Ron O'Neal
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1937-09-01
Day of Death
2004-01-14 (66 years old)
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 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
Acting
(2007)
(2004)
(2002)
On the Edge
as Frank Harris
(2002)
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
(2001)
The Rage Within
as Captain Lang
(1996)
Original Gangstas
as Bubba
(1994)
Puppet Master 5
as Dectective
(1991)
Up Against the Wall
as George Wilkes
(1990)
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
as Ray Samuels
(1989)
Trained To Kill
as George 'Cotton' Shorter
(1989)
Hyper Space
as Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
(1988)
Hero and the Terror
as Mayor
(1988)
Mercenary Fighters
as Cliff Taylor
(1988)
Zombie Death House
as Tom Boyle
(1986)
As Summers Die
as Daniel Backus
(1985)
Playing with Fire
as Steve Phillips
(1985)
North Beach and Rawhide
as Kyle Weston
(1984)
Red Dawn
as Bella
(1982)
St. Helens
as Otis Kaylor
(1980)
The Final Countdown
as Commander Dan Thurman
(1980)
Brave New World
as Mustapha Mond
(1979)
When a Stranger Calls
as Lt. Charlie Garber
(1979)
Freedom Road
as Francis Cardoza
(1979)
A Force of One
as Rollins
(1979)
The Hitter
as Otis
(1977)
Brothers
as Walter Nance
(1975)
The Master Gunfighter
as Paulo
(1973)
Super Fly T.N.T.
as Priest
(1972)
Super Fly
as Priest
(1971)
The Organization
as Joe Peralez
(1970)
Move
as Peter
Crew
(1991)
Up Against the Wall
Director
(1973)
Super Fly T.N.T.
Director, Story