American actor Ryan O’Neal died on Friday at the age of 82. The news was confirmed by his son, Patrick O’Neill job on Instagram, but the causes of death are not yet known.
Ryan O’Neal was born in 1941 in Los Angeles, California. He is best remembered for starring as Oliver Barrett IV in the film love story in 1970, which was a huge success: it was the highest-grossing film produced by Paramount Pictures up to that point and was nominated for seven Academy Awards. In 2002, the American Film Institute placed the film ninth in its ranking of the best romantic films of the twentieth century, ahead of City lights By Charlie Chaplin and others Life is beautiful By Frank Capra.
All of O’Neill’s other major films came in the 1970s, including… But will my father send you alone? In 1972 and Paper Moon – Paper Moon In 1973. In 1975 he starred in the Stanley Kubrick film Barry Lyndon Redmond is played by Barry Lyndon, a rather poor young man who aims to get rich by climbing the social ladder in a dishonest way.
O’Neill was nominated for an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards in his career, but the most important award he received was the David Di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actor, thanks to love story.
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