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Ron O'Neal (September 1, 1937 – January 14, 2004) was an American actor, director and screenwriter, who rose to fame in his role as Youngblood Priest, a New York City cocaine dealer, in the blaxploitation film Super Fly (1972) and its sequel Super Fly T.N.T. (1973).
Ron O'Neal was a stage and film actor who starred in the blaxploitation movie "Superfly" after winning an Obie Award for his role in No Place to Be Somebody. He died of cancer in 2004 and is survived by his wife.
Ron O'Neal (1937-2004) was a veteran stage and film actor, best known for his role as Youngblood Priest in the 1972 blaxploitation classic Super Fly. He also appeared in Red Dawn, The Final Countdown, Original Gangsters and many other films and TV shows.
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Ron O’Neal, a stage and film actor who rode the wave of blaxploitation movies in the early 1970s starring as the sartorially resplendent Harlem drug dealer in the 1972 hit “Superfly,” has...
Jan 17, 2004 · Ron O'Neal, whose role as the cocaine dealer Youngblood Priest in the 1972 film ''Superfly'' epitomized the era's blaxploitation genre, died here on Wednesday. He...
Jan 27, 2021 · Ron O’Neal was a charismatic and gifted actor who never fulfilled the early promise he had shown on the New York Off-Broadway stage following his appearance as a flashy drug dealer in the hit blaxploitation film Super Fly (1972), the role that made him a star but effectively limited his acting options for the remainder of his career.
Ron O ’ Neal 1937 – 2004. Actor. Discovered Theater. Rejected for Shakespeare. Movie Became Classic Blaxploitation Epic. Relegated to Action Roles. Sources. For some three decades before his death from cancer in 2004, actor Ron O ’ Neal struggled to distance himself from his 1972 role as Young-blood Priest in the 1972 smash movie, Superfly.
