Ryan O'Neal

Actor Apr 20 (died age 82) Los Angeles, California, USA 1953–2024 (71 year career)

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Biography

Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal (April 20, 1941 – December 8, 2023) was an American actor and former boxer. O'Neal trained as an amateur boxer before beginning his career in acting in 1960. In 1964, he landed the role of Rodney Harrington on the ABC nighttime soap opera Peyton Place. The series was an instant hit and boosted O'Neal's career. He later found success in films, most notably Love Story (1970), for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations as Best Actor, Peter Bogdanov…

Known For

Film

Barry Lyndon

Film

Paper Moon

Moses Pray

Film

A Bridge Too Far

Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

Film

What's Up, Doc?

Howard Bannister

Film

Love Story

Oliver Barrett IV

Film

The Driver

Film

Knight of Cups

Ryan

Film

Chances Are

Philip Train

Filmography

Acting (82)

Movies (50)

Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze

2024

as Self (Archival Footage)

This Is Farrah Fawcett

2019

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

My Best Friend's Famous

2019

as Himself

Filmworker

as Self

Knight of Cups

as Ryan

Unity

as Narrator (voice)

Kubrick Remembered

as Self

Slumber Party Slaughter

2012

as William O'Toole

Farrah's Story

as Self

Malibu's Most Wanted

as Bill Gluckman

Gentleman B.

as Phil, Bank Manager

3.2

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

2003

as Self

People I Know

as Cary Launer

Epoch

as Allen Lysander

The List

as Richard Miller

Coming Soon

as Dick

Zero Effect

as Gregory Stark

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

as James Edmunds

Sink Or Swim

as Dr. Applefield

Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me

1997

as Self (archive footage)

Faithful

as Jack Connor

Man of the House

as Man with Kite (uncredited)

The Man Upstairs

as Mooney Polaski

Chances Are

as Philip Train

Small Sacrifices

as Lew Lewiston

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

1988

as Pimp

Tough Guys Don't Dance

as Tim Madden

Fever Pitch

as Taggart

Irreconcilable Differences

1984

as Albert Brodsky

5.6

James Bond: The First 21 Years

as Self

Partners

as Sgt. Benson

So Fine

as Bobby Fine

Green Ice

as Joseph Wiley

Circle of Two

as Theatre Patron (uncredited)

4.5

The Main Event

1979

as Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon

The Driver

as The Driver

Oliver's Story

as Oliver Barrett IV

A Bridge Too Far

as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

Nickelodeon

as Leo Harrigan

Barry Lyndon

as Barry Lyndon

The Thief Who Came to Dinner

as Webster McGee

Paper Moon

as Moses Pray

What's Up, Doc?

as Howard Bannister

Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?

as Self

Wild Rovers

as Frank Post

Love Hate Love

as Russ Emery

Mean Justice

as Tal Garrett

Love Story

as Oliver Barrett IV

The Games

as Scott Reynolds

The Big Bounce

as Jack Ryan

Television (32)

Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals

NCIS: Los Angeles

What About Brian

In Justice

Bones

as Max Keenan

Desperate Housewives

as Rodney Scavo

Miss Match

as Jerry Fox

Bull

Timecop

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

8.1

The Larry Sanders Show

as Ryan O'Neal

Good Sports

as Bobby Tannen

Small Sacrifices

as Lew Lewiston

Beauty and the Beast

Great Performances

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Felony Squad

Peyton Place

as Rodney Harrington

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Virginian

as Ben Anders

Empire

as Tal Garrett

Empire

as Tai

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

My Three Sons

as Chug Williams

The Untouchables

as Bellhop (uncredited)

7.8

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

as Herm

Perry Mason

as John Carew

Wagon Train

as Paul Phillips

Leave It to Beaver

as Tom Henderson

Bachelor Father

The Oscars

as Self

General Electric Theater

1953

as Art Anderson

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