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.

Filmography

• 2015Knight of Cups — Ryan
• 2015Unity — Narrator (voice)
• 2012Slumber Party Slaughter — William O'Toole
• Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals
• NCIS: Los Angeles
• What About Brian
• Bones — Max Keenan
• Desperate Housewives — Rodney Scavo
• 2003Gentleman B. — Phil, Bank Manager
• 2003Malibu's Most Wanted — Bill Gluckman
• Miss Match — Jerry Fox
• 2002People I Know — Cary Launer
• 2001Epoch — Allen Lysander
• Bull
• 2000The List — Richard Miller
• 1999Coming Soon — Dick
• 1998An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn — James Edmunds
• 1998Zero Effect — Gregory Stark
• 1997Sink Or Swim — Dr. Applefield
• Timecop
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Faithful — Jack Connor
• 1995Man of the House — Man with Kite (uncredited)
• The Larry Sanders Show — Ryan O'Neal
• 1992The Man Upstairs — Mooney Polaski
• Good Sports — Bobby Tannen
• 1989Chances Are — Philip Train
• 1989Small Sacrifices — Lew Lewiston
• Small Sacrifices — Lew Lewiston
• 1988Sam Found Out: A Triple Play — Pimp
• 1987Tough Guys Don't Dance — Tim Madden
• 1985Fever Pitch — Taggart
• 1984Irreconcilable Differences — Albert Brodsky
• 1982Partners — Sgt. Benson
• 1981Circle of Two — Theatre Patron (uncredited)
• 1981Green Ice — Joseph Wiley
• 1981So Fine — Bobby Fine
• 1979The Main Event — Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
• 1978Oliver's Story — Oliver Barrett IV
• 1978The Driver — The Driver
• 1977A Bridge Too Far — Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
• 1976Nickelodeon — Leo Harrigan
• 1975Barry Lyndon — Barry Lyndon
• 1973Paper Moon — Moses Pray
• 1973The Thief Who Came to Dinner — Webster McGee
• 1972What's Up, Doc? — Howard Bannister
• 1971Love Hate Love — Russ Emery
• 1971Mean Justice — Tal Garrett
• 1971Wild Rovers — Frank Post
• 1970Love Story — Oliver Barrett IV
• 1970The Games — Scott Reynolds
• 1969The Big Bounce — Jack Ryan
• Felony Squad
• Peyton Place — Rodney Harrington
• Empire — Tal Garrett, Tai, Tai Garrett
• The Virginian — Ben Anders
• My Three Sons — Chug Williams
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis — Herm
• The Untouchables — Bellhop (uncredited)
• Bachelor Father
• Leave It to Beaver — Tom Henderson
• Perry Mason — John Carew
• Wagon Train — Paul Phillips
• General Electric Theater — Art Anderson

Appearances as themselves (16)

• 2024Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze — Self (archive footage)
• 2019My Best Friend's Famous — Himself
• 2019This Is Farrah Fawcett — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Filmworker — Self
• 2014Kubrick Remembered — Self
• The Talk — Self
• 2009Farrah's Story — Self
• 2003ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration — Self
• 1997Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me — Self (archive footage)
• 1983James Bond: The First 21 Years — Self
• 1972Screwball Comedies... Remember Them? — Self
• Great Performances — Self
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self, Self - (archive footage), Self - Co-Host
• The Oscars — Self