
Ryan O'Neal
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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 Bogdanovich's What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973), Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975), Richard Attenborough's A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Walter Hill's The Driver (1978). From 2005 to 2017, he had a recurring role in the Fox TV series Bones as Max, the father of the show's protagonist.
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Credits

Barry Lyndon (1975)
as Barry Lyndon

A Bridge Too Far (1977)
as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

Green Ice (1981)
as Joseph Wiley

Knight of Cups (2015)
as Ryan

What's Up, Doc? (1972)
as Howard Bannister

Paper Moon (1973)
as Moses Pray

The Driver (1978)
as The Driver

Love Story (1970)
as Oliver Barrett IV

Chances Are (1989)
as Philip Train

Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
as Bill Gluckman

Man of the House (1995)
as Man with Kite (uncredited)

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn (1998)
as James Edmunds

Zero Effect (1998)
as Gregory Stark

People I Know (2002)
as Cary Launer

Epoch (2001)
as Allen Lysander

Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
as Tim Madden

Coming Soon (1999)
as Dick

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003)
as Self

So Fine (1981)
as Bobby Fine

Nickelodeon (1976)
as Leo Harrigan

Irreconcilable Differences (1984)
as Albert Brodsky

Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze (2024)
as Self (archive footage)

Unity (2015)
as Narrator (voice)

The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
as Webster McGee

Oliver's Story (1978)
as Oliver Barrett IV

Wild Rovers (1971)
as Frank Post

The Main Event (1979)
as Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon

Sink Or Swim (1997)
as Dr. Applefield

Faithful (1996)
as Jack Connor

Screwball Comedies... Remember Them? (1972)
as Self

James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983)
as Self

Small Sacrifices (1989)
as Lew Lewiston

Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me (1997)
as Self (archive footage)

This Is Farrah Fawcett (2019)
as Self (archive footage)

Love Hate Love (1971)
as Russ Emery

My Best Friend's Famous (2019)
as Himself

The Games (1970)
as Scott Reynolds

Gentleman B. (2003)
as Phil, Bank Manager

Partners (1982)
as Sgt. Benson

The List (2000)
as Richard Miller

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play (1988)
as Pimp

Filmworker (2018)
as Self

Fever Pitch (1985)
as Taggart

The Big Bounce (1969)
as Jack Ryan

Farrah's Story (2009)
as Self

Circle of Two (1981)
as Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Kubrick Remembered (2014)
as Self

The Man Upstairs (1992)
as Mooney Polaski

Slumber Party Slaughter (2012)
as William O'Toole

Mean Justice (1971)
as Tal Garrett





