Ryan O'Neal
Acting
🎂 1941-04-20
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.
Cast credits(83)
Max Keenan
2005
2009
Rodney Scavo
2004
John Carew
1957
Self
1962
Paul Phillips
1957
Self
1961
Self - (archive footage)
1961
Self - Co-Host
1961
Ben Anders
1962
Chug Williams
1960
Self
1971
1993
Bellhop (uncredited)
1959
Tom Henderson
1957
Self
1953
1966
Self - Guest
1968
Herm
1959
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
1977
Barry Lyndon
1975
Jerry Fox
2003
Oliver Barrett IV
1970
2000
2006
Ryan
2015
2006
The Driver
1978
Cary Launer
2002
Howard Bannister
1972
Philip Train
1989
Tal Garrett
1962
Tai
1962
Tai Garrett
1962
Bill Gluckman
2003
Lew Lewiston
1989
1997
1957
Scott Reynolds
1970
Self
1983
James Edmunds
1998
Dr. Applefield
1997
Self (archive footage)
1997
Moses Pray
1973
Man with Kite (uncredited)
1995
Jack Connor
1996
Narrator (voice)
2015
Albert Brodsky
1984
Frank Post
1971
Dick
1999
Self (archive footage)
2019
Bobby Tannen
1991
Leo Harrigan
1976
Self
2009
Russ Emery
1971
Mooney Polaski
1992
Art Anderson
1953
Tim Madden
1987
Self
2014
Jack Ryan
1969
Oliver Barrett IV
1978
Richard Miller
2000
Himself
2019
Gregory Stark
1998
Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
1979
Webster McGee
1973
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
1981
Sgt. Benson
1982
Bobby Fine
1981
Tal Garrett
1971
Self
2018
1996
Allen Lysander
2001
Rodney Harrington
1964
William O'Toole
2012
Taggart
1985
Joseph Wiley
1981
Lew Lewiston
1989
1987
2011
Self
1972
Phil, Bank Manager
2003
Pimp
1988