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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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
51 titles
Murder, She Wrote
Knight Rider
Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues
The Equalizer
A Different World
A Different World
Remington Steele
North and South
Crazy like a Fox
The Wayans Bros.
The Greatest American Hero
1st & Ten
Red Dawn
Bring 'Em Back Alive
The Final Countdown
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
The Sophisticated Gents
Mathnet
Hot l Baltimore
E! True Hollywood Story
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
The Organization
When a Stranger Calls
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