Charles O'Neal

A member of the Old Globe Shakespearean Repertory in San Deigo, CA, where in conjunction with his wife, he staged several productions including "Tower Beyond Tragedy" starring Judith Anderson

Biography

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

Lassie's Great Adventure (1963)

Screenwriter

The Alligator People (1959)

Story

Johnny Trouble (1957)

Return of the Bad Men (1948)

Screenwriter

Something in the Wind (1947)

Based on a Story by

The Devil's Mask (1946)

Screenwriter

The Falcon's Alibi (1946)

Contr to Screenplay const

The Unknown (1946)

Adaptation

I Love a Mystery (1945)

Screenwriter

The Missing Juror (1944)

Screenwriter

Cry of the Werewolf (1944)

Screenwriter

The Seventh Victim (1943)

Wrt by

You're Telling Me (1942)

Original Story

Misc. Crew (TV Mini-Series)

Three Wishes For Jamie (1987)

Source Material (From Novel)

Life Events

1940

Wrote a short story for ESQUIRE; turned to screenwriting after that

1943

Co-writer of "The Seventh Victim"

1944

Wrote "Cry of the Werewolf"

1944

Sole screenwriter for "The Missing Juror"

1945

Screenwriter for "I Love a Mystery"

1948

Wrote "Return of the Badman"

1950

Wrote "Montana"

1952

Transformed his book "The Three Wishes of Jaime McRuin", with the help of Abe Burrows and Ralph Blane, into the Broadway musical "Three Wishes for Jaime", starring John Raitt and Anne Jeffreys; ran for 75 performances

1963

Screenwriter for "Lassie's Great Adventure"

Videos

Cry Of The Werewolf (1944) -- (Movie Clip) She Struck Her Husband Down Joining the terrific commentary (voicing over historical footage) by tour guide John Abbott at a New Orleans occult museum, we get a look at top-billed Nina Foch in a painting, then we meet the janitor and the proprietor (Ivan Triesault, Fritz Leiber), then visit the real Nina, a gypsy princess, attended by Blanche Yurka, early in Cry Of The Werewolf, 1944.

Cry Of The Werewolf (1944) -- (Movie Clip) It Is Your Destiny We haven't seen top-billed Nina Foch for 20-plus minutes in this 63-minute feature but now she's back, as New Orleans metro-area Gypsy princess and pretty-sure werewolf Celeste, visited by janitor Jan (Ivan Triesault) whom the cops have all-but nailed for her last murder, leaving her little choice, with counsel from Blanche Yurka, in Columbia's Cry Of The Werewolf, 1944.

Cry Of The Werewolf (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Fresh Fire On The Grate Due to voodoo messages suggesting he might be on the verge of a discovery, Dr. Morris (Fritz Leiber) has entered a secret chamber at his New Orleans occult museum, leaving tour guide Peter (John Abbott) with the cat, while his assistant (Osa Massen) collects his son (Stephen Crane), whom he summoned home from a research trip, from the airport, in director Henry Levin's Cry Of The Werewolf, 1944.

Seventh Victim, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Which Room Is It? Snoopy schoolgirl Mary (Kim Hunter), come to New York to find her disappeared sister, is outpacing nervous detective August (Lou Lubin), in The Seventh Victim, 1943, from producer Val Lewton and director Mark Robson.

Seventh Victim, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Most Painful Matter Following credits, we are introduced to boarding school girl Mary (Kim Hunter), supervisors Lowood (Tola Nesmith) and Gilchrist (Eve March), and a bad situation, in The Seventh Victim, 1943, from producer Val Lewton and director Mark Robson.

Seventh Victim, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) To Awaken Like Byron Shrink Judd (Tom Conway) leads lawyer and husband Ward (Hugh Beaumont), with younger sister Mary (Kim Hunter), to where his frightened patient Jacqueline (Jean Brooks, her first appearance), has been hiding, her reasons still not clear, in The Seventh Victim, 1943, from producer Val Lewton.

Seventh Victim, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Your Sister Is A Murderess Younger sister Mary (Kim Hunter) is making some progress questioning beautician Frances (Isabel Jewell) about her missing sister, when spooky employer Mrs. Redi (Mary Newton) intrudes, going so far as to follow her home to the shower, in The Seventh Victim, 1943, from producer Val Lewton.

I Love A Mystery (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Small Black Valise In flashback, detectives Packard (Jim Bannon) and "Doc" Long (Barton Yarborough) recall the night they met (since deceased) Monk (George Macready) and Jean (Carole Mathews) through restauranteur Vovaritch (Leo Mostovoy), in I Love A Mystery, 1945.

I Love A Mystery (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Second Honeymoon Detectives Long (Barton Yarborough) and Packard (Jim Bannon) brought home by Monk (George Macready), their new client who's convinced he'll soon be murdered, meeting his wife Ellen (Nina Foch), in I Love A Mystery, 1945, based on the radio series.

Cry Of The Werewolf (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Perhaps The Most Horrible At the Latour Museum in New Orleans, guide Peter (John Abbott) walks customers through vampires, voodoo and what he calls "werewolf-ism," winding up with a portrait of the as-yet unseen star, Nina Foch, early in Cry Of The Werewolf, 1944.

Cry Of The Werewolf (1944) -- (Movie Clip) It Is Your Destiny Janitor Yan (Ivan Triesault), wrongly suspected of a murder committed by werewolf gypsy princess Celeste (Nina Foch), appeals to her for mercy, her guardian Bianca (Blanche Yurka) counseling, in Columbia's Cry Of The Werewolf, 1944.

Cry Of The Werewolf (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Customs Of My People The undertaker (Milton Parsons) was about to introduce gypsy elder Bianca (Blanche Yurka) and princess Celeste (Nina Foch) to Bob (Stephen Crane), secretly investigating the murder-by-werewolf of his father, spooky stalking in Columbia's Cry Of The Werewolf, 1944.

Family

Ryan O'Neal

Son

Actor. Survived him.

Kevin O'Neal

Son

Screenwriter. Survived him.

Tatum O'Neal

Granddaughter

Actor. Father Ryan O'Neal, mother Joanna Moore; survived him.

Griffin O'Neal

Grandson

Actor. Father Ryan O'Neal, mother Joanna Moore; survived him.

Patrick O'Neal

Grandson

Actor. Father Ryan O'Neal, mother Leigh Taylor-Young; survived him.

Redmond James O'Neal

Grandson

Father Ryan O'Neal, mother Farrah Fawcett; survived him.

Companions

Patricia O'Neal

Wife

Survived him.

Bibliography

"The Three Wishes of Jamie McRuin"

Charles O'Neal (1949)

"The Thirty-Second Day"

Victor Trivas and Charles O'Neal

Notes

A member of the Old Globe Shakespearean Repertory in San Deigo, CA, where in conjunction with his wife, he staged several productions including "Tower Beyond Tragedy" starring Judith Anderson

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Biography

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

Misc. Crew (TV Mini-Series)

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1940

1943

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1948

1950

1952

1963

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Family

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