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.
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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
5.8
Desperate Housewives
7.918
Miss Match
6.625
Bones
8.2
Beauty and the Beast
7.442
In Justice
6.6
E! True Hollywood Story
8.103
What About Brian
6.2
Perry Mason
7.719
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
7
General Electric Theater
6.25
Leave It to Beaver
6.922
Good Sports
6
Felony Squad
6.4
Bachelor Father
6
The Virginian
6.344
Bull
6.8
Peyton Place
6.6
Timecop
6.4
NCIS: Los Angeles
7.532
The Oscars
7.056
Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals
0
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
Empire
6.8
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.459
The Dick Cavett Show
6.8
Small Sacrifices
0
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
Empire
6.8
Empire
6.8
Great Performances
5.5
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
My Three Sons
6.4
The Untouchables
7.839
Wagon Train
6.3
Movies
The Driver
7.177
Chances Are
6.6
Barry Lyndon
8.005
Epoch
4.7
A Bridge Too Far
7.235
Paper Moon
7.9
People I Know
5.3
What's Up, Doc?
7.368
Love Story
6.8
Malibu's Most Wanted
5.137
The Main Event
5.238
Wild Rovers
6.3
Zero Effect
6.2
Irreconcilable Differences
5.6
Faithful
5.4
Small Sacrifices
7.8
Partners
5.5
The Games
7.1
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
6.9
So Fine
4.773
Tough Guys Don't Dance
4.761
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
3.894
Nickelodeon
6.1
Green Ice
5.5
The Big Bounce
5.2
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
5
Fever Pitch
3.7
Oliver's Story
4.8
Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me
4.4
Farrah's Story
4
The List
4.409
The Man Upstairs
5
Love Hate Love
5.8
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
0
This Is Farrah Fawcett
6
Man of the House
5.338
Slumber Party Slaughter
0
Unity
7.5
Knight of Cups
5.7
Mean Justice
7
Kubrick Remembered
6.5
Filmworker
7.1
Gentleman B.
3.25
My Best Friend's Famous
0
Coming Soon
5.939
Sink Or Swim
4.8
Circle of Two
4.9