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

Murder, She Wrote

Hill Street Blues

Knight Rider

The Equalizer

Remington Steele

A Different World

All Movies (31)

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project2007 · as Self
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted2004 · as Self
On the Edge2002 · as Frank Harris
BaadAsssss Cinema2002 · as Self
The Rage Within2001 · as Captain Lang
Original Gangstas1996 · as Bubba
Puppet Master 51994 · as Dectective
Up Against the Wall1991 · as George Wilkes
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade1990 · as Ray Samuels
Trained To Kill1989 · as George 'Cotton' Shorter
Hyper Space1989 · as Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
Zombie Death House1988 · as Tom Boyle
Hero and the Terror1988 · as Mayor
Mercenary Fighters1988 · as Cliff Taylor
As Summers Die1986 · as Daniel Backus
North Beach and Rawhide1985 · as Kyle Weston
Playing with Fire1985 · as Steve Phillips
Red Dawn1984 · as Bella
St. Helens1982 · as Otis Kaylor
Brave New World1980 · as Mustapha Mond
The Final Countdown1980 · as Commander Dan Thurman
Freedom Road1979 · as Francis Cardoza
When a Stranger Calls1979 · as Lt. Charlie Garber
A Force of One1979 · as Rollins
The Hitter1979 · as Otis
Brothers1977 · as Walter Nance
The Master Gunfighter1975 · as Paulo
Super Fly T.N.T.1973 · as Priest
Super Fly1972 · as Priest
The Organization1971 · as Joe Peralez
Move1970 · as Peter

All TV Shows (20)

E! True Hollywood Story1996
The Wayans Bros.1995 · as Sergeant Scully
Beauty and the Beast1987 · as Isaac Stubbs
A Different World1987 · as Mercer Gilbert
A Different World1987 · as Quentin
Mathnet1987 · as Sgt. Bill Dietrich
North and South1985 · as William Still
The Equalizer1985 · as Lt. Isadore Smalls
Crazy like a Fox1984
1st & Ten1984 · as Mr. Byron
Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Sgt. Joe Santiago
Remington Steele1982 · as Gabe Putnam
Knight Rider1982 · as Charles Zurich
Bring 'Em Back Alive1982
The Sophisticated Gents1981 · as Clarence 'Clare' Henderson
The Greatest American Hero1981 · as Colonel
Hill Street Blues1981 · as Pete
Hill Street Blues1981 · as Stan Williams
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones1980 · as Col. Robles
Hot l Baltimore1975