Ron O'Neal
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
ActingBirthday
September 1, 1937Deathday
January 14, 2004Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
32Place of birth
Utica, New York, USAAlso known as
Ron O'Neil
Cast credits
Zombie Death House
Tom Boyle
A Force of One
Rollins
Super Fly
Priest
The Final Countdown
Commander Dan Thurman
Puppet Master 5
Dectective
Brave New World
Mustapha Mond
When a Stranger Calls
Lt. Charlie Garber
Hero and the Terror
Mayor
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
The Master Gunfighter
Paulo
Trained To Kill
George 'Cotton' Shorter
Hyper Space
Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
Super Fly T.N.T.
Priest
The Hitter
Otis
On the Edge
Frank Harris
Brothers
Walter Nance
Mercenary Fighters
Cliff Taylor
As Summers Die
Daniel Backus
Original Gangstas
Bubba
Playing with Fire
Steve Phillips
Red Dawn
BellaCrew credits
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