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Patrick O'Neal

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Actor
Born:
September 26, 1927 in Ocala, FL
Death:
1994
Biography:"Patrick O'Neal" made his first stage appearance in 1944 in his home state of Florida. While still a teenager, O'Neal was assigned to direct Signal Corps training shorts. Following his training at the Actors Studio and Neighborhood Playhouse, O'Neal entered the virgin territory of live TV, making appearances on such early anthologies as "Gruen Playhouse". He played the romantic lead in his first film, 1954's "The Mad Magician", thereafter settling into stuffed-shirt or villainous roles. It was fun to watch the usually reserved O'Neal make a meal of a mad-killer part obviously intended for "Vincent Price" in "Chamber of Horrors" (1966). It was also amusing to watch him bring a reluctant, droopy-eyed approach to the silly secret agentry of the 1967 spy spoof "Matchless" (1967). After appearing with "Doris Day" in "Where Were You When the Lights Went Out" (1966), O'Neal essayed the occasional role of... Full Biography
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