Ryan O'Neal

Ryan O'Neal

Birthday: 1941-04-20

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

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 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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The Driver
The Driver

The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented h...

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Chances Are
Chances Are

Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing t...

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Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century Englan...

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Epoch
Epoch

Disaster strikes as a specialised team of investigators struggle to find out the truth about a stran...

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A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Too Far

The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to ...

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Paper Moon
Paper Moon

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be...

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People I Know
People I Know

A New York press agent must scramble when his major client becomes embroiled in a huge scandal....

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What's Up, Doc?
What's Up, Doc?

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild ...

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Love Story
Love Story

Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they ca...

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Malibu's Most Wanted
Malibu's Most Wanted

A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a cou...

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The Main Event
The Main Event

A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she pick...

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Wild Rovers
Wild Rovers

Ross Bodine and Frank Post are cowhands on Walt Buckman's R-Bar-R ranch. Bodine is older and broods ...

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Zero Effect
Zero Effect

Daryl Zero is a private investigator and—along with his assistant, Steve Arlo—he solves impossible c...

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Irreconcilable Differences
Irreconcilable Differences

Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driv...

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Faithful
Faithful

A depressed housewife whose husband is having an affair contemplates suicide, but changes her mind w...

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Small Sacrifices
Small Sacrifices

A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her child...

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Partners
Partners

After a series of murders in Los Angeles's gay community, heterosexual police officer Sgt. Benson is...

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The Games
The Games

From Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Australia and behind the Iron Curtain. They ar...

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The Thief Who Came to Dinner
The Thief Who Came to Dinner

A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves, an insurance inves...

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So Fine
So Fine

While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man comes up with an idea that turns into a...

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Tough Guys Don't Dance
Tough Guys Don't Dance

Tim Madden awakens one morning to discover a fresh tattoo on his arm, his car covered in blood, his ...

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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad big budget action fil...

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Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon

In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an ille...

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Green Ice
Green Ice

A down on his luck engineer gets involved in an adventure with a mysterious woman and an emerald mag...

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The Big Bounce
The Big Bounce

A Vietnam veteran and ex-con is persuaded by a shady woman to rob a $50,000 payroll account on a Cal...

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Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?

A documentary about the making of Peter Bogdanovich's screwball comedy "What's Up Doc?" starring Bar...

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Fever Pitch
Fever Pitch

An investigative journalist gets hooked on the subject of his inquiry — organized gambling....

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Oliver's Story
Oliver's Story

Oliver Barrett IV is emotionally devastated by the death of his wife Jenny, and, while he tries to l...

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Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me
Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me

At fifty years of age actress Farrah Fawcett reveals her body to the camera in this one off special....

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Farrah's Story
Farrah's Story

Documentary about former Charlie's Angels star Farrah Fawcett's battle with cancer. This home-movie ...

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The List
The List

After being arrested for solicitation, a high-class prostitute threatens to make public a list of he...

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The Man Upstairs
The Man Upstairs

Hepburn plays an elderly woman whose house becomes a hideaway for an escaped convict (O'Neal), and t...

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Love Hate Love
Love Hate Love

Ryan O'Neal plays Russ Emery, a glib engineer who steals the heart of a fashion model named Sheila B...

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Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

Liza Minnelli plays three separate women in three separate stories. There's a serious drama about a ...

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This Is Farrah Fawcett
This Is Farrah Fawcett

Friends and loved ones of Farrah Fawcett recall the actress' personal struggles and final days....

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Man of the House
Man of the House

Ben Archer is not happy. His mother, Sandy, has just met a man, and it looks like things are pretty ...

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Slumber Party Slaughter
Slumber Party Slaughter

Academy Award winning actor Tom Kingsford visits a bizarre strip club owned by real estate mogul Wil...

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Unity
Unity

Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of th...

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Knight of Cups
Knight of Cups

Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. ...

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Mean Justice
Mean Justice

Moreno (Bronson) is a tough ranch hand on the vast half million acre Garret Ranch. Rich in timber, ...

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Kubrick Remembered
Kubrick Remembered

An 83-minute candid look into the life of Kubrick, including interviews with his widow, family, cowo...

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Filmworker
Filmworker

The story of Leon Vitali, who surrendered his promising acting career to become Stanley Kubrick's de...

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Gentleman B.
Gentleman B.

Nick Vincent is set up by his crime partner Manny Breen. He is sent away to prison and when he is re...

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My Best Friend's Famous
My Best Friend's Famous

After Sean Reilly, an earnest, self-deprecating, NY to LA transplant learns his slothful, less talen...

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Coming Soon
Coming Soon

Privileged teenage friends Jenny, Nell and Stream spend their senior year on a quest to rid Stream o...

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Sink Or Swim
Sink Or Swim

Brian is a television writer-producer who has to script a 22-episode anthology, but lacks inspiratio...

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Circle of Two
Circle of Two

A 60-year-old artist shares a secret, platonic romance with a 16-year-old girl....

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James Bond: The First 21 Years
James Bond: The First 21 Years

A look back at the first 21 years of Britain's most successful film series....

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