Ron O'Neal
Born September 01, 1937 (Age: 88)
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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.
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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Filmography
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
2004
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as Self
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Age: 67
On the Edge
2002
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as Frank Harris
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Age: 65
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
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as Self
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Age: 64
Original Gangstas
1996
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as Bubba
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Age: 58
Up Against the Wall
1991
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as George Wilkes
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Age: 53
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
1990
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as Ray Samuels
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Age: 53
Trained To Kill
1989
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as George 'Cotton' Shorter
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Age: 51
Hyper Space
1989
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as Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
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Age: 51
Zombie Death House
1988
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as Tom Boyle
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Age: 51
Hero and the Terror
1988
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as Mayor
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Age: 50
Mercenary Fighters
1988
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as Cliff Taylor
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Age: 50
North Beach and Rawhide
1985
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as Kyle Weston
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Age: 48
Playing with Fire
1985
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as Steve Phillips
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Age: 47
Red Dawn
1984
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as Bella
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Age: 46
Brave New World
1980
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as Mustapha Mond
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Age: 42
The Final Countdown
1980
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as Commander Dan Thurman
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Age: 42
When a Stranger Calls
1979
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as Lt. Charlie Garber
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Age: 41
A Force of One
1979
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as Rollins
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Age: 41
Super Fly T.N.T.
1973
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as Priest
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Age: 35
Super Fly
1972
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as Priest
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Age: 34