Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1937-09-01
Day of Death
2004-01-14
Place of Birth
Utica, New York, USA
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.
Filmography (31)
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
2004
On the Edge
2002
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
The Rage Within
2001
Original Gangstas
1996
Puppet Master 5
1994
Up Against the Wall
1991
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
1990
Trained To Kill
1989
Hyper Space
1989
Zombie Death House
1988
Hero and the Terror
1988
Mercenary Fighters
1988
