Ron O'Neal
Acting • Born 1937-09-01 – Died 2004-01-14
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.
Filmography
51 credits
Zombie Death House
Movie • 1988
Tom Boyle
Super Fly
Movie • 1972
Priest
A Force of One
Movie • 1979
Rollins
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
Movie • 2004
Self
The Final Countdown
Movie • 1980
Commander Dan Thurman
Puppet Master 5
Movie • 1994
Dectective
Brave New World
Movie • 1980
Mustapha Mond
When a Stranger Calls
Movie • 1979
Lt. Charlie Garber
Hero and the Terror
Movie • 1988
Mayor
BaadAsssss Cinema
Movie • 2002
Self
The Master Gunfighter
Movie • 1975
Paulo
Trained To Kill
Movie • 1989
George 'Cotton' Shorter
Hyper Space
Movie • 1989
Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
Super Fly T.N.T.
Movie • 1973
Priest
The Hitter
Movie • 1979
Otis
On the Edge
Movie • 2002
Frank Harris
Brothers
Movie • 1977
Walter Nance
Mercenary Fighters
Movie • 1988
Cliff Taylor
As Summers Die
Movie • 1986
Daniel Backus
Original Gangstas
Movie • 1996
Bubba
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Movie • 2007
Self
North Beach and Rawhide
Movie • 1985
Kyle Weston
Playing with Fire
Movie • 1985
Steve Phillips
Red Dawn
Movie • 1984
Bella
Freedom Road
Movie • 1979
Francis Cardoza
Move
Movie • 1970
Peter
The Rage Within
Movie • 2001
Captain Lang
St. Helens
Movie • 1982
Otis Kaylor
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
Movie • 1990
Ray Samuels
The Organization
Movie • 1971
Joe Peralez
Up Against the Wall
Movie • 1991
George Wilkes
A Different World
TV • 1987
Mercer Gilbert
Remington Steele
TV • 1982
Gabe Putnam
The Wayans Bros.
TV • 1995
Sergeant Scully
Beauty and the Beast
TV • 1987
Isaac Stubbs
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Crazy like a Fox
TV • 1984
Hot l Baltimore
TV • 1975
Bring 'Em Back Alive
TV • 1982
North and South
TV • 1985
William Still
The Sophisticated Gents
TV • 1981
Clarence 'Clare' Henderson
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
Charles Zurich
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
TV • 1980
Col. Robles
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Lt. Isadore Smalls
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Sgt. Joe Santiago
A Different World
TV • 1987
Quentin
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Pete
Mathnet
TV • 1987
Sgt. Bill Dietrich
1st & Ten
TV • 1984
Mr. Byron
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Stan Williams
The Greatest American Hero
TV • 1981
Colonel