---
name: "Robert Vincent O'Neil"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-vincent-oneil"
fi1m_id: "robert-vincent-oneil"
imdb_id: "nm0642057"
tmdb_id: 8956
wikidata_id: "Q63860528"
roles: ["Creature design"]
born: "15 September 1930"
died: "12 March 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:04:54.578330+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Robert Vincent O'Neil

## Identity

Robert Vincent O'Neil

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-vincent-oneil
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-vincent-oneil
- **IMDb ID:** nm0642057
- **TMDB ID:** 8956
- **Wikidata ID:** Q63860528
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Vincent_O%27Neil, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63860528, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0642057/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8956

Creature design. Born 15 September 1930 in Oakland, California, USA. Died 12 March 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Creature design
- **Born:** 15 September 1930, Oakland, California, USA
- **Died:** 12 March 2022
- **Active:** 1969–1982
- **Also known as:** Robert Vincent O'Neill
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 76 (1), 1980s 64 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Vincent_O%27Neil, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63860528, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0642057/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8956

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Vice Squad*](https://film.one/film/vice-squad.md) (64)

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## Biography

Robert Vincent O'Neil was an American screenwriter, film director and playwright. Born in Oakland, California, on 15 September 1930, he studied theatre at the University of Texas at El Paso. Early in his career he worked as a property master on films including *Easy Rider* (1969).

O'Neil co-wrote the screenplay for *Vice Squad* (1982). He wrote and directed *Angel* (1984) and *Avenging Angel* (1985), and created the television series *Lady Blue* (1985–1986). He also wrote and directed *Wonder Women* (1973). O'Neil died in Fairfield, California, on 12 March 2022.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1)

- *Vice Squad* (1982), Fi1m 64, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/vice-squad.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Easy Rider* (1969), Fi1m 76, Creature Design — [page](https://film.one/film/easy-rider.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Devil's Ring* (2021), Associate Producer
- *Shhhh* (2014), as Peter Post
- *Irish Whiskey* (1997), Actor
- *Jailbait* (1993), Screenplay, Story
- *Angel III: The Final Chapter* (1988), Characters
- *Lady Blue* (1985), series, Director
- *Code of Vengeance* (1985), Executive Producer
- *Avenging Angel* (1985), Director, Writer
- *What Waits Below* (1984), Screenplay
- *Angel* (1984), Director, Writer
- *Deadly Force* (1983), Screenplay
- *Vice Squad* (1982), Writer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/vice-squad.md)
- *The Baltimore Bullet* (1980), Screenplay
- *Paco* (1976), Director
- *Wonder Women* (1973), Director, Adaptation
- *Bonnie's Kids* (1973), Associate Producer
- *Isle of the Snake People* (1971), as Set Decoration
- *Blood Mania* (1970), Director
- *Like Mother Like Daughter* (1970), Director, Writer
- *Count Yorga, Vampire* (1970), Production Supervisor
- *The Psycho Lover* (1970), Director, Screenplay
- *The Mighty Gorga* (1969), Producer
- *Easy Rider* (1969), Creature Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/easy-rider.md)
- *Psych-Out* (1968), as Property Master
- *Assignment Redhead* (1956), as Capt. Hank Godowski

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