Ron O'Neal
Actor
Born September 1, 1937 in Utica, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
Self
On the Edge
Frank Harris
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
The Rage Within
Captain Lang
E! True Hollywood Story
Original Gangstas
Bubba
The Wayans Bros.
Sergeant Scully
Puppet Master 5
Dectective
Up Against the Wall
George Wilkes
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
Ray Samuels
Trained To Kill
George 'Cotton' Shorter
Hyper Space
Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
Zombie Death House
Tom Boyle
Hero and the Terror
Mayor
Mercenary Fighters
Cliff Taylor
Beauty and the Beast
Isaac Stubbs
A Different World
Mercer Gilbert
Mathnet
Sgt. Bill Dietrich
As Summers Die
Daniel Backus
North Beach and Rawhide
Kyle Weston
North and South
William Still
The Equalizer
Lt. Isadore Smalls
Playing with Fire
Steve Phillips
Crazy like a Fox
1st & Ten
Mr. Byron
Murder, She Wrote
Sgt. Joe Santiago
Red Dawn
Bella
Remington Steele
Gabe Putnam
Knight Rider
Charles Zurich
Bring 'Em Back Alive
St. Helens
Otis Kaylor
The Sophisticated Gents
Clarence 'Clare' Henderson
The Greatest American Hero
Colonel
Hill Street Blues
Pete
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Col. Robles
Brave New World
Mustapha Mond
The Final Countdown
Commander Dan Thurman
Freedom Road
Francis Cardoza
When a Stranger Calls
Lt. Charlie Garber
A Force of One
Rollins
The Hitter
Otis
Brothers
Walter Nance
The Master Gunfighter
Paulo
Hot l Baltimore
Super Fly T.N.T.
Priest
Super Fly
Priest
The Organization
Joe Peralez
Move
Peter