O'Neal to repeat his role in the sequel, ''Super Fly T.N.T.,'' a 1973 film that he also directed. Black Caesar by Fred Williamson DVD 9.95. Ships from and sold by Ashanti Kingdom Cultures. ''Superfly'' was a surprise hit, leading Mr. This item: Superfly (1972) by Warner Home Video by Gordon Parks Jr. His performance brought him to the attention of the producers of ''Superfly,'' who fell in love with his rugged, street-smart interpretation of Priest, a k a Superfly, an ultra-violent cocaine dealer who wants out of the business after one last big score. O'Neal got his break in the Public Theater production of Charles Gordone's ''No Place to Be Somebody,'' which earned him several theater awards, including an Obie in 1970. He headed to New York in the late 1960's to pursue theater, teaching in Harlem to support himself. O'Neal was reared in Cleveland, where he became involved in Karamu House, an interracial experimental theater troupe. The cause was cancer, said his wife, Audrey Pool O'Neal.īorn in Utica, N.Y., Mr. Ron O'Neal, whose role as the cocaine dealer Youngblood Priest in the 1972 film ''Superfly'' epitomized the era's blaxploitation genre, died here on Wednesday.
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