Wayans Bros.
Sergeant Scully · 1 eps
The Greatest American Hero
Colonel · 1 eps
1st & Ten
Mr. Byron · 1 eps
Mathnet
Sgt. Bill Dietrich · 2 eps
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Col. Robles · 2 eps
Bring 'Em Back Alive
17 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
The Sophisticated Gents
Clarence 'Clare' Henderson · 3 eps
Hot l Baltimore
1 eps
Beauty and the Beast
Isaac Stubbs · 1 eps
