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Ron O'Neal
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 scre…
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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.
Filmography
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2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Movie Self
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2004
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
Movie Self
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2002
On the Edge
Movie Frank Harris
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2002
BaadAsssss Cinema
Movie Self
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2001
The Rage Within
Movie Captain Lang
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1996
E! True Hollywood Story
TV show
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1996
Original Gangstas
Movie Bubba
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1995
The Wayans Bros.
TV show Sergeant Scully
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1994
Puppet Master 5
Movie Dectective
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1991
Up Against the Wall
Movie George Wilkes
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1990
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
Movie Ray Samuels
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1989
Trained To Kill
Movie George 'Cotton' Shorter
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1989
Hyper Space
Movie Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
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1988
Zombie Death House
Movie Tom Boyle
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1988
Hero and the Terror
Movie Mayor
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1988
Mercenary Fighters
Movie Cliff Taylor
More credits
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1987
Beauty and the Beast
TV show Isaac Stubbs
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1987
A Different World
TV show Mercer Gilbert
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1987
Mathnet
TV show Sgt. Bill Dietrich
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1986
As Summers Die
Movie Daniel Backus
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1985
North Beach and Rawhide
Movie Kyle Weston
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1985
North and South
TV show William Still
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1985
The Equalizer
TV show Lt. Isadore Smalls
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1985
Playing with Fire
Movie Steve Phillips
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1984
Crazy like a Fox
TV show
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1984
1st & Ten
TV show Mr. Byron
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1984
Murder, She Wrote
TV show Sgt. Joe Santiago
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1984
Red Dawn
Movie Bella
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1982
Remington Steele
TV show Gabe Putnam
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1982
Knight Rider
TV show Charles Zurich
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1982
Bring 'Em Back Alive
TV show
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1982
St. Helens
Movie Otis Kaylor
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1981
The Sophisticated Gents
TV show Clarence 'Clare' Henderson
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1981
The Greatest American Hero
TV show Colonel
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1981
Hill Street Blues
TV show Pete
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1980
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
TV show Col. Robles
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1980
Brave New World
Movie Mustapha Mond
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1980
The Final Countdown
Movie Commander Dan Thurman
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1979
Freedom Road
Movie Francis Cardoza
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1979
When a Stranger Calls
Movie Lt. Charlie Garber
