Ryan O'Neal
Biography
Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal (April 20, 1941 – December 8, 2023) was an American actor and former boxer. O'Neal trained as an amateur boxer before beginning his career in acting in 1960. In 1964, he landed the role of Rodney Harrington on the ABC nighttime soap opera Peyton Place. The series was an instant hit and boosted O'Neal's career.
He later found success in films, most notably Love Story (1970), for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations as Best Actor, Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973), Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975), Richard Attenborough's A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Walter Hill's The Driver (1978).
From 2005 to 2017, he had a recurring role in the Fox TV series Bones as Max, the father of the show's protagonist.
Filmography
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
2024
as Self (Archival Footage)
My Best Friend's Famous
2019
as Himself
This Is Farrah Fawcett
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Filmworker
2018
as Self
Knight of Cups
2015
as Ryan
Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Kubrick Remembered
2014
as Self
Slumber Party Slaughter
2012
as William O'Toole
Farrah's Story
2009
as Self
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
as Self
Malibu's Most Wanted
2003
as Bill Gluckman
Gentleman B.
2003
as Phil, Bank Manager
People I Know
2002
as Cary Launer
Epoch
2001
as Allen Lysander
The List
2000
as Richard Miller
Coming Soon
1999
as Dick
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
as James Edmunds
Zero Effect
1998
as Gregory Stark
Sink Or Swim
1997
as Dr. Applefield
Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Faithful
1996
as Jack Connor
Man of the House
1995
as Man with Kite (uncredited)
The Man Upstairs
1992
as Mooney Polaski
Small Sacrifices
1989
as Lew Lewiston