Ryan O'Neal

Born: 1941-04-20

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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as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Released: 1977-06-15

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

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Barry Lyndon

as Barry Lyndon
Released: 1975-12-18

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

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Love Story

as Oliver Barrett IV
Released: 1970-12-16

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

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Malibu's Most Wanted

as Bill Gluckman
Released: 2003-04-10

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

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Paper Moon

as Moses Pray
Released: 1973-05-09

A bible salesman finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and...

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What's Up, Doc?

as Howard Bannister
Released: 1972-03-09

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

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People I Know

as Cary Launer
Released: 2002-11-21

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

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The Driver

as The Driver
Released: 1978-06-08

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

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Chances Are

as Philip Train
Released: 1989-03-10

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

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Man of the House

as Man with Kite (uncredited)
Released: 1995-03-03

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

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Knight of Cups

as Ryan
Released: 2015-09-10

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

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Nickelodeon

as Leo Harrigan
Released: 1976-12-21

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

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Zero Effect

as Gregory Stark
Released: 1998-01-30

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

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Filmworker

as Self
Released: 2018-05-11

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

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Wild Rovers

as Frank Post
Released: 1971-06-23

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

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Unity

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2015-08-12

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

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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

as James Edmunds
Released: 1998-02-27

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

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Tough Guys Don't Dance

as Tim Madden
Released: 1987-09-18

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

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Irreconcilable Differences

as Albert Brodsky
Released: 1984-09-28

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

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The Main Event

as Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
Released: 1979-06-22

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

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Circle of Two

as Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Released: 1981-05-07

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

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Epoch

as Allen Lysander
Released: 2001-11-24

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

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Faithful

as Jack Connor
Released: 1996-04-03

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

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Green Ice

as Joseph Wiley
Released: 1981-05-21

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

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Coming Soon

as Dick
Released: 1999-06-08

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

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The List

as Richard Miller
Released: 2000-09-27

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

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So Fine

as Bobby Fine
Released: 1981-09-25

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

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Oliver's Story

as Oliver Barrett IV
Released: 1978-12-15

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

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Small Sacrifices

as Lew Lewiston
Released: 1989-11-12

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

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Partners

as Sgt. Benson
Released: 1982-04-30

Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go...

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The Big Bounce

as Jack Ryan
Released: 1969-03-05

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

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The Games

as Scott Reynolds
Released: 1970-08-07

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

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The Thief Who Came to Dinner

as Webster McGee
Released: 1973-03-01

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

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Sink or Swim

as Dr. Applefield
Released: 1997-09-19

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

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Fever Pitch

as Taggart
Released: 1985-11-22

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

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The Man Upstairs

as Mooney Polaski
Released: 1992-12-06

Hepburn plays an elderly woman whose house becomes a hideaway for an escaped convict (O'Neal),...

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Kubrick Remembered

as Self
Released: 2014-11-04

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

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Mean Justice

as Tal Garrett
Released: 1971-02-08

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

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Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1997-06-11

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

as Self
Released: 2009-05-15

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

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Love Hate Love

as Russ Emery
Released: 1971-02-09

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

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This Is Farrah Fawcett

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2019-05-03

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

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Slumber Party Slaughter

as William O'Toole
Released: 2012-03-31

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

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1775

as Jeremy Proctor
Released: 1992-09-05

In colonial Philadelphia, Innkeeper Jeremy Proctor runs the Cock and Hound Inn with his wife,...

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Gentleman B.

as Phil, Bank Manager
Released: 2003-02-19

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

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My Best Friend's Famous

as Himself
Released: 2019-09-06

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

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Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

as Pimp
Released: 1988-05-31

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

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Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?

as Self
Released: 1972-01-01

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

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Bones

as Max Keenan
First aired: 2005-09-13

Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special...

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Desperate Housewives

as Rodney Scavo
First aired: 2004-10-03

Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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NCIS: Los Angeles

as uncredited
First aired: 2009-09-22

The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - (archive footage)
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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Perry Mason

as John Carew
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Great Performances

as Self
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-09-12

A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty...

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The Virginian

as Ben Anders
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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My Three Sons

as Chug Williams
First aired: 1960-09-29

A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his...

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Wagon Train

as Paul Phillips
First aired: 1957-09-18

The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later...

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The Untouchables

as Bellhop (uncredited)
First aired: 1959-10-15

Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in...

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Leave It to Beaver

as Tom Henderson
First aired: 1957-10-04

Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive and often...

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Felony Squad

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-12

Twenty-year veteran Detective Sergeant Sam Stone is paired with rookie Briggs in a large Western...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

as Herm
First aired: 1959-09-29

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The...

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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What About Brian

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-04-16

Serial monogamist Brian O'Hara hits his mid-30s and suddenly realizes he's the last bachelor...

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Bachelor Father

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-09-15

Bachelor Father is an American sitcom starring John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran, and Sammee Tong....

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Bull

as uncredited
First aired: 2000-08-15

Bull is a short-lived American drama series created by Michael S. Chernuchin, who had worked on...

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Miss Match

as Jerry Fox
First aired: 2003-09-26

Miss Match is a 2003 American television series created by Jeff Rake and Darren Star and...

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In Justice

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-01-01

In Justice is an American television police procedural created by Michelle King and Robert King....

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Timecop

as uncredited
First aired: 1997-09-22

Jack Logan is a time traveler from 2007 who hunts down rogue travelers and brings them to...

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E! True Hollywood Story

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-08-21

E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood...

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Good Sports

as Bobby Tannen
First aired: 1991-01-10

Good Sports is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS network in 1991, starring Farrah Fawcett...

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Small Sacrifices

as Lew Lewiston
First aired: 1989-11-12

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

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Peyton Place

as Rodney Harrington
First aired: 1964-09-15

Like the novel and film of the same name, this nighttime soap opera is set in the small New...

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Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals

as uncredited
First aired: 2011-06-19

Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals is an American reality television show aired between June and August...

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General Electric Theater

as Art Anderson
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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Beauty and the Beast

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-25

Beauty and the Beast is an American drama series which first aired on CBS in 1987. Creator Ron...

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