Ron O'Neal
Actor
- Born
- September 1, 1937 · Utica, New York, USA
- Died
- January 14, 2004 (age 66)
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
Red Dawn
August 10, 1984
The Final Countdown
January 31, 1980
When a Stranger Calls
August 24, 1979
Super Fly
August 4, 1972
Puppet Master 5
September 21, 1994
A Force of One
June 1, 1979
Hero and the Terror
August 26, 1988
The Organization
October 20, 1971
Original Gangstas
May 10, 1996
Brave New World
March 7, 1980
BaadAsssss Cinema
August 14, 2002
Zombie Death House
December 1, 1988
Acting31
- 2007Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self
- 2004Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted as Self
- 2002On the Edge as Frank Harris
- 2002BaadAsssss Cinema as Self
- 2001The Rage Within as Captain Lang
- 1996Original Gangstas as Bubba
- 1994Puppet Master 5 as Dectective
- 1991Up Against the Wall as George Wilkes
- 1990Hammer, Slammer, & Slade as Ray Samuels
- 1989Trained To Kill