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- Birth nameCharles Patrick Ryan O'Neal
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal was an American actor and former boxer. He 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. It 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 television series Bones as Max, the father of the show's protagonist.- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpousesLeigh Taylor-Young(February 28, 1967 - March 13, 1974) (divorced, 1 child)Joanna Moore(April 3, 1963 - February 27, 1967) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- Parents
- RelativesEmily McEnroe(Grandchild)Kevin McEnroe(Grandchild)Sean McEnroe(Grandchild)Kevin O'Neal(Sibling)
- Wavy fair hair
- Rugged yet boyish looks
- Lean boxer's physique
- Often plays bumbling characters in comedies
- Was in a relationship with Barbara Parkins between his first and second marriages. In the 1970s, he dated Anouk Aimée, Barbara Allen, Ursula Andress, Jacqueline Bisset, Florinda Bolkan, Juanita Brown, Barbara Carrera, Oona Chaplin, Julie Christie, Pat Cleveland, Joan Collins, Britt Ekland, Melanie Griffith, Sabrina Guinness, Christa Helm, Anjelica Huston, Lauren Hutton, Bianca Jagger, Claudine Longet, Diana Ross, Cybill Shepherd, Barbra Streisand, Diane von Fürstenberg, Tuesday Weld and Lana Wood. He was later involved with Leslie Stefanson while on a break from Farrah.
- Father, with Joanna Moore, of daughter Tatum O'Neal and son Griffin O'Neal. Ex-father-in-law of John McEnroe.
- Father of Patrick O'Neal (full name at birth: Charles Samuel Eldridge Patrick Ryan O'Neal IV) with actress Leigh Taylor-Young.
- Ryan O'Neal is credited with an 18-4, 13 knockouts amateur boxing record. However, he was introduced in 1970 for an exhibition match with Joe Frazier as having 14 victories. Muhammad Ali commented that O'Neal was definitely a good boxer.
- Friends with Lee Majors until his long-term relationship began with Majors' then-wife, actress Farrah Fawcett.
- The only time I ever had steady employment was in Peyton Place (1964). Once I was in control of my destiny, I found it very difficult.
- [About Farrah Fawcett's ultimately unsuccessful cancer battle]: It's a love story. I just don't know how to play this one. I won't know this world without her. Cancer is an insidious enemy.
- The Main Event (1979) - $1,000,000
- Oliver's Story (1979) - $3,000,000
- Love Story (1971) - $25,000
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