Ryan O'Neal Biography (1941-)

Full name, Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal; born April 20, 1941, in Los Angeles,CA; son of Charles A. (a writer) and Patricia (an actress; maiden name, Callaghan) O'Neal; brother of Kevin O'Neal (an actor); married Joanna Moore, April, 1963 (divorced February, 1967); married Leigh Taylor-Young (an actress), February, 1967 (divorced, c. 1973); companion of Farrah Fawcett (an actress), 1980-97; children: (first marriage) Tatum Beatrice (an actress), Griffin Patrick (an actor); (second marriage) Patrick; (with Fawcett) Redmond James. Addresses: Agent: David Shapira and Associates, 15301 Ventura Blvd., Suite345, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403.

Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: April 20, 1941; Los Angeles, California

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Jack Ryan, The Big Bounce, Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1969
Scott Reynolds, The Games, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970
Oliver Barrett IV, Love Story, Paramount, 1970
Frank Post, Wild Rovers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971
The Moviemakers, 1971
Professor Howard Bannister, What's Up, Doc?, Warner Bros., 1972
Moses Pray, Paper Moon, Paramount, 1973
Webster, The Thief Who Came to Dinner, Warner Bros., 1973
Redmond Barry and Barry Lyndon, Barry Lyndon, Warner Bros., 1975
Leo Harrigan, Nickelodeon, Columbia, 1976
Brigadier General James M. Gavin, A Bridge Too Far, United Artists, 1977
Title role, The Driver, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978
Oliver Barrett IV, Oliver's Story, Paramount, 1978
Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon, The Main Event, Warner Bros., 1979
Joseph Wiley, Green Ice, ITC, 1981
Bobby Fine, So Fine, Warner Bros., 1981
Detective Sergeant Benson, Partners (also known as Zwei irre Typen auf heisser Spur), Paramount, 1982
Albert Brodsky, Irreconcilable Differences, Warner Bros., 1984
Steve Taggart, Fever Pitch, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1985
Tim Madden, Tough Guys Don't Dance, Cannon, 1987
Philip Train, Chances Are, 1989
Jack O'Donnell, Faithful, New Line Cinema, 1996
Dr. Applefield, Hacks (also known as The Big Twist and Sink or Swim), Rigorous Productions/Shoreline Entertainment, 1997
James Edmunds, An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, 1997 Buena Vista, 1998
Gregory Stark, Zero Effect, Columbia, 1998
Dick, Coming Soon, 1999 Unapix Entertainment, 2000
The List, Moonstone Entertainment/York Entertainment, 2000
Gentleman B. (also known as The Gentleman Bandit), ShowcaseEntertainment/Terminal Bliss Pictures, 2000

Epoch, Epoch Productions/New City Releasing, 2000
People I Know, Myriad Pictures/South Fork Films, 2001
Television Appearances
Series
Tal Garret, Empire, NBC, 1962-1963
Rodney Harrington, Peyton Place, ABC, 1964-1969
"Downtown" Bobby Tannen, Good Sports, CBS, 1991
Miniseries
Lew Lewiston, Small Sacrifices, ABC, 1989
Movies
Russ Emery, Love, Hate, Love, ABC, 1971
Mooney Polaski, The Man Upstairs, CBS, 1992
Pilots
Ingersoll, The Search, CBS, 1968
Mike, Under the Yum Yum Tree, ABC, 1969
Specials
Host, Go!, ABC, 1967
Host, Romp, ABC, 1968
Pimp, Liza Minnelli in "Sam Found Out": Triple Play, ABC, 1988
The 61st Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1989
Jeremy Proctor, 1775, CBS, 1992
Episodic
"The Hunger Strike," The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, CBS, 1960
"The Jack `Legs' Diamond Story," The Untouchables, ABC, 1960
"The Playoff," General Electric Theatre, CBS, 1960
"Doctor's Orders," Two Faces West, syndicated, 1961
"Wally's Married Friends," Leave It to Beaver, ABC, 1961
"Bentley and the Great Debate," Bachelor Father, NBC, 1961
"Nancy Comes Home," The Nanette Fabray Show, NBC, 1961
"Nanette's Teenage Suitor," The Nanette Fabray Show, NBC, 1961
"It's Higgins," Our Man Higgins, ABC, 1962
"Chug and Robbie," My Three Sons, ABC, 1962
Ben, "It Takes a Big Man," The Virginian, NBC, 1963
John Carew, "The Case of the Bountiful Beauty," Perry Mason, CBS,1964
"The Nancy Styles Story," Wagon Train, ABC, 1964
"Arthur after Hours," The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1995
"Eight," The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1995
Robert Roberts, Jr., "Sins of the Father," Bull, TNT, 2000
Robert Roberts, Jr., "A Wink and a Nod," Bull, TNT, 2000
Appeared as Tom Henderson, "Going Steady," an episode of Leave It to Beaver, ABC; also appeared in Donny Dru, The DuPont Show with June Allyson, CBS, and This Is the Life.
Television Work
Series
Stunt performer and stand-in, Tales of the Vikings, German television, 1959 then NBC, 1962-1963

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

People Weekly, March 10, 1997, p. 88; May 21, 2001, p. 117

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