Ron O’Neal also appeared in several films including The Master Gunfighter, A Force of One, When a Stranger Calls, The Final Countdown, St. Helens, Red Dawn, Original Gangstas, and more. He wrote and directed the 1973 film Super Fly T.N.T. and directed the movie Up Against the Wall in 1991. Ron O’Neal passed away on January 14, 2004 at 66 years old from pancreatic cancer.