- Home
- Ryan O'Neal
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.
Filmography 30
Barry Lyndon
+3
as Barry Lyndon 
A Bridge Too Far
+13
as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin 
Green Ice
+2
as Joseph Wiley 
Paper Moon
+3
as Moses Pray 
The Driver
as The Driver 
What's Up, Doc?
+6
as Howard Bannister 
Love Story
+8
as Oliver Barrett IV 
Malibu's Most Wanted
+3
as Bill Gluckman 
Chances Are
+8
as Philip Train 
People I Know
+1
as Cary Launer 
Zero Effect
+2
as Gregory Stark 
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
+2
as James Edmunds 
Epoch
+11
as Allen Lysander 
Nickelodeon
+3
as Leo Harrigan 
Coming Soon
+9
as Dick 
The Main Event
+4
as Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon 
Irreconcilable Differences
+2
as Albert Brodsky 
Faithful
as Jack Connor 
So Fine
+2
as Bobby Fine 
Wild Rovers
+5
as Frank Post 
Oliver's Story
+3
as Oliver Barrett IV 
The Games
+2
as Scott Reynolds 
Tough Guys Don't Dance
+4
as Tim Madden 
Partners
as Sgt. Benson 
My Best Friend's Famous
as Himself 
The List
+2
as Richard Miller 
Sink Or Swim
+5
as Dr. Applefield 
Fever Pitch
as Taggart 
The Big Bounce
+2
as Jack Ryan 
Filmworker
+6
as Self