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Ron O'Neal

Ron O'Neal

Birthday: 1937-09-01 | Place of Birth: Utica, New York, U.S.

​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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2002
On the Edge

as    Frank Harris

1996
Original Gangstas

as    Bubba

1989
Trained To Kill

as    George 'Cotton' Shorter

1988
Mercenary Fighters

as    Cliff Taylor

1988
Hero and the Terror

as    Mayor

1988
Zombie Death House

as    Tom Boyle

1982
St. Helens

as    Otis Kaylor

1981
The Sophisticated Gents

as    Clarence 'Claire' Henderson

1980
The Final Countdown

as    Commander Dan Thurman

1980
Brave New World

as    Mustapha Mond

1979
When a Stranger Calls

as    Lt. Charlie Garber

1979
The Hitter

as    Otis

1979
A Force of One

as    Rollins

1977
Brothers

as    Walter Nance

1975
The Master Gunfighter

as    Paulo

1973
Super Fly T.N.T.

as    Priest

1972
Super Fly

as    Priest

1970
Move

as    Peter