Mia Farrow : I had a Painful Crush on Ryan O'Neal

I don't like this Ryan O'Neal thread. Could you start another?

Jesus, Ryan O’Neil was crazy popular with the ladies way back when.

Was he the only straight actor in the 60-70s?

R2 100% heterosexual and ready to go, rare in Hollywood. No gray area. And women like those rascal actors.

She probably bonded with him over their respective Irish madness.

She sure knew how to pick ‘em.

Oh man. Will the O'Neal Troll and the Mia is a Bitch Troll join forces to create the ultimate thread?

it's hard to explain the draw this type of man exudes for hetero ladies. Like Warren Beatty he was a ladies man, but he also had a very athletic and disciplined background. He devoted himself to whatever woman he was with at the time (and Tatum) and was not so much part of a boy's club like Jack Nicholson, etc. The Anjelica head-butting incident pains me but I don't think she is a liar. He must have been a great lover. There is no man harder to forget.

I'm Glad that Ryan's old friends like Ali, Mia, Barbra and Melanie are still supporting Ryan and don't give a fuck about Tatum's horseshit.

He’s the one who dodged a bullet.

R9 LMAO

Oh, yeah. The little bitch kept it to herself when she was crushing on Ryan O'Neal. So what changed when she met my husband?

And got pregnant R11

Dear Mia:

Take a Mydol for that.

I simply do not understand what all these women saw in Ryan O'Neil. Even in his 20’s he looked very basic.

R14 = Tatum O'Neal

Very basic? Oh, hell no.

He may not conform to one's own personal preferences, but he is in way "basic."

R14 No tats, no piercings, no wild facial hair, beautiful body, beautiful face. I'll take basic anytime.

O'Neal was so very good looking when young. Ever see the "Leave it to Beaver" episode he guested on? He is probably one of the most handsome guys I'd ever seen on TV for that time period. His looks are timeless.

Supposedly Mia and Ryan did have a brief fling (she also had one with Mike Nichols) in the Spring of 1966 when she and Sinatra were on the outs. Their characters on Peyton Place were star crossed lovers who could never get it right.

Is this Ryan O'Neil thread 102?

An online comment about Ryan and Mia:

"Ryan was screwing around with co-star Barbara Parkins and that's why he left Joanna Moore. He had a thing for Mia Farrow but she was with Sinatra.

There were rumors they did get together but Mia was also dating Mike Nichols and Sinatra got jealous and Mia was able to manipulate him into marriage. Sinatra insisted she leave PP to stay away from the temptation of Ryan O'Neal."

These dozens of Ryan O’Neal threads have made me never want to see him in anything again. OP sure isn’t his agent.

I believe it, they're both insane.

Enough. FF OP.

Beware of young girls, who act like a whore.....

From Ryan O'Neal book:

"The year, 1965. The place, 20th Century Fox Studios. Mia and I are on lunch break from Peyton Place. We’re walking to the commissary. We pass the set of Von Ryans Express, a movie about escaped prisoners of war in which Sinatra is starring. Fencing designed to imitate barbed wire surrounds the set. The effect is so realistic, it’s as if we’re standing in front of a POW camp. The cast is milling about.

Mia asks me to point out which of the actors is Sinatra. “I can’t spot him,” I say. Suddenly a gate at the other end of the set opens and a golf cart piled with six guys in army fatigues pulls out. “Look at the driver,” I whisper to her. “That’s Sinatra.”

I watch her face. I can almost hear the lyrics to “I’ve Got a Crush on You” playing in her head.

A couple days later back on the set of Peyton Place, Mia pulls me aside. “I had the privilege of meeting Mr. Frank Sinatra yesterday,” she says. I asked her how she found the time. Our production schedule had been grueling the day before.

“They were shooting interiors on the next stage and I just walked over and introduced myself,” she answers. I was even more perplexed.“You met Frank Sinatra in a hospital gown?”

Peyton Place was shooting hospital scenes that week. “No, I put on a robe and slippers first.”

They wed two years later. I was married to Patrick’s mother, Leigh Taylor-Young, at the time. We enjoyed many evenings with Mr. and Mrs. Sinatra. They were wonderful to us.

I loved Frank. He could be a gentleman. But he had an uncontrollable jealous streak. One night Leigh and I were driving down Sunset Boulevard on my motorcycle. We’d just had a lovely dinner with Jacqueline Bisset and her partner of many years, Michael Sarrazin. Anyway, Leigh and I are on the bike when suddenly someone whooshes past us in a Dual Ghia. This is an expensive Italian sports car and there weren’t too many of them on the road.

I knew that Frank had one.There’s a red light ahead of us and I see the Ghia come to a screeching halt behind another car. I drive up alongside the Ghia, and Leigh and I glance to our right. Sure enough, it’s Frank at the wheel, and sitting next to him in the passenger side is Mia.

They don’t see us. Mia’s hands are clasped tightly on her lap and she’s sitting there rigid. She looks terrified. It’s a long red. Frank can’t wait. He wheels out from behind the other driver, nearly sideswiping him, and runs the light.

The next afternoon, Leigh and I are expected at their home for Sunday brunch. When we arrive, there are large pieces of furniture all over the front yard: an armoire, a dresser, a hand-carved desk, custom cabinets, even a piano.

It looked as if an absentminded auctioneer started to set up for an estate sale, said “Aw, the hell with it,” and left. I ask myself, could Frank possibly have dragged all this furniture out of the house by himself?

The adrenaline must have been really flowing. But I heard he didn’t like the way the owner of the antique shop looked at his wife when she purchased that furniture. And Frank was a very possessive man.

Though Mia and Frank’s marriage survived only a few years, their friendship would endure a lifetime. He loved her and she loved him, but he couldn’t own her. She was her own girl then, and an exquisite woman now.

I still hear from Mia from time to time. After Farrah died, she sent me a beautiful letter that only someone of her depth and grace could have written. Leigh had replaced Mia on Peyton Place

in 1966. We were married the next year in Hawaii. Leigh was pregnant with Patrick and chose to leave our prime-time soap, which wasn’t making good use of her considerable talent. Patrick is now a well-regarded sportscaster in LA. We speak frequently. I salute him and bow to Leigh, who has been as good a mother as she was an actress.

Who didn’t have a crush on him?

Who didn't?

R29 Me

Ryan was gorgeous and a good actor on PP. What his personal life turned out to be, my God. Leigh Taylor Young should have been a bigger star. She had that 60's look, just like Mia.

I'm so glad there's YET ANOTHER FUCKING THREAD ABOUT RYAN FUCKING O'NEAL.

OP also seems to have a painful crush on Ryan O'Neal.

Mia commented on a photo of Ryan and Joanna Moore on Tatum's Instagram :

realmiafarrow

Gorgeous!!

Should anyone be interested I just received an email from someone who sells old, hard to find TV shows and his latest newsletter mentions that he has the show "Empire" which starred Richard Egan but featured a young Ryan O'Neal and Terry Moore.

R36 I'm interested. Incidentally Mia;s dad John Farrow directed eps of Empire in its 2nd season. Not sure if Ryan was still on the show at that point.

R37, I hesitate to post the email address of the person selling these.

But there are a couple of sites that apparently sell old TV shows (some are real oldies) that they claims are in the public domain and Empire shows up in the ones they are selling.

I found more than one by google searching "Empire TV show 1962 DVD". Be sure to include 1962 to distinguish it from the current show "Empire".

^^ "claim"