Ron O'Neal

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1937-09-01

Deathday 2004-01-14 (66 years old)

Place of Birth Utica, New York, USA

Also Known As Ron O'Neil

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron O'Neal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2002
On the Edge

as Frank Harris

2002
2001
The Rage Within

as Captain Lang

1996
1995
The Wayans Bros.

as Sergeant Scully

1994
Puppet Master 5

as Dectective

1991
Up Against the Wall

as George Wilkes

1990
1989
Trained To Kill

as George 'Cotton' Shorter

1989
Hyper Space

as Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian

1988
Zombie Death House

as Tom Boyle

1988
1988
Mercenary Fighters

as Cliff Taylor

1987
A Different World

as Mercer Gilbert

1987
1986
As Summers Die

as Daniel Backus

1985
1985
Playing with Fire

as Steve Phillips

1985
North and South

as William Still

1985
The Equalizer

as Lt. Isadore Smalls

1984
Red Dawn

as Bella

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Sgt. Joe Santiago

1982
St. Helens

as Otis Kaylor

1982
Remington Steele

as Gabe Putnam

1982
Knight Rider

as Charles Zurich

1981
The Sophisticated Gents

as Clarence 'Clare' Henderson

1981
1980
Brave New World

as Mustapha Mond

1980
The Final Countdown

as Commander Dan Thurman

1979
Freedom Road

as Francis Cardoza

1979
When a Stranger Calls

as Lt. Charlie Garber

1979
A Force of One

as Rollins

1979
The Hitter

as Otis

1977
Brothers

as Walter Nance

1973
1972
Super Fly

as Priest

1971
The Organization

as Joe Peralez

1970
Move

as Peter

Director

1991
1973
Super Fly T.N.T.

as Director

Writer

1973