Ron O'Neal
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.
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Movies 31
Red Dawn
as Bella
1984
The Final Countdown
as Commander Dan Thurman
1980
When a Stranger Calls
as Lt. Charlie Garber
1979
Hero and the Terror
as Mayor
1988
The Organization
as Joe Peralez
1971
A Force of One
as Rollins
1979
Super Fly
as Priest
1972
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self
2007
Puppet Master 5
as Dectective
1994
Zombie Death House
as Tom Boyle
1988
Brave New World
as Mustapha Mond
1980
Original Gangstas
as Bubba
1996
The Hitter
as Otis
1979
Hyper Space
as Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
1989
The Master Gunfighter
as Paulo
1975
Freedom Road
as Francis Cardoza
1979
Mercenary Fighters
as Cliff Taylor
1988
Trained To Kill
as George 'Cotton' Shorter
1989
Brothers
as Walter Nance
1977
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
as Ray Samuels
1990
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
2002
Up Against the Wall
as George Wilkes
1991
As Summers Die
as Daniel Backus
1986
St. Helens
as Otis Kaylor
1982
Move
as Peter
1970
Playing with Fire
as Steve Phillips
1985
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
as Self
2004
Super Fly T.N.T.
as Priest
1973
On the Edge
as Frank Harris
2002
North Beach and Rawhide
as Kyle Weston
1985
The Rage Within
as Captain Lang
2001TV Shows 20
Murder, She Wrote
as Sgt. Joe Santiago
1984
Knight Rider
as Charles Zurich
1982
Hill Street Blues
as Pete
1981
Hill Street Blues
as Stan Williams
1981
Remington Steele
as Gabe Putnam
1982
A Different World
as Mercer Gilbert
1987
A Different World
as Quentin
1987
The Equalizer
as Lt. Isadore Smalls
1985
The Wayans Bros.
as Sergeant Scully
1995
North and South
as William Still
1985
The Greatest American Hero
as Colonel
1981
1st & Ten
as Mr. Byron
1984
Crazy like a Fox
1984
Bring 'Em Back Alive
1982
Mathnet
as Sgt. Bill Dietrich
1987
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Col. Robles
1980
Hot l Baltimore
1975
The Sophisticated Gents
as Clarence 'Clare' Henderson
1981
Beauty and the Beast
as Isaac Stubbs
1987