Ron O'Neal
Known for: 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron O'Neal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Sgt. Joe Santiago
1984
Series
Hill Street Blues
Pete
1981
Series
Hill Street Blues
Stan Williams
1981
Series
Knight Rider
Charles Zurich
1982
Series
A Different World
Mercer Gilbert
1987
Series
A Different World
Quentin
1987
Series
The Equalizer
Lt. Isadore Smalls
1985
Series
Remington Steele
Gabe Putnam
1982
Series
North and South
William Still
1985
Series
The Wayans Bros.
Sergeant Scully
1995
Series
Crazy like a Fox
1984
Series
The Greatest American Hero
Colonel
1981
Series
1st & Ten
Mr. Byron
1984
Film
The Final Countdown
Commander Dan Thurman
1980
Film
Red Dawn
Bella
1984
Series
Mathnet
Sgt. Bill Dietrich
1987
Series
Bring 'Em Back Alive
1982
Series
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Col. Robles
1980
Film
A Force of One
Rollins
1979
Film
When a Stranger Calls
Lt. Charlie Garber
1979
Film
Hero and the Terror
Mayor
1988
Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Series
Hot l Baltimore
1975
Film
The Organization
Joe Peralez
1971
Film
Puppet Master 5
Dectective
1994
Film
Original Gangstas
Bubba
1996
Film
Brave New World
Mustapha Mond
1980
Film
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
2007
Film
Super Fly
Priest
1972
Film
Trained To Kill
George 'Cotton' Shorter
1989
Series
The Sophisticated Gents
Clarence 'Clare' Henderson
1981
Film
Zombie Death House
Tom Boyle
1988
Film
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
2002
Film
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
Self
2004
Film
St. Helens
Otis Kaylor
1982
Film
Freedom Road
Francis Cardoza
1979
Film
As Summers Die
Daniel Backus
1986
Film
Super Fly T.N.T.
Priest
1973
Series
Beauty and the Beast
Isaac Stubbs
1987
Film
Hyper Space
Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
1989
Film
On the Edge
Frank Harris
2002
Film
The Hitter
Otis
1979
Film
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
Ray Samuels
1990
Film
Move
Peter
1970
Film
The Master Gunfighter
Paulo
1975
Film
Playing with Fire
Steve Phillips
1985
Film
North Beach and Rawhide
Kyle Weston
1985
Film
Brothers
Walter Nance
1977
Film
The Rage Within
Captain Lang
2001
Film
Mercenary Fighters
Cliff Taylor
1988
Film
Up Against the Wall
George Wilkes
1991