Ryan O'Neal
Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal (born April 20, 1941 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American actor . In the 1970s O'Neal was one of the most successful Hollywood stars and achieved with films like Love Story , Is' was, Doc? , Paper Moon and Barry Lyndon greater notoriety.
life and work
Childhood and youth
Ryan O'Neal is the eldest son of the writer and screenwriter Charles "Blackie" O'Neal (1904-1996) and his wife, the actress Patricia O'Callaghan (1907-2003). The family moved frequently and the American grew up in Mexico, England and Germany, among others. In West Los Angeles , O'Neal attended University High School and trained as an amateur boxer, making money doing odd jobs as a beach ranger.
He attended the Munich American High School in Munich , where his parents worked on the American television series Tales of the Vikings (1959). After his first job in Geiselgasteig as a light double , the seventeen year old was hired as an extra and stuntman for the series.
Career
Back in the United States, O'Neal appeared in various television series from the early 1960s. O'Neal became known to a wide audience through his leading role in the soap opera Peyton Place (1964–1969). In 1969, he was for his performance in the melodrama Love Story (1970) on the side of Ali MacGraw for the Oscar nominated for best actor. He also had great success alongside Barbra Streisand in the screwball comedy Is' what, Doc? (1972). His brother Kevin, who is four years younger than him, also played supporting roles in both films. He also gained further fame through the part of Moses Prayin Peter Bogdanovich's paper Moon , in which his then ten-year-old daughter Tatum O'Neal appeared next to him .
In the 1970s, Ryan O'Neal was considered one of the great movie stars of the dream factory. He cemented his reputation in Hollywood with films like Walter Hills Driver or Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon . In the early 1980s, however, his career stalled. After a few flops, he stopped receiving cinema offers and instead appeared in a number of television films. In the recent past he has worked on the television series Bones - The Bone Hunter in a recurring role as the father of the title character.
From October 2015 to mid-2016, 45 years after the film Love Story hit theaters in 1970, O'Neal toured the United States with his then-acting colleague Ali MacGraw with AR Gurney's play Love Letters .
Well-known German dubbing voices of O'Neal were among others those of Randolf Kronberg , Elmar Wepper and Jörg Pleva .
family
In 1963, Ryan O'Neal married actress Joanna Moore . The marriage of his two eldest children, Tatum (1963) and Griffin (1964), ended in divorce in 1967. In the same year he married Leigh Taylor-Young , the mother of his third child Patrick. In 1973 this marriage also ended in divorce. In 1979 he and Farrah Fawcett started working then with Lee Majorswas married, a relationship that resulted in his third son Redmond in 1985. In 1997 he and Fawcett broke up. A few years later, in the course of O'Neal's leukemia, the two became closer again. O'Neal had announced on June 22, 2009 that he wanted to marry the seriously ill, but she passed away three days later. In 2001 he fell ill with chronic leukemia . In 2012 he reported that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
For many years, O'Neal's relationship with his daughter was tense. He often got into the headlines because of his relationships with his sons Griffin and Redmond, in connection with which the three were arrested several times. He has nine grandchildren and one great-grandson.
Filmography (selection)
- 1960: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1961: One should be an adult ( Leave It to Beaver ; TV series, 1 episode)
- 1962–1963: Empire (TV series, 21 episodes)
- 1963: The People at Shiloh Ranch ( The Virginian ; TV series, 1 episode)
- 1964: Perry Mason (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1964–1969: Peyton Place (television soap opera)
- 1969: Nancy, a cold playgirl (The Big Bounce)
- 1970: Love Story
- 1971: Missouri (The Wild Rovers)
- 1972: Is' what, Doc? (What's Up, Doc?)
- 1973: Paper Moon
- 1973: Webster is beyond belief (The Thief Who Came to Dinner)
- 1975: Barry Lyndon
- 1976: Rattlesnakes Don't Bite (Nickelodeon)
- 1977: The Arnhem Bridge (A Bridge Too Far)
- 1978: Oliver's Story
- 1978: Driver (The Driver)
- 1979: What, you don't want to? (The Main Event)
- 1981: The Condor plot (Green Ice)
- 1981: The Freaky Professor (So Fine)
- 1982: Two crazy guys on a hot track (Partners)
- 1984: Triple Trouble (Irreconcilable Differences)
- 1987: Tough Guys Don't Dance
- 1989: A Heavenly Lover (Chances Are)
- 1989: Schrei am Abgrund ( Small Sacrifices ; TV movie)
- 1991: Good Sports (TV series, 15 episodes)
- 1992: No Angel on Earth ( The Man Upstairs ; TV movie)
- 1996: The Wedding Anniversary (Faithful)
- 1998: Go to Hell Hollywood (To Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn)
- 1998: Zero Effect
- 2000: Quick Money (Gentleman B.)
- 2001: Torus - The Secret from Another World ( Epoch ; TV movie)
- 2002: In the Inner Circle (People I Know)
- 2003: Kate Fox & Love ( Miss Match ; TV series, 18 episodes)
- 2003: Malibu's Most Wanted
- 2005: Desperate Housewives (TV series, episode Your Fault )
- 2006–2017: Bones ( Bones ; TV series, 24 episodes)
- 2010: 90210 (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2012: Slumber Party Slaughter
- 2015: Knight of Cups
Awards and nominations
- 1970 - David di Donatello as best foreign. Actor in Love Story
- 1971 - nominated for the Oscar as Best Actor in Love Story
- 1971 - Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in Love Story
- 1972 - Golden and Silver Bravo Otto from the German youth magazine Bravo (spring and autumn)
- 1974 Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in Paper Moon
- 1988 - Golden Raspberry nomination Worst Actor in Tough Men Don't Dance
- 1990 - Golden Raspberry Nomination for Worst Actor of the Decade
- 1999 - Golden Raspberry nomination for Worst Actor in Go To Hell Hollywood
- 2005 - Golden Raspberry nomination honorary award for the most frequently nominated actor without distinction
Web links
- Ryan O'Neal in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ryan O'Neal in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Ryan O'Neal's home page (English)
- Biography at Starpulse (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Charles O'Neal . Retrieved May 21, 2016 from imdb.com
- ↑ Charles Eldridge O Neal . On familysearch.org; Scan of the marriage certificate: "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-29942-33844-19?cc=1804002: accessed 21 May 2016), 005698646> image 2391 of 3036; county courthouses, California . From familysearch.org, accessed May 21, 2016
- ↑ Patricia O'Neal - Biography . Retrieved May 21, 2016 from imdb.com
- ^ Tales of the Vikings . Retrieved May 21, 2016 from imdb.com
- ↑ a b Ryan O'Neal Biography . Retrieved May 21, 2016 from starpulse.com
- ^ Peyton Place . Retrieved May 21, 2016 from imdb.com
- ↑ Kevin O'Neal - Biography . Retrieved May 21, 2016 from imdb.com
- ↑ Jordan Riefe: Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw: 'Fame is brutal for women'. theguardian.com, October 16, 2015, accessed October 28, 2015 .
- ↑ Ryan O'Neal. In: German synchronous card index. Retrieved May 20, 2016 .
- ^ Joanna Moore - Biography . Retrieved May 21, 2016 from imdb.com
- ↑ Tatum O'Neal - Biography . Retrieved May 21, 2016 from imdb.com
- ^ Griffin O'Neal - Biography . Retrieved May 21, 2016 from imdb.com
- ↑ Leigh Taylor-Young - Biography . Retrieved May 21, 2016 from imdb.com
- ↑ Patrick O'Neal - Biography . Retrieved May 21, 2016 from imdb.com
- ^ Farrah Fawcett - Biography . Retrieved May 21, 2016 from imdb.com
- ^ A b Alan Markfield: Though Old Buddy Ryan O'Neal Bagged His Bird, Lee Majors' Aim Is Sure: He Wants Farrah Back . In: People , Vol. 13 No. 2 of January 14, 1980. pp. 72–73 ( online at people.com, accessed May 21, 2016)
- ↑ Redmond O'Neal - Biography . Retrieved May 21, 2016 from imdb.com
- ↑ Andy Tillett: EXCLUSIVE PICTURES: Redmond O'Neal, druggie son of Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal, appears zombie-like and shockingly thin as it's revealed a judge has ordered a warrant for his arrest . On May 19, 2015 on dailymail.co.uk
- ↑ The Angel's Last Fight. sueddeutsche.de, May 17, 2010, accessed on April 2, 2014 .
- ^ Leslie Bennetts: Beautiful People, Ugly Choices . On August 25, 2009 on vanityfair.com
- ^ Adele Slaughter: New drug may give O'Neal's story a happy ending . May 9, 2001 on usatoday.com
- ↑ Lauren Effron: Ryan O'Neal Says Stage 2 Prostate Cancer 'Under Control': 'Nightline' Exclusive ( Memento from May 21, 2016 on the Internet Archive ). April 17, 2012 on abcnews.go.com
- ↑ a b Stone Phillips: Tatum O'Neal Shares Survival Story: Part 2 . October 15, 2004 on nbcnews.com
- ↑ Corky Siemaszko: O'YEAH? TATUM'S JUST LYIN ', SEZ RYAN . On October 13, 2004 at nydailynews.com ( Online ( July 21, 2009 memento in the Internet Archive ))
- ↑ David Hinckley: 'Ryan & Tatum' review: Estranged father and daughter actors reconnect on their OWN show . June 18, 2011 on nydailynews.com
- ↑ Patrick O'Neal: In Defense of Dad . May 17, 2012 on huffingtonpost.com
- ^ Ryan O'Neal 2/07 . February 1, 2007 on thesmokinggun.com
- ↑ Ryan O'Neal 9/08 . September 1, 2008 on thesmokinggun.com
- ^ Tom Hoffarth: How TV sports became the main event for Patrick O'Neal, with his dad Ryan's influence . January 19, 2012 on insidesocal.com
- ↑ Ryan O'Neal, 72, becomes a grandfather for the NINTH time after son Griffin welcomes baby boy Orin . On March 12, 2014 on dailymail.co.uk
personal data | |
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SURNAME | O'Neal, Ryan |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | O'Neal, Charles Patrick Ryan (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1941 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California , USA |