Ryan O'Neal

Known for acting · Born 20 April 1941 · Died 8 December 2023 · aged 82 · Los Angeles, California, USA

80 credits

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.

Known for

Barry Lyndon

1975

Bones

2005

Peyton Place

1964

Paper Moon

1973

Love Story

1970

The Driver

1978

What's Up, Doc?

1972

Chances Are

1989

Zero Effect

1998

People I Know

2002

Filmworker

2018

Empire

1962

Acting (80)

2024Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and MozeSelf (archive footage)Film

2019This Is Farrah FawcettSelf (archive footage)Film

2019My Best Friend's FamousHimselfFilm

2018FilmworkerSelfFilm

2015Knight of CupsRyanFilm

2015UnityNarrator (voice)Film

2014Kubrick RememberedSelfFilm

2012Slumber Party SlaughterWilliam O'TooleFilm

2011Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals · 8 episodesSeries

2010The TalkSelfSeries

2009NCIS: Los AngelesSeries

2009Farrah's StorySelfFilm

2006What About BrianSeries

2005BonesMax Keenan · 27 episodesSeries

2004Desperate HousewivesRodney ScavoSeries

2003Malibu's Most WantedBill GluckmanFilm

2003Miss MatchJerry Fox · 18 episodesSeries

2003Gentleman B.Phil, Bank ManagerFilm

2003ABC's 50th Anniversary CelebrationSelfFilm

2002People I KnowCary LaunerFilm

2001EpochAllen LysanderFilm

2000The ListRichard MillerFilm

2000Bull · 3 episodesSeries

1999Coming SoonDickFilm

1998Zero EffectGregory StarkFilm

1998An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, BurnJames EdmundsFilm

1997TimecopSeries

1997Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of MeSelf (archive footage)Film

1997Sink Or SwimDr. ApplefieldFilm

1996E! True Hollywood StorySeries

1996FaithfulJack ConnorFilm

1995Man of the HouseMan with Kite (uncredited)Film

1992The Larry Sanders ShowRyan O'Neal · 2 episodesSeries

1992The Man UpstairsMooney PolaskiFilm

1991Good SportsBobby Tannen · 15 episodesSeries

1989Chances ArePhilip TrainFilm

1989Small SacrificesLew LewistonFilm

1989Small SacrificesLew Lewiston · 2 episodesSeries

1988Sam Found Out: A Triple PlayPimpFilm

1987Tough Guys Don't DanceTim MaddenFilm

1985Fever PitchTaggartFilm

1984Irreconcilable DifferencesAlbert BrodskyFilm

1983James Bond: The First 21 YearsSelfFilm

1982PartnersSgt. BensonFilm

1981So FineBobby FineFilm

1981Green IceJoseph WileyFilm

1981Circle of TwoTheatre Patron (uncredited)Film

1979The Main EventEddie "Kid Natural" ScanlonFilm

1978The DriverThe DriverFilm

1978Oliver's StoryOliver Barrett IVFilm

1977A Bridge Too FarBrig. Gen. James M. GavinFilm

1976NickelodeonLeo HarriganFilm

1975Barry LyndonBarry LyndonFilm

1973Paper MoonMoses PrayFilm

1973The Thief Who Came to DinnerWebster McGeeFilm

1972What's Up, Doc?Howard BannisterFilm

1972Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?SelfFilm

1971Wild RoversFrank PostFilm

1971Great PerformancesSelfSeries

1971Love Hate LoveRuss EmeryFilm

1971Mean JusticeTal GarrettFilm

1970Love StoryOliver Barrett IVFilm

1970The GamesScott ReynoldsFilm

1969The Big BounceJack RyanFilm

1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - GuestSeries

1966Felony SquadSeries

1964Peyton PlaceRodney Harrington · 514 episodesSeries

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 4 episodesSeries

1962The VirginianBen AndersSeries

1962EmpireTal Garrett · 32 episodes, Tai, Tai GarrettSeries

1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf · 4 episodes, Self - (archive footage), Self - Co-Host · 5 episodesSeries

1960My Three SonsChug WilliamsSeries

1959The UntouchablesBellhop (uncredited)Series

1959The Many Loves of Dobie GillisHermSeries

1957Perry MasonJohn CarewSeries

1957Leave It to BeaverTom HendersonSeries

1957Wagon TrainPaul PhillipsSeries

1957Bachelor FatherSeries

1953The OscarsSelfSeries

1953General Electric TheaterArt AndersonSeries