Ron O'Neal
Acting
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.
Known For
Murder, She Wrote
Knight Rider
The Equalizer
Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues
A Different World
A Different World
North and South
Remington Steele
The Wayans Bros.
The Greatest American Hero
Red Dawn
The Organization
E! True Hollywood Story
The Final Countdown
Puppet Master 5
Hero and the Terror
Super Fly
When a Stranger Calls
A Force of One
Beauty and the Beast
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