Acting

Ryan O'Neal

Born 1941-04-20 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Died 2023-12-08

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.

Credits

Newest first

Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
as Self (archive footage)
2024
My Best Friend's Famous
as Himself
2019
This Is Farrah Fawcett
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Filmworker
as Self
2018
Knight of Cups
as Ryan
2015
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Kubrick Remembered
as Self
2014
Slumber Party Slaughter
as William O'Toole
2012
Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals
2011
The Talk
as Self
2010
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Farrah's Story
as Self
2009
What About Brian
2006
Bones
as Max Keenan
2005
Desperate Housewives
as Rodney Scavo
2004
Miss Match
as Jerry Fox
2003
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
2003
Malibu's Most Wanted
as Bill Gluckman
2003
Gentleman B.
as Phil, Bank Manager
2003
People I Know
as Cary Launer
2002
Epoch
as Allen Lysander
2001
The List
as Richard Miller
2000
Bull
2000
Coming Soon
as Dick
1999
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
as James Edmunds
1998
Zero Effect
as Gregory Stark
1998
Timecop
1997
Sink Or Swim
as Dr. Applefield
1997
Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me
as Self (archive footage)
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Faithful
as Jack Connor
1996
Man of the House
as Man with Kite (uncredited)
1995
The Man Upstairs
as Mooney Polaski
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
as Ryan O'Neal
1992
Good Sports
as Bobby Tannen
1991
Small Sacrifices
as Lew Lewiston
1989
Small Sacrifices
as Lew Lewiston
1989
Chances Are
as Philip Train
1989
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
as Pimp
1988
Tough Guys Don't Dance
as Tim Madden
1987
Fever Pitch
as Taggart
1985
Irreconcilable Differences
as Albert Brodsky
1984
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self
1983
Partners
as Sgt. Benson
1982
So Fine
as Bobby Fine
1981
Green Ice
as Joseph Wiley
1981
Circle of Two
as Theatre Patron (uncredited)
1981
The Main Event
as Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
1979
Oliver's Story
as Oliver Barrett IV
1978
The Driver
as The Driver
1978
A Bridge Too Far
as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
1977
Nickelodeon
as Leo Harrigan
1976
Barry Lyndon
as Barry Lyndon
1975
Paper Moon
as Moses Pray
1973
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
as Webster McGee
1973
What's Up, Doc?
as Howard Bannister
1972
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
as Self
1972
Wild Rovers
as Frank Post
1971
Love Hate Love
as Russ Emery
1971
Mean Justice
as Tal Garrett
1971
Great Performances
as Self
1971
Love Story
as Oliver Barrett IV
1970
The Games
as Scott Reynolds
1970
The Big Bounce
as Jack Ryan
1969
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
Felony Squad
1966
Peyton Place
as Rodney Harrington
1964
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Empire
as Tal Garrett
1962
Empire
as Tai
1962
Empire
as Tai Garrett
1962
The Virginian
as Ben Anders
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - (archive footage)
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
My Three Sons
as Chug Williams
1960
The Untouchables
as Bellhop (uncredited)
1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as Herm
1959
Leave It to Beaver
as Tom Henderson
1957
Perry Mason
as John Carew
1957