Ryan O'Neal
Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal (April 20, 1941 - December 8, 2023) was an American actor and former boxer. O'Neal trained as an amateur boxer before beginning his career in acting in 1960. In 1964, he landed the role of Rodney Harrington on the ABC nighttime soap opera Peyton Place. The series was an instant hit and boosted O'Neal's career. He later found success in films, most notably Love Story (1970), for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations as Best Actor, Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973), Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975), Richard Attenborough's A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Walter Hill's The Driver (1978). From 2005 to 2017, he had a recurring role in the Fox TV series Bones as Max, the father of the show's protagonist.
Known For
Credits
- 2019 · My Best Friend's Famous as Himself
- 2019 · This Is Farrah Fawcett as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Filmworker as Self
- 2015 · Knight of Cups as Ryan
- 2015 · Unity as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Kubrick Remembered as Self
- 2012 · Slumber Party Slaughter as William O'Toole
- 2011 · Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals as
- 2009 · NCIS: Los Angeles as
- 2009 · Farrah's Story as Self
- 2006 · What About Brian as
- 2006 · In Justice as
- 2005 · Bones as Max Keenan
- 2004 · Desperate Housewives as Rodney Scavo
- 2003 · Miss Match as Jerry Fox
- 2003 · Malibu's Most Wanted as Bill Gluckman
- 2003 · Gentleman B. as Phil, Bank Manager
- 2002 · People I Know as Cary Launer
- 2001 · Epoch as Allen Lysander
- 2000 · The List as Richard Miller
- 2000 · Bull as
- 1999 · Coming Soon as Dick
- 1998 · An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn as James Edmunds
- 1998 · Zero Effect as Gregory Stark
- 1997 · Timecop as
- 1997 · Sink or Swim as Dr. Applefield
- 1997 · Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Faithful as Jack Connor
- 1995 · Man of the House as Man with Kite (uncredited)
- 1993 · Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as
- 1992 · The Man Upstairs as Mooney Polaski
- 1992 · 1775 as Jeremy Proctor
- 1992 · 1775 as Jeremy Proctor
- 1991 · Good Sports as Bobby Tannen
- 1989 · Small Sacrifices as Lew Lewiston
- 1989 · Small Sacrifices as Lew Lewiston
- 1989 · Chances Are as Philip Train
- 1988 · Sam Found Out: A Triple Play as Pimp
- 1987 · Beauty and the Beast as
- 1987 · Tough Guys Don't Dance as Tim Madden
- 1985 · Fever Pitch as Taggart
- 1984 · Irreconcilable Differences as Albert Brodsky
- 1982 · Partners as Sgt. Benson
- 1981 · So Fine as Bobby Fine
- 1981 · Green Ice as Joseph Wiley
- 1981 · Circle of Two as Theatre Patron (uncredited)
- 1979 · The Main Event as Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
- 1978 · Oliver's Story as Oliver Barrett IV
- 1978 · The Driver as The Driver
- 1977 · A Bridge Too Far as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
- 1976 · Nickelodeon as Leo Harrigan
- 1975 · Barry Lyndon as Barry Lyndon
- 1973 · Paper Moon as Moses Pray
- 1973 · The Thief Who Came to Dinner as Webster McGee
- 1972 · What's Up, Doc? as Howard Bannister
- 1972 · Screwball Comedies... Remember Them? as Self
- 1971 · Wild Rovers as Frank Post
- 1971 · Love Hate Love as Russ Emery
- 1971 · Mean Justice as Tal Garrett
- 1970 · Love Story as Oliver Barrett IV
- 1970 · The Games as Scott Reynolds
- 1969 · The Big Bounce as Jack Ryan
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1966 · Felony Squad as
- 1965 · Green Acres as
- 1964 · Peyton Place as Rodney Harrington
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · Empire as Tal Garrett
- 1962 · Empire as Tai
- 1962 · Empire as Tai Garrett
- 1962 · The Virginian as Ben Anders
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - (archive footage)
- 1959 · The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as
- 1957 · Leave It to Beaver as
- 1957 · Perry Mason as John Carew
- 1957 · Bachelor Father as
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Art Anderson