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.
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Acting History
2019
My Best Friend's Famous as Himself
2019This Is Farrah Fawcett as Self (archive footage)
2018Filmworker as Self
2015Knight of Cups as Ryan
2015Unity as Narrator (voice)
2014Kubrick Remembered as Self
2012Slumber Party Slaughter as William O'Toole
2011Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals
2009NCIS: Los Angeles
2009Farrah's Story as Self
2006What About Brian
2006In Justice
2005Bones as Max Keenan
2004Desperate Housewives as Rodney Scavo
2003Miss Match as Jerry Fox
2003Malibu's Most Wanted as Bill Gluckman
2003Gentleman B. as Phil, Bank Manager
2002People I Know as Cary Launer
2001Epoch as Allen Lysander
2000The List as Richard Miller
2000Bull
1999Coming Soon as Dick
1998An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn as James Edmunds
1998Zero Effect as Gregory Stark
1997Timecop
1997Sink Or Swim as Dr. Applefield
1997Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me as Self (archive footage)
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1996Faithful as Jack Connor
1995Man of the House as Man with Kite (uncredited)
1992The Man Upstairs as Mooney Polaski
1991Good Sports as Bobby Tannen
1989Small Sacrifices as Lew Lewiston
1989Small Sacrifices as Lew Lewiston
1989Chances Are as Philip Train
1988Sam Found Out: A Triple Play as Pimp
1987Beauty and the Beast
1987Tough Guys Don't Dance as Tim Madden
1985Fever Pitch as Taggart
1984Irreconcilable Differences as Albert Brodsky
1983James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
1982Partners as Sgt. Benson
1981So Fine as Bobby Fine
1981Green Ice as Joseph Wiley
1981Circle of Two as Theatre Patron (uncredited)
1979The Main Event as Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
1978Oliver's Story as Oliver Barrett IV
1978The Driver as The Driver
1977A Bridge Too Far as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
1976Nickelodeon as Leo Harrigan
1975Barry Lyndon as Barry Lyndon
1973Paper Moon as Moses Pray
1973The Thief Who Came to Dinner as Webster McGee
1972What's Up, Doc? as Howard Bannister
1972Screwball Comedies... Remember Them? as Self
1971Wild Rovers as Frank Post
1971Love Hate Love as Russ Emery
1971Mean Justice as Tal Garrett
1971Great Performances as Self
1970Love Story as Oliver Barrett IV
1970The Games as Scott Reynolds
1969The Big Bounce as Jack Ryan
1968The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1966Felony Squad
1964Peyton Place as Rodney Harrington
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962Empire as Tal Garrett
1962Empire as Tai
1962Empire as Tai Garrett
1962The Virginian as Ben Anders
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self - (archive footage)
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1960My Three Sons as Chug Williams
1959The Untouchables as Bellhop (uncredited)
1959The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as Herm
1957Leave It to Beaver as Tom Henderson
1957Perry Mason as John Carew
1957Wagon Train as Paul Phillips
1957Bachelor Father
1953The Oscars as Self
1953General Electric Theater as Art Anderson