Charles O'Neal
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| Charles O'Neal | |
|---|---|
| Born | Charles Eldridge O'Neal January 6, 1904 Raeford, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Blackie O'Neal |
| Occupation | Screenwriter Novelist |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Ruth O'Callaghan (m. 1940) |
| Children | Ryan O'Neal Kevin O'Neal |
| Relatives | Tatum, Griffin and Patrick O'Neal (grandchildren) |
Charles Eldridge O'Neal[1] (January 6, 1904 – August 29, 1996) was an American film and television screenwriter and novelist.
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Life and career
Charles Eldridge O'Neal was born in Raeford, North Carolina, the son of Elizabeth Maude (née Belton) of English descent, and Charles Samuel O'Neal of Irish descent. He attended the University of Iowa, then moved to San Diego, where he joined an acting troupe that included his future wife, Patricia O'Callaghan. After publishing a short story in Esquire, he decided to forgo performing and turned to screenwriting mostly B-movies, among them The Seventh Victim, Cry of the Werewolf, The Missing Juror, I Love a Mystery, Montana, and Golden Girl. O'Neal's television credits include The 20th Century Fox Hour and The Untouchables. Together with Abe Burrows, O'Neal adapted his 1949 novel The Three Wishes of Jamie McRuin for the short-lived 1952 musical Three Wishes for Jamie. The production ran on Broadway March 21–June 7, 1952.[2]
O'Neal is the father of actor Ryan O'Neal and screenwriter/actor Kevin O'Neal and grandfather of Tatum, Griffin, Patrick, Redmond O'Neal. He died in Los Angeles, California at the age of 92.[3]
Selected filmography
Actor
- The Hearts of Age (1934)[4]:61[5]
Writer
Selected feature film credits are listed in The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures.[6]
- You're Telling Me (1942, credited as Charles O'Neil)
- The Seventh Victim (1943)
- The Missing Juror (1944)
- Cry of the Werewolf (1944)
- I Love a Mystery (1945)
- The Falcon's Alibi (1946)
- The Unknown (1946)
- The Devil's Mask (1946)
- Something in the Wind (1947)
- Return of the Bad Men (1948)
- Montana (1950)
- Mutiny (1952)
- Golden Girl (1952)
- Vice Squad (1953)
- Johnny Trouble (1957)
- The Alligator People (1959)
- Lassie's Great Adventure (1963)
Awards
O'Neal received the first Christopher Award for his debut novel The Three Wishes of Jamie McRuin (1949).[3]
References
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- ↑ Brady, Frank, Citizen Welles: A Biography of Orson Welles. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1989 ISBN 0-385-26759-2
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- ↑ Charles O'Neal at the AFI Catalog of Motion Pictures. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
External links
- Charles O'Neal at the Internet Movie Database
- Papers of Charles O'Neal 1938–1982, Special Collections Department, University of Iowa Libraries
- Articles with short description
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- 1904 births
- 1996 deaths
- 20th-century American novelists
- American male novelists
- American people of English descent
- American people of Irish descent
- American male screenwriters
- People from Raeford, North Carolina
- 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
- American male dramatists and playwrights
- Screenwriters from North Carolina
- 20th-century American male writers
- University of Iowa alumni
- 20th-century American screenwriters
