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