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Ryan o' neal movies and tv shows Continue American actor Ryan O'Neill in 1968BornCharles Patrick Ryan O'Neill (1941-04-20) April 20, 1941 (age 79)Los Angeles, California, U.S.OccupationActorYears active1960-presentSpouse (s)Joanna Moore (m. 1963; 1967) 1967; div. 1971) Partner (s)Farrah Fawcett (1979-1997; 2001-2009)Children4 (including Tatum, Griffin and Patrick)Parent Charles O'NealPatricia O'CallaghanWebsite Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal (born April 20, 1941) is an American actor and former boxer. O'Neill trained as an amateur boxer before starting his acting career in 1960. In 1964 he landed the role of Rodney Harrington on the ABC night soap opera Peyton Place. The series became a hit and boosted O'Neill's career. He later found success in films, most notably Love Story (1970), for which he won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Actor, What Happened to Peter Bogdanovich, Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973), Barry Lyndon Stanley Kubrick (1975), Richard Attenborough Bridge Too Far (1977), and Walter Hill Driver (1978). From 2005 to 2017, he played a recurring role in the television series Bone as Max, the father of the main character of the show. O'Neill's early life was born in Los Angeles, California, the eldest son of actress Patricia Ruth Olga (nee O'Callaghan; 1907-2003) and writer and screenwriter Charles O'Neill. His father was of Irish and English descent, while his mother was paternal of Irish and Maternal Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His brother, Kevin, is an actor and screenwriter. O'Neill attended the University of Los Angeles High School and trained there to become a Golden Glove boxer. In the late 1950s, his father had a writing job on a television series called Citizen Soldiers, and moved the family to Munich, where O'Neill attended Munich American High School. A career of television roles and early work in Germany, O'Neill struggled at school, so his mother pulled out some favors and got his job as a stand-in show shot in the area, Tales of the Vikings. O'Neill worked on it as an extra and stuntman and got an acting error. O'Neill returned to the United States and tried to do so as an actor. In 1960, he first appeared on television starring in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis' The Hunger Strike. He followed this up with guest shots at The Untouchables, General Electric Theater, DuPont Show with June Ellison, Laramie, Two Faces of the West, Westinghouse Playhouse (several episodes), The Bachelor Father, My Three Sons, Leave His Beaver episode wally Goes Steady in 1961 and Virginia. He was under contract with Universal, but they let him expire. 1962-1963: Empire From 1962 to 1963, O'Neill was a regular in the NBC Empire, another modern western where he played Tal Garrett in support of Egan. He ran for 33 33 In 1963, the series was revived as Redigo, but O'Neill turned down the chance to reprise his role. When the series ended, O'Neill returned to guest roles on shows such as Perry Mason and Wagon Train. 1964-1969: Peyton Place and Big Bounce In 1964 he was cast as Rodney Harrington in the prime-time TV series Peyton Place. O'Neill said he got the role because the studio was looking for a young Doug McClure. The series was a great success, making national names of its cast line-up including O'Neal. Some have been offered film roles, including Mia Farrow, Rosemary's Baby (1968), and Barbara Parkins, Valley of the Dolls (1967), and O'Neill keen to make films. During the series, O'Neill appeared as a pilot for the proposed series, European Eye (1968). He also signed with ABC on the record. O'Neill's first role in the film came with The Big Bounce (1969), based on the novel by Elmore Leonard. In 1969 he appeared in the television version Of The Yum Tree (1963). 1970-1973: A love story, What Happened, Doc? and Paper Moon In 1970 he played Olympic athlete in the Games. The film was written as co-written by Erich Segal, who recommended O'Neill for a role in Love Story (1970), based on Segal's novel and script. A number of actors turned down the role, including Beau Bridges and Jon Went, before he was offered O'Neill. His fee was $25,000; he said he had an offer that paid five times as much to appear in the Jerry Lewis film, but O'Neill knew that Love Story was the best prospect and chose that instead. Paramount studios manager Robert Evans, who was also married to the female role in the film, Ali McGraw, said they had tested 14 other actors, but none compared to O'Neill; He said the part was the role of Cary Grant - a handsome leading man with a lot of emotion. I hope young people enjoyed it, O'Neill said before the film's release. I don't want to go back to TV. I don't want to go back to these NAB conventions. The love story turned out to be a box-office phenomenon. This made O'Neill a star and earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, although O'Neill was bitter, he never got a percentage of the profits, unlike co-star Ali McGraw. In the period between the production and release of the film, O'Neill appeared in a television film written by Eric Embler, Love Hate Love (1971), which received good ratings. He also made a western, Wild Rovers (1971) with William Holden for director Blake Edwards. Wild Rovers, heavily cut by MGM, was considerably less popular than Love Story. O'Neill was going to make another film for MGM, Deadly Honeymoon (1974), based on the novel by Larry Block. However, O'Neill pulled out. Peter Bogdanovich later said MGM chief executive Jim Aubrey was cruel to O'Neill. O'Neill also wanted director Nick Rogue to appear Julie Christie in the film adaptation of Out of Africa, which was never made. [25] [25] O'Neill starred in the comedy What Happened, Doc? (1972), for Bogdanovich, and opposite Barbra Streisand. The film became the third highest-grossing 1972 film and led to an offer to star in Stanley Kubrick's film, Barry Lyndon. While this film was in pre-production, O'Neill played a jewel thief in The Thief, who came to dinner (1972) opposite Jacqueline Bisset and Warren Oates. He was then reunited with Bogdanovich for Paper Moon (1973), in which he starred opposite his daughter Tatum O'Neill. Tatum won an Oscar for her performance in the popular film and in 1973, Ryan O'Neill was recognized by exhibitors as the second most popular star in the country, after Clint Eastwood. 1974-1980: Barry Lyndon, Bridge Too Far and Main Event O'Neill spent more than a year making Barry Lyndon (1975) for Kubrick. The resulting film was considered a commercial disappointment and had a mixed critical reception; he won the O'Neill Harvard Lampoon Award for Worst Actor in a 1975 Role. Reflecting on in 1985, O'Neill said the film was all right, but he (Kubrick) completely changed the picture during the year he spent editing it. The film's reputation has grown in recent years, but O'Neill says his career has not recovered from the film's reception. O'Neill was originally supposed to star in the flop of The Musical Bogdanovich At Long Last Love, but was replaced by Burt Reynolds. However he did the screwball comedy Nickelodeon (1976) with Reynolds, Bogdanovich and Tatum O'Neal, for a fee of $750,000. The film failed at the box office. O'Neal followed this with a minor role in the all-star war film Bridge Too Far (1977), playing General James Gavin. O'Neill's performance as a hardened general was heavily criticized, although O'Neill was only a year older than Gavin during the film's events. Can I help him if I take pictures like I'm 16 and they gave me a helmet that was too big for my head? He said later. At least I did my parachute jump. The film performed poorly in the U.S., but performed well in Europe. O'Neill initially turned down a reported $3 million to star in Oliver's Story (1978), a sequel to Love Story. Instead, he appeared in the film The Driver (1978), directed by Walter Hill, who wrote The Thief Who Came to Dinner. It was a disappointing box office in the US, but, as the bridge too far, did better overseas. Hill later said he was so pleased with Ryan in the film and I was very disappointed that people didn't particularly give him credit for what he did. To me, he's the best he's ever been. I can't imagine another actor. O'Neill was supposed to follow suit with The Champ (1979), directed by Franco Sephfirelli, but decided to leave after Sephfirelli refused to leave O'Neill's son Griffin opposite him. Instead, he agreed to make Oliver's story after The script was rewritten. However the film is a film flop at the box office. What I have to do now, seriously, is win a few hearts as an actor, he said in 1978. Just like Cary Grant did. I know I have a lot of wins. But I'm young enough. I'll get there... Around the same time, O'Neill was to star in the film The Bodyguard based on the script by Lawrence Kasdan, opposite Diana Ross for director John Boorman.