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Mar 16, 2020 · Beatrice who played Stella in Modern Family has died. Pic: Walt Disney Television via Getty Images/Peter ‘Hopper’ Stone Jay Pritchard, played by Ed O’Neill, adopted the dog in season two, but Stella was originally played by another pup.
Jan 19, 2024 · January 19, 2024 7:54pm. Ed O'Neill Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images. Ed O’Neill, crime boss? The comedy star reveals that he nearly pursued a career in organized crime in an interview on Jesse...
Mar 8, 2020 · Modern Family co-creator breaks down that ‘bittersweet’ death of a Dunphy. Modern Family co-creator Steve Levitan on Haley’s wedding surprise. "I thought she was going to have to be sedated and...
Ed O’Neill Says Goodbye to ‘Modern Family’ MidMarch 2020 Guy D'Astolfo YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Emotions bubbled over during the final day of shooting “Modern Family,” but Ed O’Neill got through it by keeping his focus on getting the job done.
- Who Is Ed O'Neill?
- Early Life & Football
- Early Career as A Stage Actor
- 'Cruising' and 'The Dogs of War'
- 'Married... with Children'
- 'The Bone Collector,' 'Dragnet' and 'The West Wing'
- 'Modern Family'
- Wife
Ed O'Neill turned to acting after failing to fulfill his pro football dreams. Following early stage roles, he rose to fame as Al Bundy on the sitcom Married... with Children, which aired for 11 seasons. O'Neill went on to star in a remake of Dragnet and land a recurring role on The West Wing, before enjoying more sustained sitcom success as the pat...
Ed O'Neill was born on April 12, 1946, in Youngstown, Ohio, the eldest of five children of working-class Irish Catholic parents Ruth Ann Quinlan and Edward O'Neill Sr. To support the family, O'Neill's father hauled goods cross country as a truck driver and also held a job as a steelworker. O'Neill's mother was a local social worker. Small in statur...
By 1972 O'Neill's acting ambitions were also looking pretty hopeless; he auditioned over and over for Youngstown theater productions, but rarely landed a speaking role. He headed to New York in 1977, supporting himself with $1,700 in his savings account — the money he got from selling his car — and his job as a busboy. When he wasn't working, he st...
O'Neill lived in Manhattan for the next 10 years, working regional theater and appearing in national commercial campaigns. In 1980, the stage actor was chosen for a co-starring role in the Al Pacino vehicle Cruising, as well as a supporting role in The Dogs of War. These roles gave O'Neill Hollywood exposure, helping him to appear in a succession o...
An executive for FOX, who attended one of the Of Mice and Men shows, asked O'Neill to try out for a role on a new sitcom at the network. The show, called Married... with Children, would focus on the lives of a blue-collar, dysfunctional family living in Chicago. O'Neill auditioned for Al Bundy, the working-class father who spends his off-hours drin...
Married came to an end in 1997, after 11 seasons. As the show drew to a close, O'Neill began looking for new ways to stretch his acting abilities. He appeared in the big-screen detective drama The Spanish Prisoner (1997), as well as the thriller The Bone Collector (1999). He then returned to TV in the drama Big Apple (2001) and a remake of the succ...
In fall 2009, O'Neill returned to family comedy in Modern Family as Jay Pritchett, a man newly remarried to the much younger Gloria, played by Sofia Vergara. In addition to raising a young stepson, Pritchett also juggles relationships with his adult children and young grandchildren. The series became a massive hit, earning a slew of major awards ac...
O'Neill is married to actress and dancer Catherine Rusoff. The couple has two children and currently resides in Los Angeles.
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May 29, 2020 · By Lenny Dee. Published May 29, 2020. Fans may know Ed O'Neill best from his roles in Modern Family and Married With Children, but the actor has had a long career. Find out more.
May 6, 2022 · . Television. Modern Family Vet Ed O'Neill Landed His Next Big TV Role, And It'll Involve Some Way More Serious Topics. News. By Mick Joest. published 6 May 2022. This is a lot different than...