Ryan O'Neal
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.
79 acting credits
Acting · 79
Bones
2005
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Desperate Housewives
2004
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Perry Mason
1957
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Wagon Train
1957
Great Performances
1971
The Virginian
1962
My Three Sons
1960
The Untouchables
1959
Leave It to Beaver
1957
The Oscars
1953
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Felony Squad
1966
Miss Match
2003
What About Brian
2006
Bachelor Father
1957
Bull
2000
Barry Lyndon
1975
A Bridge Too Far
1977
Timecop
1997
Love Story
1970
The Driver
1978
General Electric Theater
1953
Good Sports
1991
Paper Moon
1973
Empire
1962
Unity
2015
What's Up, Doc?
1972
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Knight of Cups
2015
Malibu's Most Wanted
2003
Chances Are
1989
Man of the House
1995
Coming Soon
1999
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
The Main Event
1979
Small Sacrifices
1989
Irreconcilable Differences
1984
Zero Effect
1998
Partners
1982
People I Know
2002
Epoch
2001
Green Ice
1981
Wild Rovers
1971
Nickelodeon
1976
Faithful
1996
Small Sacrifices
1989
Peyton Place
1964
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
Oliver's Story
1978
Circle of Two
1981
The Games
1970
So Fine
1981
Sink Or Swim
1997
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973
Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals
2011
Filmworker
2018
The Big Bounce
1969
The List
2000
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
Kubrick Remembered
2014
Mean Justice
1971
This Is Farrah Fawcett
2019
Love Hate Love
1971
Tough Guys Don't Dance
1987
Fever Pitch
1985
Gentleman B.
2003
Slumber Party Slaughter
2012
The Man Upstairs
1992
Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me
1997
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
1972
My Best Friend's Famous
2019
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
2024
Farrah's Story
2009
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
1988