Acting
Ron O'Neal
EN, ES cinema · 31 credits
Born
1 September 1937
Died
14 January 2004 (aged 66)
Birthplace
Utica, New York, USA
Also known as Ron O'Neil
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
Filmography
On the Edge
as Frank Harris
The Rage Within
as Captain Lang
Original Gangstas
as Bubba
Puppet Master 5
as Dectective
Up Against the Wall
as George Wilkes, Director
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
as Ray Samuels
Trained To Kill
as George 'Cotton' Shorter
Hyper Space
as Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
Zombie Death House
as Tom Boyle
Hero and the Terror
as Mayor
Mercenary Fighters
as Cliff Taylor
As Summers Die
as Daniel Backus
North Beach and Rawhide
as Kyle Weston
Playing with Fire
as Steve Phillips
Red Dawn
as Bella
St. Helens
as Otis Kaylor
The Final Countdown
as Commander Dan Thurman
Brave New World
as Mustapha Mond
A Force of One
as Rollins
When a Stranger Calls
as Lt. Charlie Garber
The Hitter
as Otis
Freedom Road
as Francis Cardoza
Brothers
as Walter Nance
Super Fly T.N.T.
as Priest, Director, Story
Super Fly
as Priest
The Organization
as Joe Peralez
Move
as Peter