As Actor
On the Edge
2002
2.2
Ron O'Neal
Acting
Birth Date
September 1, 1937
Place of Birth
Utica, New York, USA
Date of Death
January 14, 2004
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.
Complete Filmography
As Actor
The Rage Within
2001
10.0
As Actor
Original Gangstas
1996
5.6
As Actor, As Director
Up Against the Wall
1991
10.0
As Actor
Trained To Kill
1989
7.8
As Actor
Hyper Space
1989
1.0
As Actor
Zombie Death House
1988
4.3
As Actor
Hero and the Terror
1988
5.3
As Actor
Mercenary Fighters
1988
5.2
As Actor
As Summers Die
1986
6.2
As Actor
Playing with Fire
1985
6.0
As Actor
St. Helens
1982
6.2
As Actor
Brave New World
1980
6.1
As Actor
The Final Countdown
1980
6.6
As Actor
Freedom Road
1979
4.8
As Actor
When a Stranger Calls
1979
6.2
As Actor
A Force of One
1979
4.8
As Actor
Brothers
1977
1.0
As Actor
The Master Gunfighter
1975
4.5
As Actor, As Director
Super Fly T.N.T.
1973
5.5