- Born
- Died
- Birth nameCharles Samuel Eldridge Patrick Ryan O'Neal Jr.
- Nickname
- Blackie
- Charles O'Neal was born on January 6, 1904 in Raeford, North Carolina, USA. He was a writer, known for The Seventh Victim (1943), Cry of the Werewolf (1944) and The Alligator People (1959). He was married to Patricia O'Neal. He died on August 29, 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousePatricia O'Neal (2 children)
- Children
- RelativesTatum O'Neal(Grandchild)Redmond O'Neal(Grandchild)
- Father of actor Ryan O'Neal and screenwriter Kevin O'Neal. Grandfather of actress Tatum O'Neal and actor Griffin O'Neal.
- Member of the Old Globe Shakespearean Repertory in San Diego.
- Studied literature at the University of Iowa. Supported an acting career on the New York stage at various times by earning additional income from grooming horses, repairing telephones and as a bank clerk.
- His father, Charles Samuel Eldridge Patrick Ryan Senior, had Irish and English ancestry. His mother, Elizabeth Maude (Duffey), was born in Ireland.
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