Known For: American actor (1941–2023)
Category: Actors
Occupation: actor, television actor, film actor, film producer
Country: United States of America
City: Los Angeles
Date of Birth: Sunday, 20 April 1941
Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal was an American actor. Born in Los Angeles, he trained as an amateur boxer before beginning a career in acting in 1960.
| BirthPlace | Los Angeles |
| Education | Q7894738, Q1432645, Q16995699, Q15260244 |
| Awards | Q3404523, Q17985761 |
| Spouses | Leigh Taylor-Young, Joanna Moore |
| Children | Tatum O'Neal, Griffin O'Neal, Patrick O'Neal, Redmond O'Neal |
| Wikipedia | Ryan_O'Neal |
O'Neal was born in Los Angeles, on April 20, 1941, the elder son of actress Patricia (née O'Callaghan) and novelist/screenwriter Charles O'Neal. His father was of Irish and English descent, while his mother was of paternal Irish and maternal Jewish ancestry. His only sibling, younger brother, Kevin O'Neal (1945–2023), was also an actor as well as a screenwriter. O'Neal attended University High School in Los Angeles, and trained there to become a Golden Gloves boxer. During the late 1950s, his father had a job writing on a television series called Citizen Soldier, and moved the family to Munich, where O'Neal attended Munich American High School.
