Ryan O'Neal

Ryan O'Neal

1941-04-20 Los Angeles, California, USA 47 Credits

Biography

Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal (April 20, 1941 - December 8, 2023) was an American actor and former boxer. O'Neal trained as an amateur boxer before beginning his career in acting in 1960. In 1964, he landed the role of Rodney Harrington on the ABC nighttime soap opera Peyton Place. The series was an instant hit and boosted O'Neal's career. He later found success in films, most notably Love Story (1970), for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations as Best Actor, Peter Bogdanov...

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My Best Friend's Famous

My Best Friend's Famous

2019

as Himself

Acting

After Sean Reilly, an earnest, self-deprecating, NY to LA transplant learns his slothful, less talented best friend gets a starring role on a hit TV s...

This Is Farrah Fawcett

This Is Farrah Fawcett

2019

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

Friends and loved ones of Farrah Fawcett recall the actress' personal struggles and final days.

Filmworker

Filmworker

2018

as Self

7.1
Acting

The story of Leon Vitali, who surrendered his promising acting career to become Stanley Kubrick's devoted right-hand man.

Knight of Cups

Knight of Cups

2015

as Ryan

5.7
Acting

Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in...

Unity

Unity

2015

as Narrator (voice)

7.5
Acting

Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one anothe...

Kubrick Remembered

Kubrick Remembered

2014

as Self

6.5
Acting

An 83-minute candid look into the life of Kubrick, including interviews with his widow, family, coworkers and actors, and featuring a tour of the Arch...

Slumber Party Slaughter

Slumber Party Slaughter

2012

as William O'Toole

Acting

Academy Award winning actor Tom Kingsford visits a bizarre strip club owned by real estate mogul William O'Toole, a sadistic voyeur.

Farrah's Story

Farrah's Story

2009

as Self

4.0
Acting

Documentary about former Charlie's Angels star Farrah Fawcett's battle with cancer. This home-movie diary is covering roughly the past two years of Fa...

Malibu's Most Wanted

Malibu's Most Wanted

2003

as Bill Gluckman

5.1
Acting

A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to ...

Gentleman B.

Gentleman B.

2003

as Phil, Bank Manager

3.2
Acting

Nick Vincent is set up by his crime partner Manny Breen. He is sent away to prison and when he is released, he goes to Los Angeles to look for Maria, ...

People I Know

People I Know

2002

as Cary Launer

5.3
Acting

A New York press agent must scramble when his major client becomes embroiled in a huge scandal.

Epoch

Epoch

2001

as Allen Lysander

4.7
Acting

Disaster strikes as a specialised team of investigators struggle to find out the truth about a strange monolith which sends out an intercontinental si...

The List

The List

2000

as Richard Miller

4.4
Acting

After being arrested for solicitation, a high-class prostitute threatens to make public a list of her best clients and someone resorts to murder to ke...

Coming Soon

Coming Soon

1999

as Dick

5.9
Acting

Privileged teenage friends Jenny, Nell and Stream spend their senior year on a quest to rid Stream of her virginity. However, Stream wants more than j...

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

1998

as James Edmunds

3.9
Acting

Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad big budget action film, for which he proceeds to steal the reels, and l...

Zero Effect

Zero Effect

1998

as Gregory Stark

6.2
Acting

Daryl Zero is a private investigator and—along with his assistant, Steve Arlo—he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Although Daryl's a master inves...

Sink Or Swim

Sink Or Swim

1997

as Dr. Applefield

4.8
Acting

Brian is a television writer-producer who has to script a 22-episode anthology, but lacks inspiration. He witnesses a strange romantic encounter betwe...

Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me

Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me

1997

as Self (archive footage)

4.4
Acting

At fifty years of age actress Farrah Fawcett reveals her body to the camera in this one off special.

Faithful

Faithful

1996

as Jack Connor

5.4
Acting

A depressed housewife whose husband is having an affair contemplates suicide, but changes her mind when she faces death by a killer hired to do her in...

Man of the House

Man of the House

1995

as Man with Kite (uncredited)

5.3
Acting

Ben Archer is not happy. His mother, Sandy, has just met a man, and it looks like things are pretty serious. Driven by a fear of abandonment, Ben trie...

The Man Upstairs

The Man Upstairs

1992

as Mooney Polaski

5.0
Acting

Hepburn plays an elderly woman whose house becomes a hideaway for an escaped convict (O'Neal), and the pair strike up an unlikely friendship.

Small Sacrifices

Small Sacrifices

1989

as Lew Lewiston

7.8
Acting

A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospital's...

Chances Are

Chances Are

1989

as Philip Train

6.6
Acting

Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and ...

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

1988

as Pimp

Acting

Liza Minnelli plays three separate women in three separate stories. There's a serious drama about a hooker and her pimp, a romance about a lonely danc...

Tough Guys Don't Dance

Tough Guys Don't Dance

1987

as Tim Madden

4.8
Acting

Tim Madden awakens one morning to discover a fresh tattoo on his arm, his car covered in blood, his girlfriend in bed with the town sheriff, and a wom...

Fever Pitch

Fever Pitch

1985

as Taggart

3.7
Acting

An investigative journalist gets hooked on the subject of his inquiry — organized gambling.

Irreconcilable Differences

Irreconcilable Differences

1984

as Albert Brodsky

5.6
Acting

Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.

Partners

Partners

1982

as Sgt. Benson

5.3
Acting

Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover with a gay police clerk named Kerwin as hi...

So Fine

So Fine

1981

as Bobby Fine

4.8
Acting

While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man comes up with an idea that turns into an unexpected overnight financial fashion success -...

Green Ice

Green Ice

1981

as Joseph Wiley

5.5
Acting

A down on his luck engineer gets involved in an adventure with a mysterious woman and an emerald magnate.

Circle of Two

Circle of Two

1981

as Theatre Patron (uncredited)

4.9
Acting

A 60-year-old artist shares a secret, platonic romance with a 16-year-old girl.

The Main Event

The Main Event

1979

as Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon

5.2
Acting

A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring — an idea h...

Oliver's Story

Oliver's Story

1978

as Oliver Barrett IV

4.8
Acting

Oliver Barrett IV is emotionally devastated by the death of his wife Jenny, and, while he tries to lose himself in his work as a lawyer, the long hour...

The Driver

The Driver

1978

as The Driver

7.2
Acting

The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful...

A Bridge Too Far

A Bridge Too Far

1977

as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

7.2
Acting

The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in H...

Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon

1976

as Leo Harrigan

6.1
Acting

In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up wi...

Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon

1975

as Barry Lyndon

8.0
Acting

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Ba...

Paper Moon

Paper Moon

1973

as Moses Pray

7.9
Acting

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partn...

The Thief Who Came to Dinner

The Thief Who Came to Dinner

1973

as Webster McGee

6.9
Acting

A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves, an insurance investigator hounds him. He also meets a woman who beco...

What's Up, Doc?

What's Up, Doc?

1972

as Howard Bannister

7.4
Acting

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.

Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?

Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?

1972

as Self

5.0
Acting

A documentary about the making of Peter Bogdanovich's screwball comedy "What's Up Doc?" starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal.

Wild Rovers

Wild Rovers

1971

as Frank Post

6.3
Acting

Ross Bodine and Frank Post are cowhands on Walt Buckman's R-Bar-R ranch. Bodine is older and broods a bit about how he will get along when he's too ol...

Love Hate Love

Love Hate Love

1971

as Russ Emery

5.8
Acting

Ryan O'Neal plays Russ Emery, a glib engineer who steals the heart of a fashion model named Sheila Blunden. She in turn leaves her jet setter fiance w...

Mean Justice

Mean Justice

1971

as Tal Garrett

7.0
Acting

Moreno (Bronson) is a tough ranch hand on the vast half million acre Garret Ranch. Rich in timber, gas, cattle and oil, the ranch is a major employer...

Love Story

Love Story

1970

as Oliver Barrett IV

6.8
Acting

Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite...

The Games

The Games

1970

as Scott Reynolds

7.1
Acting

From Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Australia and behind the Iron Curtain. They are the most superbly conditioned animals in the wor...

The Big Bounce

The Big Bounce

1969

as Jack Ryan

5.2
Acting

A Vietnam veteran and ex-con is persuaded by a shady woman to rob a $50,000 payroll account on a California produce farm. But who is playing who?