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Ryan O'Neal

Ryan O'Neal

Born: 1941-04-20 • Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Filmography
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze poster
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
2024 • Self (Archival Footage)
My Best Friend's Famous poster
My Best Friend's Famous
2019 • Himself
This Is Farrah Fawcett poster
This Is Farrah Fawcett
2019 • Self (archive footage)
Filmworker poster
Filmworker
2018 • Self
Knight of Cups poster
Knight of Cups
2015 • Ryan
Unity poster
Unity
2015 • Narrator (voice)
Kubrick Remembered poster
Kubrick Remembered
2014 • Self
Slumber Party Slaughter poster
Slumber Party Slaughter
2012 • William O'Toole
Farrah's Story poster
Farrah's Story
2009 • Self
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration poster
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003 • Self
Malibu's Most Wanted poster
Malibu's Most Wanted
2003 • Bill Gluckman
Gentleman B. poster
Gentleman B.
2003 • Phil, Bank Manager
People I Know poster
People I Know
2002 • Cary Launer
Epoch poster
Epoch
2001 • Allen Lysander
The List poster
The List
2000 • Richard Miller
Coming Soon poster
Coming Soon
1999 • Dick
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn poster
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998 • James Edmunds
Zero Effect poster
Zero Effect
1998 • Gregory Stark
Sink Or Swim poster
Sink Or Swim
1997 • Dr. Applefield
Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me poster
Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me
1997 • Self (archive footage)
Faithful poster
Faithful
1996 • Jack Connor
Man of the House poster
Man of the House
1995 • Man with Kite (uncredited)
The Man Upstairs poster
The Man Upstairs
1992 • Mooney Polaski
Small Sacrifices poster
Small Sacrifices
1989 • Lew Lewiston
Chances Are poster
Chances Are
1989 • Philip Train
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play poster
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
1988 • Pimp
Tough Guys Don't Dance poster
Tough Guys Don't Dance
1987 • Tim Madden
Fever Pitch poster
Fever Pitch
1985 • Taggart
Irreconcilable Differences poster
Irreconcilable Differences
1984 • Albert Brodsky
James Bond: The First 21 Years poster
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983 • Self
Partners poster
Partners
1982 • Sgt. Benson
So Fine poster
So Fine
1981 • Bobby Fine
Green Ice poster
Green Ice
1981 • Joseph Wiley
Circle of Two poster
Circle of Two
1981 • Theatre Patron (uncredited)
The Main Event poster
The Main Event
1979 • Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
Oliver's Story poster
Oliver's Story
1978 • Oliver Barrett IV
The Driver poster
The Driver
1978 • The Driver
A Bridge Too Far poster
A Bridge Too Far
1977 • Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Nickelodeon poster
Nickelodeon
1976 • Leo Harrigan
Barry Lyndon poster
Barry Lyndon
1975 • Barry Lyndon
Paper Moon poster
Paper Moon
1973 • Moses Pray
The Thief Who Came to Dinner poster
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973 • Webster McGee
What's Up, Doc? poster
What's Up, Doc?
1972 • Howard Bannister
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them? poster
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
1972 • Self
Wild Rovers poster
Wild Rovers
1971 • Frank Post
Love Hate Love poster
Love Hate Love
1971 • Russ Emery
Mean Justice poster
Mean Justice
1971 • Tal Garrett
Love Story poster
Love Story
1970 • Oliver Barrett IV
The Games poster
The Games
1970 • Scott Reynolds
The Big Bounce poster
The Big Bounce
1969 • Jack Ryan