Ron O'Neal
Actor
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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As Director
Filmography
Red Dawn
as Bella 1984
The Final Countdown
as Commander Dan Thurman 1980
When a Stranger Calls
as Lt. Charlie Garber 1979
Super Fly
as Priest 1972
Puppet Master 5
as Dectective 1994
A Force of One
as Rollins 1979
Hero and the Terror
as Mayor 1988
The Organization
as Joe Peralez 1971
Original Gangstas
as Bubba 1996
Brave New World
as Mustapha Mond 1980
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self 2002
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self 2007
Zombie Death House
as Tom Boyle 1988
St. Helens
as Otis Kaylor 1982
Super Fly T.N.T.
as Priest 1973
The Hitter
as Otis 1979
As Summers Die
as Daniel Backus 1986