Ron O'Neal

Birthday:: 09/01/1937
Place of birth:: Utica, New York, USA:
Biography:: 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.

Credits

	Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007) as Self
	Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted (2004) as Self
	On the Edge (2002) as Frank Harris
	BaadAsssss Cinema (2002) as Self
	The Rage Within (2001) as Captain Lang
	Original Gangstas (1996) as Bubba
	Puppet Master V: Totem (1994) as Dectective
	Up Against the Wall (1991) as George Wilkes
	Hammer, Slammer, & Slade (1990) as Ray Samuels
	Trained To Kill (1989) as George 'Cotton' Shorter
	Hyper Space (1989) as Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
	Zombie Death House (1988) as Tom Boyle
	Hero and the Terror (1988) as Mayor
	Mercenary Fighters (1988) as Cliff Taylor
	As Summers Die (1986) as Daniel Backus
	North Beach and Rawhide (1985) as Kyle Weston
	Playing with Fire (1985) as Steve Phillips
	Red Dawn (1984) as Bella
	St. Helens (1982) as Otis Kaylor
	Brave New World (1980) as Mustapha Mond
	The Final Countdown (1980) as Commander Dan Thurman
	Freedom Road (1979) as Francis Cardoza
	When a Stranger Calls (1979) as Lt. Charlie Garber
	A Force of One (1979) as Rollins
	The Hitter (1979) as Otis
	Brothers (1977) as Walter Nance
	The Master Gunfighter (1975) as Paulo
	Super Fly T.N.T. (1973) as Priest
	Super Fly (1972) as Priest
	The Organization (1971) as Joe Peralez
	Move (1970) as Peter