Ron O'Neal
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Red Dawn
1984
as Bella
The Final Countdown
1980
as Commander Dan Thurman
The Organization
1971
as Joe Peralez
Puppet Master V: Totem
1994
as Dectective
When a Stranger Calls
1979
as Lt. Charlie Garber
Original Gangstas
1996
as Bubba
Hero and the Terror
1988
as Mayor
A Force of One
1979
as Rollins
Super Fly
1972
as Priest
St. Helens
1982
as Otis Kaylor
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
as Self
Super Fly T.N.T.
1973
as Priest
Super Fly T.N.T.
1973
Director
Super Fly T.N.T.
1973
Story
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
as Self
Zombie Death House
1988
as Tom Boyle
Freedom Road
1979
as Francis Cardoza
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
1990
as Ray Samuels
As Summers Die
1986
as Daniel Backus
Brothers
1977
as Walter Nance