Dick O'Neill

Dick O'Neill

Nascimento : 1928-08-29, New York City, New York, USA

Morte : 1998-11-17

História

Richard Francis O'Neill was an American stage, film and television character actor best known for playing Irish cops, fathers, judges and army generals. He began his acting career as an original company member of Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.

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Dick O'Neill

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The Unspoken Truth
Thomas Cleary
Despite her parents' misgivings, Brianne (Lea Thompson) marries Clay (James Marshall), and the couple soon have a daughter. It's then that Clay begins to show the first signs that he's unhinged. When he sees Brianne innocently talking to a man, Clay shoots him dead. At first, Brianne believes that her love for her husband can prevail. But when authorities threaten to take away custody of her daughter, she learns a horrible truth about her past.
Loucas Férias de Verão
Pulaski
It is now summer in the Parker family; and the usual amount of numerous events are happening in their separate lives. Ralphie is searching for the perfect top to use to beat the school bully with, the Old Man is in battle with their hillbilly neighbors, the Bumpus, while eagerly awaiting the discovery of the perfect fishing spot, and the Mother is attempting to collect all of the pieces of a glass china set at a local movie theater.
The American Clock
Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed when they lose everything in the stock market crash of 1929. Lee, a college-age young man, who now faces no possibility of entering college, decides to go on the road to see what is happening to the rest of the country.
Highway Heartbreaker
Alex's Father
Slick amoral con man Mickey is out to fleece attractive women. But three of them join forces to bring him to justice.
Um Tiro que Não deu Certo
Captain
O ganhador do OSCAR Gene Hackman (Melhor Ator Coadjuvante por Os Imperdoáveis em 1993 e Melhor Ator por Operação França em 1972) e Dan Aykroyd estrelam como parceiros perfeitos nesta extraordinária comédia do diretor de Porky's -A Casa do Amor e do Riso. Aykroyd é um brilhante detetive de polícia que sempre esconde sua verdadeira identidade. Mas ele não está disfarçado - ele é realmente esquizofrênico! Juntos, Hackman, Aykroyd e suas múltiplas personalidades lidam com um desnorteante assassinato que lhes remete a Adolph Hittler. O FBI e o serviço secreto de Israel não conseguem resolver o caso, mas eles não têm as várias personalidades de Aykroyd em seu time.
Não Mexa com a Minha Filha
Mr. Pearson
Katie é uma adolescente feia que, de repente, se transforma numa jovem atraente. Doug é o pai da beldade e faz de tudo para afastar os "gaviões", de forma tão incisiva que corre o risco de perder o amor de sua "pequena".
The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick
Ray
Kathy, a simple grocery clerk, finds her way into her local high society and the life of a wealthy suitor who thinks she's a stockbroker.
The Diamond Trap
Lt. Barnett
When streetwise Manhattan police detectives Rawlings (Howard Hesseman) and Brendan Thomas (Ed Marinaro) discover a major diamond heist is about to go down at a renowned gallery, they enlist one of their suspects, gallery employee Tara Holden (Brooke Shields). But an attempt to foil the robbery explodes with deadly consequences for Tara. Committed to break the case, Rawlings relentlessly pursues the clues through a twisted maze of deceit and danger that takes him to England, where he and Scotland Yard detecive Charlie Lawson expose the ultimate con and solve the crime.
Passion Flower
Martin Churit
The movers and shakers in Singapore get involved in behind-the-scenes political and business activities, romantic entanglements, and murder. Nicol Williamson plays the wealthiest man in Southeast Asia. Barbara Hershey is his married antagonistic daughter who starts an affair with an ambitious American banker (Bruce Boxleitner) and who also seems to have the attention of her father.
A Costa do Mosquito
Mr. Polski
Allie Fox (Harrison Ford) é um inventor cheio de idéias que, cansado da mediocridade à sua volta, resolve sair dos Estados Unidos. Assim pega a mulher, os quatro filhos e se manda para o interior de um país da América Central. Allie sonha em ter uma nova vida, mas nem tudo acontece como ele deseja.
There Must Be a Pony
Chief Investigator Roy Clymer
Marguerite Sydney is a celebrated Hollywood star attempting a comeback after a stay in a mental hospital, as well as trying to re-establish a relationship with her teenage son, and risking a romance with a mysterious stranger.
A Honra do Poderoso Prizzi
Bluestone
Charley Partanna (Jack Nicholson) é um perigoso e respeitado mafioso, que trabalha como matador para a família Prizzi, a mais tradicional de Nova York. Irene Walker (Kathleen Turner) é uma assassina de aluguel, que foi contratada para matar um homem dos próprios Prizzi, que possivelmente os roubou. Logo que se conhecem Charley e Irene se apaixonam, mesmo sem ele saber qual é a profissão dela. Entretanto a mulher de um policial morre em um trabalho realizado por Charley, o que faz com que o relacionamento entre os policiais e as famílias de mafiosos seja abalado. Sedentos por vingança, os policiais pressionam para que os mafiosos entreguem o assassino.
Chiller
Clarence Beeson
A man who has been dead and cryogenically preserved for ten years is miraculously revived, but with chillingly unexpected results.
Turk 182!
Powerhouse chief
After New York City firefighter Terry Lynch is unable to receive any compensation for an injury incurred during the off-duty rescue of a young girl, he grows suicidal. Furious, his brother Jimmy attempts to have Mayor Tyler intervene, but the corrupt politician instead denounces Terry as a drunk. Determined to get justice, Jimmy begins a graffiti campaign of embarrassing slogans mocking the mayor, which soon captivates the city.
Lots of Luck
Wilson
A middle-aged Annette Funicello stars in this made-for-Disney film about a blue-collar family whose lives are forever transformed when they win the lottery.
The Master Ninja 5
Leo Fairchild
Lee Van Cleef stars as John Peter McAllister, who as a reverend master of the Ninja warrior society, deserts the order the order to search for his missing daughter in the U.S.
A Touch of Scandal
Lieutenant Halquist
Katherine Gilvey is a comely councilwoman, whose campaign for Attorney General is being managed by her ambitious, but cold-hearted husband Benjamin, which takes a turn when photographs surface of her liasion with a male prostitute, who used to be a law client of hers, and has now turned up dead. Also is a note telling her to withdraw from the campaign or the photos will be made public. Investigating on her own, Katherine's suspects to the idenity of the blackmailer are: a shadowy power broker, a charismatic minister, an activist priest, or even her own husband.
Lobos
Warren
Um policial de Nova York investiga uma série de mortes brutais que se parecem com ataques de animais.
Os Fantasmas de Buxley Hall
Gen. Eulace C. Buxley
Jovem cadete, para evitar o fechamento de uma academia militar, recebe ajuda de fantasmas de militares.
O Panaca
Frosty
Navin R. Johnson (Steve Martin) cresceu no Mississipi, tendo sido adotado por uma família de agricultores negros. Ao completar 18 anos ele tem vontade de conhecer o resto do planeta e parte para St. Louis. Todos exploram sua ingenuidade e uma invenção banal o transforma em milionário.
A Man Called Intrepid
Bill Donovan
During World War II, a wealthy Canadian uses his own money to help the Allies form an espionage network.
A História de Buddy Holly
Sol Gittler
Drama musical e biográfico sobre uma das grandes lendas do rock and roll, Buddy Holly. O filme começa nos dias em que entoou "Cindy Lou", uma canção que ele fez para a primeira namorada, até sua subida meteórica com "That'll Be The Day", que esteve entre os primeiros lugares das paradas. Buddy Holly morreu tragicamente num acidente de avião, no auge da carreira, aos 22 aos de idade.
Um Viúvo Trapalhão
Irwin Owett
Há três meses Charley Nichols (Walter Matthau), um cirurgião, ficou viúvo. Ele já é muito assediado por várias mulheres, mas sua vida muda realmente quando conhece uma paciente, Ann Atkinson (Glenda Jackson), que está se recuperando de uma fratura no maxilar. Há um ano ela se divorciou e está "batalhando" para sobreviver. Para ajudá-la Nichols consegue um emprego de recepcionista no hospital onde ele trabalha. Gradativamente acabam se envolvendo, mas Ann tem medo de uma relação nova e não admite de forma nenhuma que Charley saia com outras mulheres. Assim decidem fazer duas semanas de "teste", para ver se a relação tem futuro.
Perfect Gentlemen
Mr. Appleton
Women whose husbands are incarcerated decide to band together to rob a hotel safe.
It Happened One Christmas
Mr. Gower
It's Christmas Eve 1944 in the small town of Bedford Falls, New York. A despondent and suicidal Mary Bailey Hatch is praying for guidance on what to do about an incident no fault of her own which threatens her name and the community standing of her longtime family business, the Bailey Building and Loan, which she took over after the passing of her father. What Mary does not know is that most in town, including her husband George Hatch and their children, are also praying for her. All the prayers are heard by Joseph, God's gatekeeper of prayers. As there are no other angels available on such a busy day, Joseph assigns Clara Oddbody, angel second class (i.e. she has yet to receive her wings), to Mary's case, which he reluctantly does as Clara has never been assigned a case on her own in the two hundred years she's been in heaven for good reason.
MacArthur, O General Rebelde
Colonel Whitney
A história do General do Exército Douglas MacArthur, comandante supremo dos aliados durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial e o comandante das Nações Unidas para da Guerra da Coréia. "MacArthur, O General Rebelde" começa em 1942, após a queda do Filipinas, e cobre a carreira notável desta lenda militar até e incluindo-se a Guerra da Coreia e os dias de MacArthur na aposentadoria forçada após ser demitido de seu cargo pelo Presidente Truman.
Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women
Judge Proctor Hardcastle
A couple of resourceful, free-wheeling criminal attorneys with an eye for the ladies confront a no-nonsense judge while trying to clear an heiress in the slaying of her husband, although her explanation of a mysterious intruder provides them with a rather weak case.
The Entertainer
Charlie
A vaudeville entertainer approaches middle age still not having attained success or stardom.
Cinco Dias de Conspiração
Hesh
A dabbler-in-crime and his assistant hire an ex-police reporter to recover some stolen papers.
The UFO Incident
General James Davison
In the early 1960s, an interracial couple undergo hypnosis, which unlocks memories of a forgotten event on a lonely road. Soon they believe they were abducted by extraterrestrials.
Ambição Acima da Lei
Wiley
Para o delegado obcecado pela fama não basta seguir e capturar os fugitivos. Ele precisa garantir que um fotógrafo esteja por perto para eternizar suas façanhas policiais e divulgar suas aspirações políticas. Um dia, o delegado descobre que sua fama pode estar ameaçada quando decide capturar o alvo número um: o descolado assaltante Jack Strawhorn.
Hustling
Keogh
Based on Gail Sheehy's book, this film chronicles how a reporter for a New York City magazine decided to investigate the city's prostitution industry to find out just who was making all the money. What she found out caused a firestorm of controversy--that many of the city's richest and most powerful families and corporations benefited directly and indirectly from the illegal sex business.
A Primeira Página
McHugh
Hildy Johnson é o repórter TOP em um jornal de Chicago durante a década de 1920. Cansado de toda a confusão da profissão ele está determinado a deixar o emprego para se casar. Mas seu intriguento editor, Walter Burns, tem outros planos. É o dia anterior do culpado (mas insano) assassino, Earl Williams, ser levado para a forca e Burns tenta fazer Johnson ficar e escrever sua última história.
O Sequestro do Metrô
Correll
Em um dia aparentemente comum, o policial Zach Garber, responsável pela segurança no metrô de Nova York, é surpreendido pelo sequestro da composição Pelham 1:23 PM por um bando misterioso. Os quatro criminosos, liderados por Blue e fortemente armados, exigem US$ 1 milhão para libertar os dezessete reféns com vida. Comandando a negociação, Garber tem uma hora para encontrar uma solução para o impasse. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
Hail
Attorney General
A presidential advisor discovers that the President has assembled a secret army of vigilantes to suppress dissent and is setting up concentration camps in which to imprison protestors, hippies and other "social undesirables."
Some of My Best Friends Are...
Tim Holland
It's Christmas Eve 1971 in Manhattan's Greenwich Village and the regulars of the local gay bar "The Blue Jay" are celebrating. Not much has changed since Stonewall and its not all "Peace on Earth. Good Will to Men" but the times are a changin.
O Despertar Amargo
Bud Munsch
A young man gets in over his head when he convinces a small-town girl he's a secret agent.
Soldier in Love
Footman
The story of the Churchills in the court of Queen Anne.
Gammera the Invincible
Gen. O'Neill
An atomic explosion awakens Gammera, a giant fire breathing turtle monster from his millions of years of hibernation.
To the Shores of Hell
Maj. Fred Howard
A Marine officer leads a rescue mission through the Vietnamese jungle to rescue his brother, a doctor who has been taken prisoner by the Viet Cong.
Capture That Capsule
Al
A spy ring attempts to steal rocket secrets from Cape Canaveral.
The Mugger
Cassidy
A police shrink tries to identify and capture an elusive mugger that scars his female victims before stealing their purse.
Woman of the Year
Phil Whitaker
The story of the tumultuous marriage of a gruff sportswriter and a sophisticated international reporter who work together on the same newspaper.