Deceased

How Did Ron O'Neal Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 66

Also known asRon O'NeilGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn01/09/1937Born inUtica, New York, USADied14/01/2004Died inLos AngelesCausepancreatic cancerWikidataQ2165507 ↗Buried atForest Lawn Memorial ParkTMDb#55841 ↗

Ron O'Neal was an American actor, director and screenwriter, who rose to fame in his role as Youngblood Priest, a New York City cocaine dealer, in the blaxploitation film Super Fly (1972) and its sequel Super Fly T.N.T. (1973). O'Neal was also a director and writer for the sequel, and for the film Up Against the Wall.

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Filmography34 titles

Importing filmography…

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2007	Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles ProjectMovie	Self	70
2002	On the EdgeMovie	Frank Harris	65
2002	BaadAsssss CinemaMovie	Self	65
2001	The Rage WithinMovie	Captain Lang	64
1996	E! True Hollywood StorySeries	—	59
1996	Original GangstasMovie	Bubba	59
1995	The Wayans Bros.Series	Sergeant Scully	58
1991	Up Against the WallMovie	George Wilkes	54
1989	Trained To KillMovie	George 'Cotton' Shorter	52
1989	Hyper SpaceMovie	Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian	52
1988	Hero and the TerrorMovie	Mayor	51
1988	Zombie Death HouseMovie	Tom Boyle	51
1987	A Different WorldSeries	Mercer Gilbert	50
1987	Beauty and the BeastSeries	Isaac Stubbs	50
1987	MathnetSeries	Sgt. Bill Dietrich	50
1985	The EqualizerSeries	Lt. Isadore Smalls	48
1985	North and SouthSeries	William Still	48
1984	Murder, She WroteSeries	Sgt. Joe Santiago	47
1984	Red DawnMovie	Bella	47
1984	Crazy like a FoxSeries	—	47
1984	1st & TenSeries	Mr. Byron	47
1982	Remington SteeleSeries	Gabe Putnam	45
1982	Knight RiderSeries	Charles Zurich	45
1981	The Greatest American HeroSeries	Colonel	44
1981	The Sophisticated GentsSeries	Clarence 'Clare' Henderson	44
1980	Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim JonesSeries	Col. Robles	43
1980	Brave New WorldMovie	Mustapha Mond	43
1980	The Final CountdownMovie	Commander Dan Thurman	43
1979	A Force of OneMovie	Rollins	42
1979	Freedom RoadMovie	Francis Cardoza	42
1979	When a Stranger CallsMovie	Lt. Charlie Garber	42
1977	BrothersMovie	Walter Nance	40
1975	The Master GunfighterMovie	Paulo	38
1971	The OrganizationMovie	Joe Peralez	34