Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 20, 1941
Died
Dec 08, 2023
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
80 titles
Ryan O'Neal
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
Filmography
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
Self (Archival Footage)
My Best Friend's Famous
Himself
This Is Farrah Fawcett
Self (archive footage)
Filmworker
Self
Knight of Cups
Ryan
Unity
Narrator (voice)
Kubrick Remembered
Self
Slumber Party Slaughter
William O'Toole
Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals
The Talk
Self
NCIS: Los Angeles
Farrah's Story
Self
What About Brian
Bones
Max Keenan
Desperate Housewives
Rodney Scavo
Miss Match
Jerry Fox
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Self
Malibu's Most Wanted
Bill Gluckman
Gentleman B.
Phil, Bank Manager
People I Know
Cary Launer
Epoch
Allen Lysander
The List
Richard Miller
Bull
Coming Soon
Dick
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
James Edmunds
Zero Effect
Gregory Stark
Timecop
Sink Or Swim
Dr. Applefield
Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me
Self (archive footage)
E! True Hollywood Story
Faithful
Jack Connor
Man of the House
Man with Kite (uncredited)
The Man Upstairs
Mooney Polaski
The Larry Sanders Show
Ryan O'Neal
Good Sports
Bobby Tannen
Small Sacrifices
Lew Lewiston
Small Sacrifices
Lew Lewiston
Chances Are
Philip Train
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
Pimp
Tough Guys Don't Dance
Tim Madden
Fever Pitch
Taggart
Irreconcilable Differences
Albert Brodsky
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
Partners
Sgt. Benson
So Fine
Bobby Fine
Green Ice
Joseph Wiley
Circle of Two
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
The Main Event
Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
Oliver's Story
Oliver Barrett IV
The Driver
The Driver