Ryan O'Neal
Acting
1941 – 2023 (aged 82)
Los Angeles, California, USA
64 acting credits
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
13 Sep 2005
Barry Lyndon
16 Dec 1975
Desperate Housewives
03 Oct 2004
NCIS: Los Angeles
22 Sep 2009
A Bridge Too Far
15 Jun 1977
Paper Moon
09 May 1973
Love Story
16 Dec 1970
Knight of Cups
10 Sep 2015
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Filmography
2015
- Knight of Cupsas Ryan
- Unityas Narrator (voice)
2012
- Slumber Party Slaughteras William O'Toole
2011
- Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals8 episodes
2009
- NCIS: Los Angeles1 episode
2006
- What About Brian1 episode
2005
- Bonesas Max Keenan27 episodes
2004
- Desperate Housewivesas Rodney Scavo1 episode
2003
- Miss Matchas Jerry Fox18 episodes
- Malibu's Most Wantedas Bill Gluckman
- Gentleman B.as Phil, Bank Manager
2002
- People I Knowas Cary Launer
2001
- Epochas Allen Lysander
1999
- Coming Soonas Dick
1998
- An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burnas James Edmunds
- Zero Effectas Gregory Stark
1997
- Timecop1 episode
- Sink Or Swimas Dr. Applefield
1996
- E! True Hollywood Story1 episode
- Faithfulas Jack Connor
1995
- Man of the Houseas Man with Kite (uncredited)
1992
- The Man Upstairsas Mooney Polaski
- The Larry Sanders Showas Ryan O'Neal2 episodes
1991
- Good Sportsas Bobby Tannen15 episodes
1989
- Small Sacrificesas Lew Lewiston
- Small Sacrificesas Lew Lewiston2 episodes
- Chances Areas Philip Train
1988
- Sam Found Out: A Triple Playas Pimp
1987
- Tough Guys Don't Danceas Tim Madden
1985
- Fever Pitchas Taggart
1984
- Irreconcilable Differencesas Albert Brodsky
1982
- Partnersas Sgt. Benson
1981
- So Fineas Bobby Fine
- Green Iceas Joseph Wiley
- Circle of Twoas Theatre Patron (uncredited)
1979
- The Main Eventas Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
1978
- Oliver's Storyas Oliver Barrett IV
- The Driveras The Driver
1977
- A Bridge Too Faras Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
1976
- Nickelodeonas Leo Harrigan
1975
- Barry Lyndonas Barry Lyndon
1973
- Paper Moonas Moses Pray
- The Thief Who Came to Dinneras Webster McGee
1972
- What's Up, Doc?as Howard Bannister
1971
- Wild Roversas Frank Post
- Love Hate Loveas Russ Emery
- Mean Justiceas Tal Garrett
1970
- Love Storyas Oliver Barrett IV
- The Gamesas Scott Reynolds
1969
- The Big Bounceas Jack Ryan
1966
- Felony Squad1 episode
1964
- Peyton Placeas Rodney Harrington514 episodes
1962
- Empireas Tai Garrett1 episode
- The Virginianas Ben Anders1 episode
1960
- My Three Sonsas Chug Williams1 episode
1959
- The Untouchablesas Bellhop (uncredited)1 episode
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillisas Herm1 episode
1957
- Leave It to Beaveras Tom Henderson1 episode
- Perry Masonas John Carew1 episode
- Wagon Trainas Paul Phillips1 episode
- Bachelor Father1 episode
1953
- General Electric Theateras Art Anderson1 episode