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Ron O'Neal

Ron O'Neal

​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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ACTING

Zombie Death House (1988)
Zombie Death House (1988)
Super Fly (1972)
Super Fly (1972)
A Force of One (1979)
A Force of One (1979)
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted (2004)
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted (2004)
The Final Countdown (1980)
The Final Countdown (1980)
Puppet Master 5 (1994)
Puppet Master 5 (1994)
Brave New World (1980)
Brave New World (1980)
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
Hero and the Terror (1988)
Hero and the Terror (1988)
BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)
BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)
The Master Gunfighter (1975)
The Master Gunfighter (1975)
Trained To Kill (1989)
Trained To Kill (1989)
Hyper Space (1989)
Hyper Space (1989)
Super Fly T.N.T. (1973)
Super Fly T.N.T. (1973)
The Hitter (1979)
The Hitter (1979)
On the Edge (2002)
On the Edge (2002)
Brothers (1977)
Brothers (1977)
Mercenary Fighters (1988)
Mercenary Fighters (1988)
As Summers Die (1986)
As Summers Die (1986)
Original Gangstas (1996)
Original Gangstas (1996)
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)
North Beach and Rawhide (1985)
North Beach and Rawhide (1985)
Playing with Fire (1985)
Playing with Fire (1985)
Red Dawn (1984)
Red Dawn (1984)
Freedom Road (1979)
Freedom Road (1979)
Move (1970)
Move (1970)
The Rage Within (2001)
The Rage Within (2001)
St. Helens (1982)
St. Helens (1982)
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade (1990)
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade (1990)
The Organization (1971)
The Organization (1971)
Up Against the Wall (1991)
Up Against the Wall (1991)
A Different World (1987)
A Different World (1987)
Remington Steele (1982)
Remington Steele (1982)
The Wayans Bros. (1995)
The Wayans Bros. (1995)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
Crazy like a Fox (1984)
Crazy like a Fox (1984)
Hot l Baltimore (1975)
Hot l Baltimore (1975)
Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982)
Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982)
North and South (1985)
North and South (1985)
The Sophisticated Gents (1981)
The Sophisticated Gents (1981)
Knight Rider (1982)
Knight Rider (1982)
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980)
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980)
The Equalizer (1985)
The Equalizer (1985)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
A Different World (1987)
A Different World (1987)
Hill Street Blues (1981)
Hill Street Blues (1981)
Mathnet (1987)
Mathnet (1987)
1st & Ten (1984)
1st & Ten (1984)
Hill Street Blues (1981)
Hill Street Blues (1981)
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
Beauty and the Beast (1987)
Beauty and the Beast (1987)

DIRECTING

Up Against the Wall (1991)
Up Against the Wall (1991)
Super Fly T.N.T. (1973)
Super Fly T.N.T. (1973)

WRITING

Super Fly T.N.T. (1973)
Super Fly T.N.T. (1973)