Ron O'Neal
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 1, 1937
- Died
- January 14, 2004
- Birthplace
- Utica, New York, USA
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
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project 2007
as Self
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted 2004
as Self
On the Edge 2002
as Frank Harris
BaadAsssss Cinema 2002
as Self
The Rage Within 2001
as Captain Lang
Original Gangstas 1996
as Bubba
Puppet Master 5 1994
as Dectective
Up Against the Wall 1991
as George Wilkes, Director
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade 1990
as Ray Samuels
Trained To Kill 1989
as George 'Cotton' Shorter
Hyper Space 1989
as Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
Zombie Death House 1988
as Tom Boyle
Hero and the Terror 1988
as Mayor
Mercenary Fighters 1988
as Cliff Taylor
As Summers Die 1986
as Daniel Backus
North Beach and Rawhide 1985
as Kyle Weston
Playing with Fire 1985
as Steve Phillips
Red Dawn 1984
as Bella
St. Helens 1982
as Otis Kaylor
Brave New World 1980
as Mustapha Mond
The Final Countdown 1980
as Commander Dan Thurman
Freedom Road 1979
as Francis Cardoza
When a Stranger Calls 1979
as Lt. Charlie Garber
A Force of One 1979
as Rollins
The Hitter 1979
as Otis
Brothers 1977
as Walter Nance
The Master Gunfighter 1975
as Paulo
Super Fly T.N.T. 1973
as Priest, Director, Story
Super Fly 1972
as Priest
The Organization 1971
as Joe Peralez
Move 1970
as Peter
Credits from TMDB.