Ryan O'Neal
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 4.054 |
| Birthday | 1941-04-20 |
| Place of Birth | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Also Known As |
1978
The Driver
7.2/431
The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful...
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The Driver
1989
Chances Are
6.6/257
Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and...
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Chances Are
1975
Barry Lyndon
8/2775
An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Ba...
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Barry Lyndon
2001
Epoch
4.6/58
Disaster strikes as a specialised team of investigators struggle to find out the truth about a strange monolith which sends out an intercontinental si...
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Epoch
1977
A Bridge Too Far
7.214/802
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in H...
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A Bridge Too Far
1973
Paper Moon
7.9/701
A bible salesman finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership as a money-maki...
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Paper Moon
2002
People I Know
5.3/161
A New York press agent must scramble when his major client becomes embroiled in a huge scandal.
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People I Know
1972
What's Up, Doc?
7.4/378
The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.
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What's Up, Doc?
1970
Love Story
6.8/675
Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite...
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Love Story
2003
Malibu's Most Wanted
5.1/254
A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to...
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Malibu's Most Wanted
1979
The Main Event
5.2/54
A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring — an idea h...
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The Main Event
1971
Wild Rovers
6.3/43
Ross Bodine and Frank Post are cowhands on Walt Buckman's R-Bar-R ranch. Bodine is older and broods a bit about how he will get along when he's too ol...
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Wild Rovers
1998
Zero Effect
6.209/172
Daryl Zero is a private investigator and—along with his assistant, Steve Arlo—he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Although Daryl's a master inves...
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Zero Effect
1984
Irreconcilable Differences
5.6/48
Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.
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Irreconcilable Differences
1996
Faithful
5.4/23
A depressed housewife whose husband is having an affair contemplates suicide, but changes her mind when she faces death by a killer hired to do her in...
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Faithful
1989
Small Sacrifices
7.7/12
A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospital's...
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Small Sacrifices
1982
Partners
5.5/25
Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover with a gay police clerk named Kerwin as hi...
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Partners
1970
The Games
7.2/6
From Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Australia and behind the Iron Curtain. They are the most superbly conditioned animals in the wor...
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The Games
1973
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
6.9/16
A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves, an insurance investigator hounds him. He also meets a woman who beco...
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The Thief Who Came to Dinner
1981
So Fine
4.8/20
While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man comes up with an idea that turns into an unexpected overnight financial fashion success -...
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So Fine
1998
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
4.1/46
Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad big budget action film, for which he proceeds to steal the reels, and l...
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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1987
Tough Guys Don't Dance
4.6/41
Tim Madden awakens one morning to discover a fresh tattoo on his arm, his car covered in blood, his girlfriend in bed with the town sheriff, and a wom...
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Tough Guys Don't Dance
1976
Nickelodeon
6/37
In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up wi...
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Nickelodeon
1981
Green Ice
5.6/16
A down on his luck engineer gets involved in an adventure with a mysterious woman and an emerald magnate.
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Green Ice
1969
The Big Bounce
5.2/8
A Vietnam veteran and ex-con is persuaded by a shady woman to rob a $50,000 payroll account on a California produce farm. But who is playing who?
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The Big Bounce
1972
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
0/0
A documentary about the making of Peter Bogdanovich's screwball comedy "What's Up Doc?" starring Barbara Streisand and Ryan O'Neal.
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Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
1985
Fever Pitch
3.7/6
An investigative journalist gets hooked on the subject of his inquiry — organized gambling.
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Fever Pitch
1978
Oliver's Story
4.7/25
Oliver Barrett IV is emotionally devastated by the death of his wife Jenny, and, while he tries to lose himself in his work as a lawyer, the long hour...
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Oliver's Story
1997
Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me
4.4/6
At fifty years of age actress Farrah Fawcett reveals her body to the camera in this one off special.
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Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me
2009
Farrah's Story
4/1
Documentary about former Charlie's Angels star Farrah Fawcett's battle with cancer. This home-movie diary is covering roughly the past two years of Fa...
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Farrah's Story
2000
The List
4.7/9
After being arrested for solicitation, a high-class prostitute threatens to make public a list of her best clients and someone resorts to murder to ke...
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The List
1992
The Man Upstairs
5/2
Hepburn plays an elderly woman whose house becomes a hideaway for an escaped convict (O'Neal), and the pair strike up an unlikely friendship.
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The Man Upstairs
1971
Love Hate Love
5.8/5
Ryan O'Neal plays Russ Emery, a glib engineer who steals the heart of a fashion model named Sheila Blunden. She in turn leaves her jet setter fiance w...
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Love Hate Love
1988
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
0/0
Liza Minnelli plays three separate women in three separate stories. There's a serious drama about a hooker and her pimp, a romance about a lonely danc...
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Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
2019
This Is Farrah Fawcett
6/3
Friends and loved ones of Farrah Fawcett recall the actress' personal struggles and final days.
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This Is Farrah Fawcett
1995
Man of the House
5.3/166
Ben Archer is not happy. His mother, Sandy, has just met a man, and it looks like things are pretty serious. Driven by a fear of abandonment, Ben trie...
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Man of the House
2012
Slumber Party Slaughter
0/0
Academy Award winning actor Tom Kingsford visits a bizarre strip club owned by real estate mogul William O'Toole, a sadistic voyeur.
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Slumber Party Slaughter
2015
Unity
7.5/33
Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one anothe...
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Unity
2015
Knight of Cups
5.7/636
Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in...
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Knight of Cups
1971
Mean Justice
7/1
Moreno (Bronson) is a tough ranch hand on the vast half million acre Garret Ranch. Rich in timber, gas, cattle and oil, the ranch is a major employer...
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Mean Justice
2014
Kubrick Remembered
6.5/12
An 83-minute candid look into the life of Kubrick, including interviews with his widow, family, coworkers and actors, and featuring a tour of the Arch...
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Kubrick Remembered
2018
Filmworker
7/72
The story of Leon Vitali, who surrendered his promising acting career to become Stanley Kubrick's devoted right-hand man.
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Filmworker
2003
Gentleman B.
2.7/3
Nick Vincent is set up by his crime partner Manny Breen. He is sent away to prison and when he is released, he goes to Los Angeles to look for Maria,...
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Gentleman B.
2019
My Best Friend's Famous
0/0
After Sean Reilly, an earnest, self-deprecating, NY to LA transplant learns his slothful, less talented best friend gets a starring role on a hit TV s...
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My Best Friend's Famous
1999
Coming Soon
5.8/30
Privileged teenage friends Jenny, Nell and Stream spend their senior year on a quest to rid Stream of her virginity. However, Stream wants more than j...
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Coming Soon
1997
Sink or Swim
4.8/4
Brian is a television writer-producer who has to script a 22-episode anthology, but lacks inspiration. He witnesses a strange romantic encounter betwe...
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Sink or Swim
1981
Circle of Two
4.9/7
A 60-year-old artist shares a secret, platonic romance with a 16-year-old girl.
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