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Ron O'Neal

Acting · Born September 1, 1937 · Utica, New York, USA

​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.

Movies with Ron O'Neal

• Red Dawn (1984) — Bella
• The Final Countdown (1980) — Commander Dan Thurman
• When a Stranger Calls (1979) — Lt. Charlie Garber
• Hero and the Terror (1988) — Mayor
• Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007) — Self
• The Organization (1971) — Joe Peralez
• A Force of One (1979) — Rollins
• Puppet Master 5 (1994) — Dectective
• Brave New World (1980) — Mustapha Mond
• Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted (2004) — Self
• Original Gangstas (1996) — Bubba
• Super Fly T.N.T. (1973) — Priest

TV shows with Ron O'Neal

• The Equalizer (1985) — Lt. Isadore Smalls
• Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982)