Cast & creator
Ron O'Neal
Best known for Murder, She Wrote, Knight Rider, Hill Street Blues
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: Ron O'Neil
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1970–2007 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (54)
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Murder, She Wrote
Sgt. Joe Santiago
1984
Knight Rider
Charles Zurich
1982
Hill Street Blues
Pete
1981Hill Street Blues
Stan Williams
1981
A Different World
Mercer Gilbert
1987A Different World
Quentin
1987
The Equalizer
Lt. Isadore Smalls
1985
Remington Steele
Gabe Putnam
1982
The Wayans Bros.
Sergeant Scully
1995
North and South
William Still
1985
Crazy like a Fox
1984
The Greatest American Hero
Colonel
1981
1st & Ten
Mr. Byron
1984
Mathnet
Sgt. Bill Dietrich
1987
The Final Countdown
Commander Dan Thurman
1980
Bring 'Em Back Alive
1982
Red Dawn
Bella
1984
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Col. Robles
1980
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Sophisticated Gents
Clarence 'Clare' Henderson
1981
When a Stranger Calls
Lt. Charlie Garber
1979
Hot l Baltimore
1975
Hero and the Terror
Mayor
1988
The Organization
Joe Peralez
1971
Puppet Master 5
Dectective
1994
A Force of One
Rollins
1979
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
2007
Hyper Space
Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
1989
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
Self
2004
Super Fly T.N.T.
Priest
1973Super Fly T.N.T.
Story
1973Super Fly T.N.T.
Director
1973
North Beach and Rawhide
Kyle Weston
1985
Brave New World
Mustapha Mond
1980
The Hitter
Otis
1979
Up Against the Wall
George Wilkes
1991Up Against the Wall
Director
1991
Original Gangstas
Bubba
1996
Beauty and the Beast
Isaac Stubbs
1987
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
2002
Trained To Kill
George 'Cotton' Shorter
1989
Super Fly
Priest
1972
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
Ray Samuels
1990
As Summers Die
Daniel Backus
1986
St. Helens
Otis Kaylor
1982
Zombie Death House
Tom Boyle
1988
Move
Peter
1970
The Master Gunfighter
Paulo
1975
Freedom Road
Francis Cardoza
1979
On the Edge
Frank Harris
2002
Mercenary Fighters
Cliff Taylor
1988
Playing with Fire
Steve Phillips
1985
Brothers
Walter Nance
1977
The Rage Within
Captain Lang
2001