Ryan O'Neal
Acting
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.
Born: April 20, 1941
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Bones
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.
Barry Lyndon
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 Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.
Desperate Housewives
Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.
Paper Moon
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
The Untouchables
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
Small Sacrifices
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 emergency room.
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
The Larry Sanders Show
Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley and his fiercely protective producer Artie, allows Garry Shandling and his talented writers to look behind the scenes and to show us a convincing slice of behind the camera life.
NCIS: Los Angeles
The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.
Filmography
as Himself
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Ryan
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as William O'Toole
as Self
as Max Keenan
as Rodney Scavo
as Jerry Fox
as Bill Gluckman
as Phil, Bank Manager
as Cary Launer
as Allen Lysander
as Richard Miller
as Dick
as James Edmunds
as Gregory Stark
as Dr. Applefield
as Self (archive footage)
as Jack Connor
as Man with Kite (uncredited)
as Mooney Polaski
as Ryan O'Neal
as Bobby Tannen
as Lew Lewiston
as Lew Lewiston
as Philip Train
as Pimp
as Tim Madden
as Taggart
as Albert Brodsky
as Sgt. Benson
as Bobby Fine
as Joseph Wiley
as Theatre Patron (uncredited)
as Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
as Oliver Barrett IV
as The Driver
as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
as Leo Harrigan
as Barry Lyndon
as Moses Pray
as Webster McGee
as Howard Bannister
as Frank Post
as Russ Emery
as Tal Garrett
as Self
as Oliver Barrett IV
as Scott Reynolds
as Jack Ryan
as Self - Guest
as Rodney Harrington
as Ben Anders
as Self
as Self - (archive footage)
as Self - Co-Host
as Chug Williams
as Bellhop (uncredited)
as Tom Henderson
as John Carew
as Paul Phillips
as Self
as Art Anderson