Ryan O'Neal
Acting
🎂 1941-04-20
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.
Cast credits(82)
Self
1962
Tom Henderson
1957
Max Keenan
2005
Self
1971
2009
Self
1961
Self - (archive footage)
1961
Self - Co-Host
1961
Rodney Scavo
2004
Self - Guest
1968
1993
Paul Phillips
1957
John Carew
1957
Herm
1959
Self
1953
1966
1957
2006
Ben Anders
1962
2000
Chug Williams
1960
Bellhop (uncredited)
1959
Jerry Fox
2003
Tal Garrett
1962
Tai
1962
Tai Garrett
1962
1996
Bobby Tannen
1991
Barry Lyndon
1975
2011
Oliver Barrett IV
1970
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
1977
Art Anderson
1953
2006
Dick
1999
1997
Ryan
2015
Philip Train
1989
The Driver
1978
Moses Pray
1973
1987
Leo Harrigan
1976
Man with Kite (uncredited)
1995
Howard Bannister
1972
Bill Gluckman
2003
Bobby Fine
1981
Narrator (voice)
2015
Sgt. Benson
1982
Rodney Harrington
1964
Cary Launer
2002
Jack Connor
1996
Lew Lewiston
1989
Tim Madden
1987
Oliver Barrett IV
1978
Frank Post
1971
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
1981
James Edmunds
1998
Albert Brodsky
1984
Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
1979
Jack Ryan
1969
Gregory Stark
1998
Scott Reynolds
1970
Joseph Wiley
1981
Allen Lysander
2001
Lew Lewiston
1989
Webster McGee
1973
Taggart
1985
Dr. Applefield
1997
Tal Garrett
1971
Self
2009
Self (archive footage)
1997
Self
2018
Mooney Polaski
1992
Russ Emery
1971
Himself
2019
Richard Miller
2000
Self
2014
Phil, Bank Manager
2003
Self (archive footage)
2019
William O'Toole
2012
Self
1972
Pimp
1988