Patrick O'Neal

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name = Patrick O'Neal

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birthdate = September 26, 1927
birthplace = Ocala, Florida
deathdate = September 9, 1994
deathplace = New York City, New York

Patrick O'Neal (September 26, 1927 – September 9, 1994) was an American television, stage, and film actor; and a New York restaurateur.

Biography

Early life

O'Neal was born in Ocala, Florida to Martha and Coke Wisdom O'Neal. He was a graduate of the University of Florida in Gainesville. During World War II, he directed short training films while in the Air Force. After his military stint, he moved to New York and studied at the Actor's Studio and Neighborhood Playhouse.

Career

O'Neal was seen primarily as a guest star on television over four decades beginning in the 1950s. In the 1960s, he received critical praise for his leading role on Broadway in Tennessee Williams' "The Night of the Iguana". After losing the starring role in the 1964 film version to Richard Burton, he appeared in several films of the mid-1960s, but never became a leading man.

With his wife and his brother Michael, O'Neal was a co-owner, of O'Neal's restaurant in Manhattan and the Ginger Man. He also was co-owner of the Landmark Tavern. O'Neal's was originally known as "O'Neal's Balloon."

Personal life

O'Neal married actress Cynthia Baxter in 1956. They had two sons, Maximilian and Fitzjohn. Suffering from cancer and tuberculosis, O'Neal died September 9, 1994 at age 66 of respiratory failure at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City.

Filmography

Television

*Thriller (UK TV series)
* "Dick and the Duchess" (1957-1958)
* "Diagnosis: Unknown" (1960)
* "Naked City (1962)"
* "The Twilight Zone" (1963)... Episode: "A Short Drink From a Certain Fountain"
* "Night Gallery" (1971) Episode: "A Fear of Spiders"
* "Columbo: Blueprint For Murder" (1972)... as Elliot Markham
* "Columbo: Make Me A Perfect Murder" (1978)... as Frank Flanagan
* "Kaz" (1978-1979)
* "Emerald Point N.A.S." (1983-1984)
* "War Chronicles." (1984-1987)

Broadway

*"The Night of the Iguana" (Tennessee Williams' play) - as Reverend Shannon

Films

* The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
* The Cardinal (1963)
* King Rat (1965)
* In Harm's Way (1965)
* Alvarez Kelly (1966)
* Chamber of Horrors (film) (1966)
*"Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?" (1968)
* Castle Keep (1969)
* The Kremlin Letter (1970)
* The Way We Were (1973)
* The Stepford Wives (1975)
* Like Father Like Son (1987)
* Q & A (1990)
* Under Siege (1992)

External links

*imdb name|id=0641929|name=Patrick O'Neal
*New York Times obituary [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE1D9153BF937A2575AC0A962958260&scp=10&sq=o%27neal%27s+ginger+man&st=nyt]