| LC control no. | no 99013414 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | O'Neal, Ron |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1937-09-01 |
| Death date | 2004-01-14 |
| Place of birth | Utica (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Acting Directing Writing |
| Affiliation | Ohio State University Public Theater (New York, N.Y.) |
| Profession or occupation | Actors Motion picture producers and directors Screenwriters |
| Found in | Super fly, 1992, c1972: credits (Ron O'Neal; actor) New York times, Jan. 17, 2004: obituaries (Ron O'Neal; actor who starred in Superfly films; d. Jan. 14, 2004 in Los Angeles at age 66) Internet Movie Database WWW site, Aug. 2, 2013: (Ron O'Neal ; actor, director, writer ; b. September 1, 1937 in Utica, New York, USA ; d. January 14, 2004 (age 66) in Los Angeles, California, USA) African American National Biography, accessed March 5, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (O'Neal, Ron; stage / screen actor, screenwriter, motion picture producer / director; born 01 September 1937 in Utica, New York, United States; graduated from Glenville High School; attended Ohio State University; joined the ensemble at Karamu performing in their productions for free; got a role with the small Joseph Papp Public Theater; chose to go with the untested production of Charles Gordone's, No Place to Be Somebody; he was awarded several honors: the Clarence Derwent, Obie, and Drama Desk awards; took a role in the film Move (1970); returned to perform in the three-week Broadway run of No Place to Be Somebody; landed a role in a film with Sidney Poitier, The Organization (1971); played lead character in Superfly (1972); directed the sequel Superfly TNT (1973); appeared in action films and as supporting character: Billy Jack (1975), A Force of One (1979), When a Stranger Calls (1979), Brave New World (1980), The Final Countdown (1980), St. Helens (1981), and Red Dawn (1984); played television roles; directed Up against the Wall (1991); played in the film Original Gangstas (1996); diagnosed with pancreatic cancer (2000); died 14 January 2004 in Los Angeles, California, United States) |
| Associated language | eng |
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