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Ron O'Neal was an American actor, director and screenwriter, who rose to fame in his role as Youngblood Priest, a New York 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.
Born
Wednesday, 01 September 1937
Died
Wednesday, 14 January 2004
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Missing Reel | Youngblood Priest | 2014 |
| American Grindhouse | Self | 2011 |
| Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted | Self | 2004 |
| The 76th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2004 |
| On the Edge | Frank Harris | 2002 |
| Baadasssss Cinema | Self | 2002 |
| Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks | Youngblood Priest | 2000 |
| Classified X | Self | 1998 |
| Sparks | Arthur Fairchild | 1996 |
| Original Gangstas | Bubba | 1996 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Missing Reel | Youngblood Priest | 2014 |
| American Grindhouse | Self | 2011 |
| Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted | Self | 2004 |
| The 76th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2004 |
| On the Edge | Frank Harris | 2002 |
| Baadasssss Cinema | Self | 2002 |
| Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks | Youngblood Priest | 2000 |
| Classified X | Self | 1998 |
| Sparks | Arthur Fairchild | 1996 |
| Original Gangstas | Bubba | 1996 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Himself | 1996 |
| Murder Was the Case: The Movie | Super Fly (segment "Doggy Dogg World") | 1995 |
| The Wayans Bros. | Sergeant Scully | 1995 |
| Puppet Master 5 | Dectective | 1994 |
| The Sinbad Show | Superfly | 1993 |
| Living Single | Clinton James | 1993 |
| Up Against the Wall | George Wilkes | 1991 |
| Hammer, Slammer, & Slade | Ray Samuels | 1990 |
| Trained to Kill | George 'Cotton' Shorter | 1989 |
| Hyper Space | Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian | 1989 |
| Death House | Tom Boyle | 1988 |
| Hero and the Terror | Mayor | 1988 |
| Mercenary Fighters | Cliff Taylor | 1988 |
| A Different World | Mercer Gilbert / Quentin | 1987 |
| Frank's Place | Ozell Dryer | 1987 |
| Beauty and the Beast | Issac Stubbs | 1987 |
| Mathnet | Sgt. Bill Dietrich | 1987 |
| Square One Television | Sgt. Bill Dietrich | 1987 |
| As Summers Die | Daniel Backus | 1986 |
| North & South: Book 1, North & South | William Still | 1985 |
| The Equalizer | Lt. Isadore Smalls | 1985 |
| Playing with Fire | Steve Phillips | 1985 |
| 1st & Ten | Mr. Byron | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Sgt. Joe Santiago | 1984 |
| Red Dawn | Bella / Col Ernesto Bella | 1984 |
| Remington Steele | Gabe Putnam | 1982 |
| Knight Rider | Charles Zurich | 1982 |
| Bring 'Em Back Alive | H.H. | 1982 |
| Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | Col. Robles | 1982 |
| Shannon | Bunky James | 1981 |
| The Sophisticated Gents | Clarence 'Claire' Henderson | 1981 |
| St. Helens | Otis Kaylor | 1981 |
| The Greatest American Hero | Colonel | 1981 |
| Hill Street Blues | Stan Williams / Pete | 1981 |
| The Righteous Apples | Rev. Robinson | 1980 |
| Brave New World | Mustapha Mond | 1980 |
| The Final Countdown | Cdr. Dan Thurman / Commander Dan Thurman | 1980 |
| Freedom Road | Francis Cardoza | 1979 |
| When a Stranger Calls | Lt. Charlie Garber | 1979 |
| Force of One, A | Rollins | 1979 |
| A Force of One | Rollins | 1979 |
| The Hitter | Otis | 1979 |
| Brothers | Walter Nance | 1977 |
| The Master Gunfighter | Paulo | 1975 |
| Hot l Baltimore | Mojo Thompson | 1975 |
| Super Fly T.N.T. | Priest | 1973 |
| Super Fly | Priest | 1972 |
| The Organization | Joe Peralez | 1971 |
| The Interns | Buzz | 1970 |
| Move | Peter | 1970 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Up Against the Wall | 1991 |
| Super Fly T.N.T. | 1973 |
