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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Filmography
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
as Self
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
2004
as Self
On the Edge
2002
as Frank Harris
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
as Self
The Rage Within
2001
as Captain Lang
Original Gangstas
1996
as Bubba
Puppet Master 5
1994
as Dectective
Up Against the Wall
1991
as George Wilkes
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
1990
as Ray Samuels
Trained To Kill
1989
as George 'Cotton' Shorter
Hyper Space
1989
as Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
Zombie Death House
1988
as Tom Boyle
Hero and the Terror
1988
as Mayor
Mercenary Fighters
1988
as Cliff Taylor
As Summers Die
1986
as Daniel Backus
North Beach and Rawhide
1985
as Kyle Weston
Playing with Fire
1985
as Steve Phillips
Red Dawn
1984
as Bella
St. Helens
1982
as Otis Kaylor
Brave New World
1980
as Mustapha Mond
The Final Countdown
1980
as Commander Dan Thurman
Freedom Road
1979
as Francis Cardoza
When a Stranger Calls
1979
as Lt. Charlie Garber
A Force of One
1979
as Rollins