
Ron O'Neal
Known for acting · Born 1 September 1937 · Died 14 January 2004 · aged 66 · Utica, New York, USA
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron O'Neal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

The Final Countdown
1980

Super Fly
1972

A Force of One
1979

Hero and the Terror
1988

Bring 'Em Back Alive
1982

The Equalizer
1985

When a Stranger Calls
1979

Super Fly T.N.T.
1973

Brave New World
1980

The Hitter
1979

Freedom Road
1979

Zombie Death House
1988