Ron O'Neal
Born in Utica, New York, USA — Sep 01 1937• Died Jan 14 2004
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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 "Br…
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Murder, She Wrote
Sgt. Joe Santiago
Knight Rider
Charles Zurich
The Equalizer
Lt. Isadore Smalls
Hill Street Blues
Pete
Remington Steele
Gabe Putnam
A Different World
Mercer Gilbert
Crazy like a Fox
North and South
William Still
The Wayans Bros.
Sergeant Scully
The Greatest American Hero
Colonel
1st & Ten
Mr. Byron
Red Dawn
Bella
Mathnet
Sgt. Bill Dietrich
The Final Countdown
Commander Dan Thurman
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Col. Robles
E! True Hollywood Story
Bring 'Em Back Alive
Hero and the Terror
Mayor
The Sophisticated Gents
Clarence 'Clare' Henderson
The Organization
Joe Peralez
A Force of One
Rollins
Brave New World
Mustapha Mond
Hot l Baltimore
Puppet Master 5
Dectective
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
When a Stranger Calls
Lt. Charlie Garber
Super Fly
Priest
St. Helens
Otis Kaylor
Trained To Kill
George 'Cotton' Shorter
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
Ray Samuels
Move
Peter
The Master Gunfighter
Paulo
As Summers Die
Daniel Backus
Original Gangstas
Bubba
Playing with Fire
Steve Phillips
Freedom Road
Francis Cardoza
On the Edge
Frank Harris
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
Self
Beauty and the Beast
Isaac Stubbs
Brothers
Walter Nance
Hyper Space
Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
The Rage Within
Captain Lang
Zombie Death House
Tom Boyle
North Beach and Rawhide
Kyle Weston
Mercenary Fighters
Cliff Taylor
Super Fly T.N.T.
Priest
Up Against the Wall
George Wilkes
The Hitter
Otis