Ron O'Neal
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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.
Known for
Credits
Red Dawn (1984)
as Bella
The Final Countdown (1980)
as Commander Dan Thurman
The Organization (1971)
as Joe Peralez
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
as Lt. Charlie Garber
Hyper Space (1989)
as Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
Hero and the Terror (1988)
as Mayor
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade (1990)
as Ray Samuels
The Hitter (1979)
as Otis
Zombie Death House (1988)
as Tom Boyle
A Force of One (1979)
as Rollins
Trained To Kill (1989)
as George 'Cotton' Shorter
Super Fly (1972)
as Priest
Original Gangstas (1996)
as Bubba
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted (2004)
as Self
As Summers Die (1986)
as Daniel Backus
Puppet Master 5 (1994)
as Dectective
Brave New World (1980)
as Mustapha Mond
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)
as Self
St. Helens (1982)
as Otis Kaylor
BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)
as Self
Super Fly T.N.T. (1973)
as Priest
Playing with Fire (1985)
as Steve Phillips
Freedom Road (1979)
as Francis Cardoza
Mercenary Fighters (1988)
as Cliff Taylor
North Beach and Rawhide (1985)
as Kyle Weston
Up Against the Wall (1991)
as George Wilkes
The Rage Within (2001)
as Captain Lang
The Master Gunfighter (1975)
as Paulo
Move (1970)
as Peter
On the Edge (2002)
as Frank Harris
Brothers (1977)
as Walter Nance