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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-04-20 (84 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

Acting

2019

This Is Farrah Fawcett as Self (archive footage)

2018

Filmworker as Self

2015

Unity as Narrator (voice)

2014

2012

Slumber Party Slaughter as William O'Toole

2011

2009

2006

2005

Bones as Max Keenan

2004

Desperate Housewives as Rodney Scavo

2003

Malibu's Most Wanted as Bill Gluckman
Gentleman B. as Phil, Bank Manager
Miss Match as Jerry Fox

2002

People I Know as Cary Launer

2001

Epoch as Allen Lysander

2000

The List as Richard Miller

1999

Coming Soon as Dick

1998

1997

Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me as Self (archive footage)
Hacks as Dr. Applefield

1996

1995

Man of the House as Man with Kite (uncredited)

1993

1992

The Man Upstairs as Mooney Polaski
1775 as Jeremy Proctor

1991

Good Sports as Bobby Tannen

1989

Chances Are as Philip Train
Small Sacrifices as Lew Lewiston
Small Sacrifices as Lew Lewiston

1988

1987

1985

Fever Pitch as Taggart

1984

Irreconcilable Differences as Albert Brodsky

1982

Partners as Sgt. Benson

1981

So Fine as Bobby Fine
Green Ice as Joseph Wiley
Circle of Two as Theatre Patron (uncredited)

1979

The Main Event as Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon

1978

The Driver as The Driver
Oliver's Story as Oliver Barrett IV

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

1972

1971

Wild Rovers as Frank Post
Love Hate Love as Russ Emery
Mean Justice as Tal Garrett

1970

Love Story as Oliver Barrett IV
The Games as Scott Reynolds

1969

The Big Bounce as Jack Ryan

1968

The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest

1966

1964

Peyton Place as Rodney Harrington

1962

The Virginian as Ben Anders
Empire as Tal Garrett
Empire as Tai
Empire as Tai Garrett

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self - (archive footage)
The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host

1960

My Three Sons as Chug Williams

1959

The Untouchables as Bellhop (uncredited)

1957

Perry Mason as John Carew
Leave It to Beaver as Tom Henderson
Wagon Train as Paul Phillips

1953

General Electric Theater as Art Anderson
The Oscars as Self