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.

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Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984Remington SteeleSeries • 1982Hill Street BluesSeries • 1981Knight RiderSeries • 1982The EqualizerSeries • 1985A Different WorldSeries • 1987The Wayans Bros.Series • 1995North and SouthSeries • 1985Crazy like a FoxSeries • 1984The Greatest American HeroSeries • 19811st & TenSeries • 1984The Final CountdownMovie • 1980Red DawnMovie • 1984Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim JonesSeries • 1980E! True Hollywood StorySeries • 1996The OrganizationMovie • 1971Puppet Master 5Movie • 1994When a Stranger CallsMovie • 1979Hero and the TerrorMovie • 1988A Force of OneMovie • 1979Original GangstasMovie • 1996Super FlyMovie • 1972Brave New WorldMovie • 1980Zombie Death HouseMovie • 1988