Ryan O'Neal
Actor
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
A Bridge Too Far
as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin 1977
Paper Moon
as Moses Pray 1973
Love Story
as Oliver Barrett IV 1970
Knight of Cups
as Ryan 2015
The Driver
as The Driver 1978
What's Up, Doc?
as Howard Bannister 1972
Malibu's Most Wanted
as Bill Gluckman 2003
Chances Are
as Philip Train 1989
Zero Effect
as Gregory Stark 1998
Man of the House
as Man with Kite (uncredited) 1995
People I Know
as Cary Launer 2002
Filmworker
as Self 2018
The Main Event
as Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon 1979
Epoch
as Allen Lysander 2001
Irreconcilable Differences
as Albert Brodsky 1984
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
as James Edmunds 1998