Biography
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 D...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
as Self
The documentary consists of tape of Don's show (never been filmed before), interviews with Don's contemporaries, (Steve Lawrence, Bob Newhart, Debbie ...
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
2004
as Self
Written, directed, and produced by David Walker, MACKED, HAMMERED, SLAUGHTERED, & SHAFTED is an insightful examination of the blaxploitation film move...
On the Edge
2002
as Frank Harris
Dakota Smith is an ex-cop and former private eye with a proclivity for community service. When a young basketball player entangles himself with drug d...
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
as Self
With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather than...
The Rage Within
2001
as Captain Lang
Police Officer Billy Rains (Mike Norris) and his partner Darren Steel (David Rael) are finishing their last shift together, after which Rains intends ...
Original Gangstas
1996
as Bubba
A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police informati...
Puppet Master 5
1994
as Dectective
Sutekh, the dark pharaoh from another dimension, sends his own puppet, Totem, to continue his quest to kill Rick and steal the magic which animates th...
Up Against the Wall
1991
as George Wilkes
A black teen from a Chicago housing project struggles to find acceptance after he transfers into a suburban high school.
Up Against the Wall
1991
Director
A black teen from a Chicago housing project struggles to find acceptance after he transfers into a suburban high school.
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
1990
as Ray Samuels
After he retires from the police force, a veteran cop is framed for robbery but his friends, a rookie and three ex-cops, come to his rescue.
Trained To Kill
1989
as George 'Cotton' Shorter
From the fields of Cambodia to the mean streets of L.A., there's no escaping death and it's blinding revenge.
Hyper Space
1989
as Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
In the 21st Century, the "Corporation" sends a spaceship to dispose of earth's severe nuclear waste to a distant region in the cosmos. The astronauts ...
Zombie Death House
1988
as Tom Boyle
A renegade federal agent uses a new drug to create an army of unbeatable warriors.
Hero and the Terror
1988
as Mayor
Danny O'Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O'Brien had single-handedly captured ...
Mercenary Fighters
1988
as Cliff Taylor
The president of an African country wants to boost his economy with a new dam. He ignores the protests of the tribes in the flooded region, so they de...
As Summers Die
1986
as Daniel Backus
Set in a sleepy Southern Louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers to help a black woman whose property is being threate...
North Beach and Rawhide
1985
as Kyle Weston
"Boys Town" drama about a man named Rawhide MacGregor, a one-time ex-convict who runs a cattle ranch as a correctional facility for urban juvenile del...
Playing with Fire
1985
as Steve Phillips
Gary Coleman stars as a teenage arsonist. The authorities, friends, and neighbors warn his absentee parents until it is too late.
Red Dawn
1984
as Bella
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Sovie...
St. Helens
1982
as Otis Kaylor
Centers on the events leading up to the cataclysmic 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington, with the story beginning on the day volcanic acti...
Brave New World
1980
as Mustapha Mond
A man who grew up in a primitive society educating himself by reading Shakespeare is allowed to join the futuristic society where his parents are from...
The Final Countdown
1980
as Commander Dan Thurman
During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in tim...
Freedom Road
1979
as Francis Cardoza
Ex-slave and former Union soldier Gideon Jackson represents other ex-slaves at the constitutional convention, and is soon elected to the U.S. Senate d...
When a Stranger Calls
1979
as Lt. Charlie Garber
A student babysitter has her evening disturbed when the phone rings. So begins a series of increasingly terrifying and threatening calls that lead to ...
A Force of One
1979
as Rollins
Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcotics agents are killed by an assailant using the mar...
The Hitter
1979
as Otis
An ex-professional boxer gets a new start when teaming up with an ageing hoodlum and an ex-call girl.
Brothers
1977
as Walter Nance
Thinly disguised account of the relationship between radical black activist Angela Davis and Black Panther and prison inmate George Jackson, who was o...
The Master Gunfighter
1975
as Paulo
Don Santiago (Richard Angarola) is a vicious man who helps provoke an Indian massacre that will allow him to steal the Indians' land and claim it as h...
Super Fly T.N.T.
1973
as Priest
A Harlem drug dealer and his girlfriend retire to Rome, where he joins an African revolution.
Super Fly T.N.T.
1973
Director, Story
A Harlem drug dealer and his girlfriend retire to Rome, where he joins an African revolution.
Super Fly
1972
as Priest
Priest, a suave top-rung New York City drug dealer, decides that he wants to get out of his dangerous trade. Working with his reluctant friend, Eddie,...
The Organization
1971
as Joe Peralez
After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, t...
Move
1970
as Peter
A young playwright who writes porno novels to overcome a writer's block, lives the fantasies of one of his books, while trying to move with his wife f...