Ron O'Neal
Known for ActingBorn 1937-09-01 — died 2004-01-14Utica, 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.
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Known for
Red Dawn
1984 · as Bella
The Final Countdown
1980 · as Commander Dan Thurman
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002 · as Self
The Organization
1971 · as Joe Peralez
Hero and the Terror
1988 · as Mayor
When a Stranger Calls
1979 · as Lt. Charlie Garber
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
1990 · as Ray Samuels
Puppet Master 5
1994 · as Dectective
A Force of One
1979 · as Rollins
The Hitter
1979 · as Otis
Brave New World
1980 · as Mustapha Mond
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007 · as Self
Original Gangstas
1996 · as Bubba
Hyper Space
1989 · as Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
Trained To Kill
1989 · as George 'Cotton' Shorter
As Summers Die
1986 · as Daniel Backus
Zombie Death House
1988 · as Tom Boyle
On the Edge
2002 · as Frank Harris