Patrick O'Neal (September 26, 1927 - September 9, 1994) was an American television, stage, and film actor; and a New York restaurateur.

O'Neal was born in Ocala, Florida. He was a graduate of the University of Florida in Gainesville. During World War II, he directed short training films while in the Air Force. After his military stint, he moved to New York and studied at the Actor's Studio and Neighborhood Playhouse.

Career

O'Neal was seen primarily as a guest star on television over four decades beginning in the 1950s. In the 1960s, he received critical praise for his leading role on Broadway in Tennessee Williams' Night of the Iguana. After losing the starring role in the 1964 film version to Richard Burton, he appeared in several films of the mid-1960s, but never became a leading man.

Personal life

O'Neal married actress Cynthia Baxter in 1956. They had two sons, Maximilian and Fitzjohn. With his wife and his brother Michael, O'Neal was a co-owner of O'Neal's restaurant in Manhattan (the name was changed from the Ginger Man in 1993). He and his brother also owned the Landmark Tavern.

Suffering from cancer and tuberculosis, O'Neal died September 9, 1994 at age 66 of respiratory failure at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City.

Television

• Dick and the Duchess (1957-1958)
• Diagnosis: Unknown (1960)
• Columbo: Blueprint For Murder (1972)... as Elliot Markham
• Columbo: Make Me A Perfect Murder (1978)... as Frank Flanagan
• Kaz (1978-1979)
• Emerald Point N.A.S. (1983-1984)

Broadway

• Night of the Iguana (Tennessee Williams' play) - as Reverend Shannon

Films

• The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
• The Cardinal (1963)
• King Rat (1965)
• In Harm's Way (1965)
• Castle Keep (1969)
• The Kremlin Letter (1970)
• The Way We Were (1973)
• The Stepford Wives (1975)
• Like Father, Like Son (1987)
• Under Siege (1992)