Ron O'Neal
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Zombie Death House
as Tom Boyle
1988
Super Fly
as Priest
1972
A Force of One
as Rollins
1979
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
as Self
2004
The Final Countdown
as Commander Dan Thurman
1980
Puppet Master 5
as Dectective
1994
Brave New World
as Mustapha Mond
1980
When a Stranger Calls
as Lt. Charlie Garber
1979
Hero and the Terror
as Mayor
1988
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
2002
The Master Gunfighter
as Paulo
1975
Trained To Kill
as George 'Cotton' Shorter
1989
Hyper Space
as Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
1989
Super Fly T.N.T.
as Priest
1973
The Hitter
as Otis
1979
On the Edge
as Frank Harris
2002
Brothers
as Walter Nance
1977
Mercenary Fighters
as Cliff Taylor
1988
As Summers Die
as Daniel Backus
1986
Original Gangstas
as Bubba
1996
TV Appearances
A Different World
as Mercer Gilbert
1987
Remington Steele
as Gabe Putnam
1982
The Wayans Bros.
as Sergeant Scully
1995
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Crazy like a Fox
1984
Hot l Baltimore
1975
Bring 'Em Back Alive
1982
North and South
as William Still
1985
The Sophisticated Gents
as Clarence 'Clare' Henderson
1981
Knight Rider
as Charles Zurich
1982
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Col. Robles
1980
The Equalizer
as Lt. Isadore Smalls
1985