In the role of Priest, Ron O'Neal -- who ... Some of the story of "Superfly" -- considered a cult classic now -- and O'Neal involves the climb of the black actor in the late '60s and early ...

Ron O’Neal, a stage and film actor who rode the wave of blaxploitation movies in the early 1970s starring as the sartorially resplendent Harlem drug dealer in the 1972 hit “Superfly,” has died.

Yes, “Superfly” is back and instead of Ron O’Neal as Priest, we have Trevor Jackson from “Grown-ish” in the titular role. For those who aren’t familiar with Gordon Parks Jr.’s 1972 ...

Ron O ‘ Neal, whose role as cocaine dealer Youngblood Priest in the 1972 film ” Superfly ” epitomized ... The payoff for the young actor came with a 1970 Obie Award for his performance ...

Part of the first wave of blaxploitation movies fueled by the success of Melvin Van Peebles' Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Gordon Parks Jr.'s Superfly stars the recently departed Ron O'Neal ...