Ryan O'Neal

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

83

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-04-20

Deathday

2023-12-08 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Ryan O'Neal

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.

Known For

Bones
8.2%

Bones

Sep 13, 2005

Barry Lyndon
8.0%

Barry Lyndon

Dec 18, 1975

Desperate Housewives
7.9%

Desperate Housewives

Oct 3, 2004

NCIS: Los Angeles
7.5%

NCIS: Los Angeles

Sep 22, 2009

A Bridge Too Far
7.2%

A Bridge Too Far

Jun 15, 1977

Paper Moon
7.9%

Paper Moon

May 9, 1973

Love Story
6.8%

Love Story

Dec 16, 1970

Knight of Cups
5.7%

Knight of Cups

Sep 10, 2015

The Driver
7.2%

The Driver

Jun 8, 1978

What's Up, Doc?
7.4%

What's Up, Doc?

Mar 9, 1972

Chances Are
6.6%

Chances Are

Mar 10, 1989

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Acting

2019
My Best Friend's Famous as Himself
2019
This Is Farrah Fawcett as Self (archive footage)
2018
Filmworker as Self
2015
Knight of Cups as Ryan
2015
Unity as Narrator (voice)
2014
Kubrick Remembered as Self
2012
Slumber Party Slaughter as William O'Toole
2011
Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Farrah's Story as Self
2006
What About Brian
2006
In Justice
2005
Bones as Max Keenan
2004
Desperate Housewives as Rodney Scavo
2003
Miss Match as Jerry Fox
2003
Malibu's Most Wanted as Bill Gluckman
2003
Gentleman B. as Phil, Bank Manager
2002
People I Know as Cary Launer
2001
Epoch as Allen Lysander
2000
The List as Richard Miller
2000
Bull
1999
Coming Soon as Dick
1998
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn as James Edmunds
1998
Zero Effect as Gregory Stark
1997
Timecop
1997
Hacks as Dr. Applefield
1997
Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me as Self (archive footage)
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Faithful as Jack Connor
1995
Man of the House as Man with Kite (uncredited)
1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1992
The Man Upstairs as Mooney Polaski
1992
1775 as Jeremy Proctor
1991
Good Sports as Bobby Tannen
1989
Small Sacrifices as Lew Lewiston
1989
Small Sacrifices as Lew Lewiston
1989
Chances Are as Philip Train
1988
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play as Pimp
1987
Beauty and the Beast
1987
Tough Guys Don't Dance as Tim Madden
1985
Fever Pitch as Taggart
1984
Irreconcilable Differences as Albert Brodsky
1982
Partners as Sgt. Benson
1981
So Fine as Bobby Fine
1981
Green Ice as Joseph Wiley
1981
Circle of Two as Theatre Patron (uncredited)
1979
The Main Event as Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
1978
Oliver's Story as Oliver Barrett IV
1978
The Driver as The Driver
1977
A Bridge Too Far as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
1976
Nickelodeon as Leo Harrigan
1975
Barry Lyndon as Barry Lyndon
1973
Paper Moon as Moses Pray
1973
The Thief Who Came to Dinner as Webster McGee
1972
What's Up, Doc? as Howard Bannister
1972
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them? as Self
1971
Wild Rovers as Frank Post
1971
Love Hate Love as Russ Emery
1971
Mean Justice as Tal Garrett
1971
Great Performances as Self
1970
Love Story as Oliver Barrett IV
1970
The Games as Scott Reynolds
1969
The Big Bounce as Jack Ryan
1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1966
Felony Squad
1964
Peyton Place as Rodney Harrington
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962
Empire as Tal Garrett
1962
Empire as Tai
1962
Empire as Tai Garrett
1962
The Virginian as Ben Anders
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self - (archive footage)
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1960
My Three Sons as Chug Williams
1959
The Untouchables as Bellhop (uncredited)
1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as Herm
1957
Leave It to Beaver as Tom Henderson
1957
Perry Mason as John Carew
1957
Wagon Train as Paul Phillips
1957
Bachelor Father
1953
The Oscars as Self
1953
General Electric Theater as Art Anderson
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