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Ryan O'Neal
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Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal (April 20, 1941 – December 8, 2023) was an American actor and former boxer. O'Neal trained as an amateur boxer before beginning his career in acting in 1960. In 1964, he landed the role of Rodney Harrington on the ABC nighttime soap opera Peyton Place. The series was an instant hit and boosted O'Neal's career.
He later found success in films, most notably Love Story (1970), for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations as Best Actor, Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973), Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975), Richard Attenborough's A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Walter Hill's The Driver (1978).
Known For
Bones
2005
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Desperate Housewives
2004
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Perry Mason
1957
The Oscars
1953
The Untouchables
1959
Leave It to Beaver
1957
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
Barry Lyndon
1975
Love Story
1970
A Bridge Too Far
1977
Knight of Cups
2015
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Driver
1978
Malibu's Most Wanted
2003
Epoch
2001
What's Up, Doc?
1972
Paper Moon
1973
Chances Are
1989
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
Filmworker
2018
People I Know
2002
The Main Event
1979
Zero Effect
1998
Irreconcilable Differences
1984
Beauty and the Beast
1987
Man of the House
1995
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