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Ron O'Neal
Actor, Director, Additional Credits
Born September 1, 1937Died January 14, 2004 (66 years)
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.
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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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
Known For
Filmography
| 2002 | On the Edge · as Frank Harris |
| 2001 | The Rage Within · as Captain Lang |
| 2000 | Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks · as Youngblood Priest |
| 1996 | Sparks (TV Series) · as Arthur Fairchild |
| 1996 | Original Gangstas · as Bubba |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) |
| 1995 | Murder Was the Case: The Movie · as Super Fly (segment "doggy Dogg World") |
| 1995 | The Wayans Bros. (TV Series) · as Sergeant Scully |
| 1994 | Puppet Master 5 · as Dectective |
| 1993 | The Sinbad Show (TV Series) · as Superfly |
| 1993 | Living Single (TV Series) · as Clinton James |
| 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 | Death House · as Tom Boyle |
| 1988 | Hero and the Terror · as Mayor |
| 1988 | Mercenary Fighters · as Cliff Taylor |
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast (TV Series) · as Isaac Stubbs |
| 1987 | A Different World (TV Series) · as Mercer Gilbert |
| 1987 | Frank's Place (TV Series) · as Ozell Dryer |
| 1987 | Werewolf (TV Series) · as Delaney |
| 1987 | Square One TV (TV Series) · as Sgt. Bill Dietrich |
| 1987 | Mathnet (TV Series) · as Sgt. Bill Dietrich |
| 1986 | As Summers Die · as Daniel Backus |
| 1985 | North Beach and Rawhide · as Kyle Weston |
| 1985 | North and South (TV Series) · as William Still |
| 1985 | The Equalizer (TV Series) · as Lt. Isadore Smalls |
| 1985 | Playing with Fire · as Steve Phillips |
| 1984 | Crazy Like A Fox (TV Series) |
| 1984 | 1st & Ten (TV Series) · as Mr. Byron |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Sgt. Joe Santiago |
| 1984 | Red Dawn · as Bella |
| 1982 | Remington Steele (TV Series) · as Gabe Putnam |
| 1982 | Knight Rider (TV Series) · as Charles Zurich |
| 1982 | Bring 'Em Back Alive (TV Series) |
| 1981 | The Sophisticated Gents (TV Series) · as Clarence 'clare' Henderson |
| 1981 | St. Helens · as Otis Kaylor |
| 1981 | The Greatest American Hero (TV Series) · as Colonel |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues (TV Series) · as Stan Williams |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones · as Col. Robles |
| 1980 | The Final Countdown · as Commander Dan Thurman |
| 1980 | The Righteous Apples (TV Series) · as Rev. Robinson |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (TV Series) · as Col. Robles |
| 1980 | Brave New World · as Mustapha Mond |
| 1979 | Freedom Road · as Francis Cardoza |
| 1979 | When a Stranger Calls · as Lt. Charlie Garber |
| 1979 | A Force of One · as Rollins |
| 1978 | The Hitter · as Otis |
| 1977 | |
| 1975 | The Master Gunfighter · as Paulo |
| 1975 | Hot L Baltimore (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Super Fly T.N.T. · as Priest |
| 1972 | Super Fly · as Priest |
| 1971 | The Organization · as Joe Peralez |
| 1970 | Move · as Peter |
| 1970 | The Interns (TV Series) · as Buzz |