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Ron O'Neal

Ron O'Neal is best known for his iconic role as Youngblood Priest in the 1972 crime drama Super Fly. Unfortunately, this role received both praise and criticism, then political backlash and controversy as a 'blaxploitation' film. His credits include Freedom Road (1979), Red Dawn (1984), Up Against the Wall (1991), and appearances on series including A Different World, The Equalizer, Hill Street Blues and Bring 'Em Back Alive.


Aliases
  • Ron O'Neill
English
  • Born In Utica, New York, USA
  • Born September 1, 1937
  • Died January 14, 2004
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Bring 'Em Back Alive

1982
as H.H., the Sultan of Johore

Guest Star

Episode Murder, She Wrote
J.B. as in Jailbird
1988
Episode The Sinbad Show
David's Van
1993
Episode The Equalizer
Torn
1986
Episode A Different World
Do You Take This Woman? (2)
1991
Episode A Different World
Save the Best for Last (2)
1992
Episode E! True Hollywood Story
Ron O'Neal: Superfly
1970
Episode A Different World
The Prime of Miss Lettie Bostic
1988
Episode A Different World
Whitley's Last Supper
1990
Episode Sparks
Roots III
1997
Episode Living Single
One Degree of Separation
1997
Episode Remington Steele
Lofty Steele
1984
Episode Knight Rider
Sky Knight
1985
Episode The Greatest American Hero
A Chicken in Every Plot
1982
Episode The Equalizer
Wash-Up
1986
Episode Beauty and the Beast
Once Upon a Time in the City of New York
1987
Episode The Equalizer
Pretenders
1986
Episode Living Single
Never Can Say Goodbye
1997