Ryan O'Neal

Ryan O'Neal

4/20/1941 – 12/8/2023Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Filmography (80 titles)

Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and MozeMovie

Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze

Self (Archival Footage) · 2024

My Best Friend's FamousMovie

My Best Friend's Famous

Himself · 2019

This Is Farrah Fawcett6.0Movie

This Is Farrah Fawcett

Self (archive footage) · 2019

Filmworker7.1Movie

Filmworker

Self · 2018

Knight of Cups5.7Movie

Knight of Cups

Ryan · 2015

Unity7.6Movie

Unity

Narrator (voice) · 2015

Kubrick Remembered6.6Movie

Kubrick Remembered

Self · 2014

Slumber Party SlaughterMovie

Slumber Party Slaughter

William O'Toole · 2012

Ryan and Tatum: The O'NealsShow

Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals

2011

The Talk3.0Show

The Talk

Self · 2010

NCIS: Los Angeles7.5Show

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009

Farrah's Story4.0Movie

Farrah's Story

Self · 2009

What About Brian6.3Show

What About Brian

2006

Bones8.2Show

Bones

Max Keenan · 2005

Desperate Housewives7.9Show

Desperate Housewives

Rodney Scavo · 2004

Miss Match6.6Show

Miss Match

Jerry Fox · 2003

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration8.0Movie

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Self · 2003

Malibu's Most Wanted5.3Movie

Malibu's Most Wanted

Bill Gluckman · 2003

Gentleman B.4.4Movie

Gentleman B.

Phil, Bank Manager · 2003

People I Know5.2Movie

People I Know

Cary Launer · 2002

Epoch4.7Movie

Epoch

Allen Lysander · 2001

The List4.8Movie

The List

Richard Miller · 2000

Bull6.8Show

Bull

2000

Coming Soon5.7Movie

Coming Soon

Dick · 1999

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn3.9Movie

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

James Edmunds · 1998

Zero Effect6.3Movie

Zero Effect

Gregory Stark · 1998

Timecop6.6Show

Timecop

1997

Sink Or Swim5.3Movie

Sink Or Swim

Dr. Applefield · 1997

Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me4.1Movie

Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me

Self (archive footage) · 1997

E! True Hollywood Story8.2Show

E! True Hollywood Story

1996