Ryan O'Neal

Biography

Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal (April 20, 1941 – December 8, 2023) was an American actor and former boxer. O'Neal trained as an amateur boxer before beginning his career in acting in 1960. In 1964, he landed the role of Rodney Harrington on the ABC nighttime soap opera Peyton Place. The series was an instant hit and boosted O'Neal's career. He later found success in films, most notably Love Story (1970), for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations as Best Actor, Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973), Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975), Richard Attenborough's A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Walter Hill's The Driver (1978). From 2005 to 2017, he had a recurring role in the Fox TV series Bones as Max, the father of the show's protagonist.

Known For

Bones

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Desperate Housewives

NCIS: Los Angeles

Perry Mason

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

All Movies (50)

• Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze2024 · as Self (Archival Footage)
• My Best Friend's Famous2019 · as Himself
• This Is Farrah Fawcett2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Filmworker2018 · as Self
• Knight of Cups2015 · as Ryan
• Unity2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• Kubrick Remembered2014 · as Self
• Slumber Party Slaughter2012 · as William O'Toole
• Farrah's Story2009 · as Self
• ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration2003 · as Self
• Malibu's Most Wanted2003 · as Bill Gluckman
• Gentleman B.2003 · as Phil, Bank Manager
• People I Know2002 · as Cary Launer
• Epoch2001 · as Allen Lysander
• The List2000 · as Richard Miller
• Coming Soon1999 · as Dick
• An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn1998 · as James Edmunds
• Zero Effect1998 · as Gregory Stark
• Sink Or Swim1997 · as Dr. Applefield
• Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me1997 · as Self (archive footage)
• Faithful1996 · as Jack Connor
• Man of the House1995 · as Man with Kite (uncredited)
• The Man Upstairs1992 · as Mooney Polaski
• Small Sacrifices1989 · as Lew Lewiston
• Chances Are1989 · as Philip Train
• Sam Found Out: A Triple Play1988 · as Pimp
• Tough Guys Don't Dance1987 · as Tim Madden
• Fever Pitch1985 · as Taggart
• Irreconcilable Differences1984 · as Albert Brodsky
• James Bond: The First 21 Years1983 · as Self
• Partners1982 · as Sgt. Benson
• So Fine1981 · as Bobby Fine
• Green Ice1981 · as Joseph Wiley
• Circle of Two1981 · as Theatre Patron (uncredited)
• The Main Event1979 · as Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
• Oliver's Story1978 · as Oliver Barrett IV
• The Driver1978 · as The Driver
• A Bridge Too Far1977 · as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
• Nickelodeon1976 · as Leo Harrigan
• Barry Lyndon1975 · as Barry Lyndon
• Paper Moon1973 · as Moses Pray
• The Thief Who Came to Dinner1973 · as Webster McGee
• What's Up, Doc?1972 · as Howard Bannister
• Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?1972 · as Self
• Wild Rovers1971 · as Frank Post
• Love Hate Love1971 · as Russ Emery
• Mean Justice1971 · as Tal Garrett
• Love Story1970 · as Oliver Barrett IV
• The Games1970 · as Scott Reynolds
• The Big Bounce1969 · as Jack Ryan

All TV Shows (33)

• Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals2011
• NCIS: Los Angeles2009
• What About Brian2006
• Bones2005 · as Max Keenan
• Desperate Housewives2004 · as Rodney Scavo
• Miss Match2003 · as Jerry Fox
• Bull2000
• Timecop1997
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• The Larry Sanders Show1992 · as Ryan O'Neal
• Good Sports1991 · as Bobby Tannen
• Small Sacrifices1989 · as Lew Lewiston
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Felony Squad1966
• Peyton Place1964 · as Rodney Harrington
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• Empire1962 · as Tal Garrett
• Empire1962 · as Tai
• Empire1962 · as Tai Garrett
• The Virginian1962 · as Ben Anders
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - (archive footage)
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Co-Host
• My Three Sons1960 · as Chug Williams
• The Untouchables1959 · as Bellhop (uncredited)
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis1959 · as Herm
• Leave It to Beaver1957 · as Tom Henderson
• Perry Mason1957 · as John Carew
• Wagon Train1957 · as Paul Phillips
• Bachelor Father1957
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Art Anderson