Ron O'Neal
Date of birth: 1937-09-01
Place of birth: Utica, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ron O'Neil
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Zombie Death House
1988-12-01
A renegade federal agent uses a new drug to create an army of unbeatable warriors.
Super Fly
1972-08-04
Priest, a suave top-rung New York City drug dealer, decides that he wants to get out of his dangerou
A Force of One
1979-06-01
Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcoti
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
2004-12-31
Written, directed, and produced by David Walker, MACKED, HAMMERED, SLAUGHTERED, & SHAFTED is an insi
The Final Countdown
1980-01-31
During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strang
Puppet Master 5
1994-09-21
Sutekh, the dark pharaoh from another dimension, sends his own puppet, Totem, to continue his quest
Brave New World
1980-03-07
A man who grew up in a primitive society educating himself by reading Shakespeare is allowed to join
When a Stranger Calls
1979-08-24
A student babysitter has her evening disturbed when the phone rings. So begins a series of increasin
Hero and the Terror
1988-08-26
Danny O'Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three y
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002-08-14
With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period
The Master Gunfighter
1975-10-03
Don Santiago (Richard Angarola) is a vicious man who helps provoke an Indian massacre that will allo
Trained To Kill
1989-06-07
From the fields of Cambodia to the mean streets of L.A., there's no escaping death and it's blinding
Hyper Space
1989-04-01
In the 21st Century, the "Corporation" sends a spaceship to dispose of earth's severe nuclear waste
Super Fly T.N.T.
1973-06-15
A Harlem drug dealer and his girlfriend retire to Rome, where he joins an African revolution.
The Hitter
1979-02-01
An ex-professional boxer gets a new start when teaming up with an ageing hoodlum and an ex-call girl
On the Edge
2002-10-01
Dakota Smith is an ex-cop and former private eye with a proclivity for community service. When a you
Brothers
1977-03-31
Thinly disguised account of the relationship between radical black activist Angela Davis and Black P
Mercenary Fighters
1988-02-01
The president of an African country wants to boost his economy with a new dam. He ignores the protes
As Summers Die
1986-05-18
Set in a sleepy Southern Louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers to
Original Gangstas
1996-05-10
The Rebels rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. They shoot storekeeper Marvin Bookman for giving the p
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007-10-13
The documentary consists of tape of Don's show (never been filmed before), interviews with Don's con
North Beach and Rawhide
1985-11-12
"Boys Town" drama about a man named Rawhide MacGregor, a one-time ex-convict who runs a cattle ranch
Playing with Fire
1985-04-13
Gary Coleman stars as a teenage arsonist. The authorities, friends, and neighbors warn his absentee
Red Dawn
1984-08-10
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defen
Freedom Road
1979-10-29
Ex-slave and former Union soldier Gideon Jackson represents other ex-slaves at the constitutional co
Move
1970-07-31
A young playwright who writes porno novels to overcome a writer's block, lives the fantasies of one
The Rage Within
2001-01-02
Police Officer Billy Rains (Mike Norris) and his partner Darren Steel (David Rael) are finishing the
St. Helens
1982-01-01
Centers on the events leading up to the cataclysmic 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington,
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
1990-12-15
After he retires from the police force, a veteran cop is framed for robbery but his friends, a rooki
The Organization
1971-10-20
After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,00
Up Against the Wall
1991-01-18
A black teen from a Chicago housing project struggles to find acceptance after he transfers into a s