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Ryan O'Neal
Known for: ActingCharles 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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Barry Lyndon
as Barry Lyndon 
A Bridge Too Far
as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin 
Green Ice
as Joseph Wiley 
Paper Moon
as Moses Pray 
What's Up, Doc?
as Howard Bannister 
Love Story
as Oliver Barrett IV 
The Driver
as The Driver 
Malibu's Most Wanted
as Bill Gluckman 
Chances Are
as Philip Train 
Irreconcilable Differences
as Albert Brodsky 
Zero Effect
as Gregory Stark 
People I Know
as Cary Launer 
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
as James Edmunds 
Epoch
as Allen Lysander 
Nickelodeon
as Leo Harrigan 
Coming Soon
as Dick 
The Main Event
as Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon 
Faithful
as Jack Connor 
So Fine
as Bobby Fine 
Wild Rovers
as Frank Post 
Oliver's Story
as Oliver Barrett IV 
The Games
as Scott Reynolds 
Tough Guys Don't Dance
as Tim Madden 
My Best Friend's Famous
as Himself 
The List
as Richard Miller 
Sink Or Swim
as Dr. Applefield 
Fever Pitch
as Taggart 
Partners
as Sgt. Benson 
Filmworker
as Self 
The Big Bounce
as Jack Ryan