Ron O'Neal
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
Credits
- 2007 · Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self
- 2004 · Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted as Self
- 2002 · On the Edge as Frank Harris
- 2002 · BaadAsssss Cinema as Self
- 2001 · The Rage Within as Captain Lang
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Original Gangstas as Bubba
- 1995 · The Wayans Bros. as Sergeant Scully
- 1994 · Puppet Master 5 as Dectective
- 1991 · Up Against the Wall as George Wilkes
- 1990 · Hammer, Slammer, & Slade as Ray Samuels
- 1989 · Trained To Kill as George 'Cotton' Shorter
- 1989 · Hyper Space as Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
- 1988 · Zombie Death House as Tom Boyle
- 1988 · Hero and the Terror as Mayor
- 1988 · Mercenary Fighters as Cliff Taylor
- 1987 · Beauty and the Beast as
- 1987 · A Different World as Mercer Gilbert
- 1987 · A Different World as Quentin
- 1986 · As Summers Die as Daniel Backus
- 1985 · North Beach and Rawhide as Kyle Weston
- 1985 · North and South as William Still
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Lt. Isadore Smalls
- 1985 · Playing with Fire as Steve Phillips
- 1984 · Crazy like a Fox as
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Sgt. Joe Santiago
- 1984 · Red Dawn as Bella
- 1982 · Remington Steele as Gabe Putnam
- 1982 · Knight Rider as Charles Zurich
- 1982 · Bring 'Em Back Alive as
- 1982 · St. Helens as Otis Kaylor
- 1981 · The Sophisticated Gents as Clarence 'Clare' Henderson
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as Pete
- 1980 · Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones as Col. Robles
- 1980 · Brave New World as Mustapha Mond
- 1980 · The Final Countdown as Commander Dan Thurman
- 1979 · Freedom Road as Francis Cardoza
- 1979 · When a Stranger Calls as Lt. Charlie Garber
- 1979 · A Force of One as Rollins
- 1979 · The Hitter as Otis
- 1977 · Brothers as Walter Nance
- 1975 · The Master Gunfighter as Paulo
- 1975 · Hot l Baltimore as
- 1973 · Super Fly T.N.T. as Priest
- 1972 · Super Fly as Priest
- 1971 · The Organization as Joe Peralez
- 1970 · Move as Peter