Ryan O'Neal

Known for ActingBorn 1941-04-20Died 2023-12-08Los Angeles, California, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

Bones

E! True Hollywood Story

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Desperate Housewives

Small Sacrifices

Barry Lyndon

Unity

The Larry Sanders Show

NCIS: Los Angeles

Paper Moon

The Untouchables

Filmworker

Perry Mason

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Games

What's Up, Doc?

A Bridge Too Far

The Driver

Bull

The Thief Who Came to Dinner

Mean Justice

Miss Match

The Oscars

Empire

James Bond: The First 21 Years

Love Story

Chances Are

The Dick Cavett Show

Leave It to Beaver

Kubrick Remembered

Good Sports

Timecop

General Electric Theater

What About Brian

Zero Effect

My Three Sons

This Is Farrah Fawcett

Wagon Train

Felony Squad

The Virginian

Farrah's Story

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

Small Sacrifices

Knight of Cups

Peyton Place

Wild Rovers

Great Performances