Ron O'Neal
Acting
Born: 1937-09-01 in Utica, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Murder, She Wrote
Sgt. Joe Santiago
Knight Rider
Charles Zurich
Hill Street Blues
Pete
Hill Street Blues
Stan Williams
Remington Steele
Gabe Putnam
A Different World
Mercer Gilbert
A Different World
Quentin
North and South
William Still
The Equalizer
Lt. Isadore Smalls
The Wayans Bros.
Sergeant Scully
1st & Ten
Mr. Byron
The Greatest American Hero
Colonel
Crazy like a Fox
Red Dawn
Bella
The Final Countdown
Commander Dan Thurman
Mathnet
Sgt. Bill Dietrich
Bring 'Em Back Alive
The Organization
Joe Peralez
Super Fly
Priest
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Col. Robles
Hero and the Terror
Mayor
Hot l Baltimore
When a Stranger Calls
Lt. Charlie Garber
A Force of One
Rollins
The Hitter
Otis
The Sophisticated Gents
Clarence 'Clare' Henderson
E! True Hollywood Story
Brave New World
Mustapha Mond
Puppet Master 5
Dectective
Hyper Space
Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
On the Edge
Frank Harris
Original Gangstas
Bubba
St. Helens
Otis Kaylor
Zombie Death House
Tom Boyle
Mercenary Fighters
Cliff Taylor
Trained To Kill
George 'Cotton' Shorter
Move
Peter
Beauty and the Beast
Isaac Stubbs
The Master Gunfighter
Paulo