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Ron ONeal Net Worth |

By Sophia Dalton


Ron O’Neal net worth is
$19 Million

Ron O’Neal Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

Tall, lean, handsome veteran stage and classically trained actor, best known for his iconic role as Youngblood Priest - the long haired, stylishly dressed cocaine dealer who wants to make one last big score so he can retire from the cocaine business, in the seminal 1972 crime drama Super Fly. Son of a jazz musician who worked as a factory worker ... 
Net Worth$19 Million
Date Of BirthSeptember 1, 1937
Place Of BirthUtica, New York, USA
ProfessionActor, Director, Writer
Star SignVirgo
#Quote
1Frankly, I've not been pleased with most of what I've had to do. I have a considerable amount of experience, and what they've asked me to do has not demanded that much of me.
2The [Superfly] experience left me upset. Controversy served to obscure my performance, which was not an easy thing to pull off. Outside New York, people assumed I really was a hustler. 'Superfly' took me from relative obscurity, but I haven't been offered that many roles since.
#Fact
1Had a superb singing voice and loved to sing opera.
2Was long time friends with R&B legend and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Solomon Burke.
3Was offered a role in the 1988 Keenon Ivory Wayans Film, "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" and in the 1990 "Superfly" remake "The Return of Superfly" but he turned down both roles.
4Flunking out of Ohio State University, his acting career was triggered after seeing "Finian's Rainbow" by chance at the Karamu House, a highly regarded nonprofessional company that had presented interracial casting since 1913. He won a chorus role in a musical and stayed with the company for six years.
5Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2000.

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
On the Edge2002Frank Harris
The Rage Within2001Captain Lang
The Wayans Bros.1999TV SeriesSergeant Scully
Sparks1997TV SeriesArthur Fairchild
Living Single1997TV SeriesClinton James
Original Gangstas1996Bubba
Murder Was the Case: The Movie1995Video shortSuper Fly (segment "Doggy Dogg World")
Puppet Master 51994VideoDectective
The Sinbad Show1993TV SeriesSuperfly
The Boys1992TV MovieUncle John
A Different World1988-1992TV SeriesMercer Gilbert / Quentin
Up Against the Wall1991George Wilkes
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade1990TV MovieRay Samuels
1st & Ten: The Championship1989TV SeriesMr. Byron
Trained to Kill1989George 'Cotton' Shorter
Hyper Space1989Samuel 'Tubbs' Tubarian
Murder, She Wrote1988TV SeriesSgt. Joe Santiago
Mathnet1988TV SeriesSgt. Bill Dietrich
Square One Television1988TV SeriesSgt. Bill Dietrich
Hero and the Terror1988Mayor
Mercenary Fighters1988Cliff Taylor (as Ron O'Neil)
Death House1987Tom Boyle
Frank's Place1987TV SeriesOzell Dryer
Beauty and the Beast1987TV SeriesIssac Stubbs
The Equalizer1986TV SeriesLt. Isadore Smalls
Hill Street Blues1985-1986TV SeriesStan Williams / Pete
As Summers Die1986TV MovieDaniel Backus
North Beach and Rawhide1985TV MovieKyle Weston
North and South1985TV Mini-SeriesWilliam Still
Knight Rider1985TV SeriesCharles Zurich
Playing with Fire1985TV MovieSteve Phillips
Crazy Like a Fox1985TV Series
Remington Steele1984TV SeriesGabe Putnam
Red Dawn1984Colonel Ernesto Bella
Bring 'Em Back Alive1982-1983TV SeriesH.H., the Sultan of Johore H.H.
Shannon1982TV SeriesBunky James
The Greatest American Hero1982TV SeriesColonel
St. Helens1981Otis Kaylor
The Sophisticated Gents1981TV SeriesClarence 'Claire' Henderson
The Final Countdown1980Cdr. Dan Thurman
The Righteous Apples1980TV SeriesRev. Robinson
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones1980TV MovieCol. Robles
Brave New World1980TV MovieMustapha Mond
Freedom Road1979TV MovieFrancis Cardoza
When a Stranger Calls1979Lt. Charlie Garber
A Force of One1979Rollins
The Hitter1979Otis
Brothers1977Walter Nance
The Master Gunfighter1975Paulo
Hot L Baltimore1975TV SeriesMojo Thompson
Super Fly T.N.T.1973Priest
Super Fly1972Priest
The Organization1971Joe Peralez
Move1970Peter

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Up Against the Wall1991
Super Fly T.N.T.1973

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Super Fly T.N.T.1973original story

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacrespecial thanks filming
Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!2010special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted2004DocumentaryHimself
E! True Hollywood Story1999TV Series documentaryHimself
Soul!1972TV SeriesHimself

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