Person
Ron O'Neal
Born 1 September 1937 Died 14 January 2004, aged 66 Utica, New York, USA TMDB ↗
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.
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The numbers
34age in their first credit on record (1972)
19years on screen and counting
2credits in 1980, their busiest year
12dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 53 Up Against the Wall
1991as George Wilkes
Age: 46 Red Dawn
1984as Bella
Age: 42 The Final Countdown
1980as Commander Dan Thurman
Age: 41 When a Stranger Calls
1979as Lt. Charlie Garber
Age: 41 A Force of One
1979as Rollins
Age: 35 Super Fly T.N.T.
1973as Priest
Age: 34 Super Fly
1972as Priest
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