Anonymous says on 3/Aug/08
I think 5'11 is right because in Love Story ( I loovvvee that movie ) he's only about 2 or 3 inches taller than Ali MacGraw and she's supposed to be 5'8

Anonymous says on 23/Feb/08
ryan looked about 5'8 beside Farrah and myself (5'4) in mid 80's

bad english says on 18/Feb/08
There is a scene in movie "The Driver (1978)" where O'Neal gets paid of driving a getaway car. Those two other guys looks like a head taller than O'neal. If O'Neal was 6'1" on that, those two criminals were both 6'6".

Mr. S. says on 23/Jun/07
He's a lot taller than Redford. In A Bridge Too Far their scenes together are shot separately so that you never see them in the same camera shot. At the time Redford was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood so it would make sense that Redford might insist on such a practice. In fact Redford is not in the same scene as any of the other stars of that picture: Michael Caine, Sean Connery, James Caan, Gene Hackman, Dirk Bogarde or Elliot Gould.

Scooby says on 7/Mar/07
If Ali MacGraw is 5'8" as listed, it's hard to believe O'Neal is 6' when you see how close they appear in height in this picture.
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After looking at pictures of him standing next to others he looks about 5'10".

Mr Mayfair says on 10/Jan/07
More like 5.10

Anonymous says on 7/Sep/06
i agree that ryan is not over 6'. Farrah is only about 5'5" and he isn't too much taller than she is.

Digidoo says on 25/Aug/06
Ryan in his heyday was about 5'10 and a bit and (like Steve McQueen) has always shot taller. However when you see him next to actors like 6'3" Kenneth Mars and 6'4" Randy Quaid in "What's Up Doc?" it is very obvious that he is under 6' tall.

Frank2 says on 17/Jun/06
No way is or was Ryan O'Neal anywhere near being 6'1". At most he's about 5'11". I have an anniversary photo of Paramount Studios taken in front of its main gate that shows O'Neal standing in a line with other actors such as 6' Leonard Nimoy, 6'4" Lou Gossett Jr., 6'2" Ted Danson, 6' John Travolta and 6'2" Mike Conners. They're all taller than him. Gossett is five inches taller!

In the film The Wild Rovers, O'Neal was the same height as 5'11" Bill Holden.

Tubbs says on 28/Oct/05
6'1 sound feasable, if you watch A Bridge Too Far, there is a full length scene where he is with Michael Caine (6'2), when they are right next to each other, Ryan seems only about 1 inch shorter. he also looks tall in Paper Moon when next to other people.

Mr. R says on 30/Mar/05
I actually think that Ryan was pretty close to 6'1" when he hit it big. Paramount and his agents initially referred to him as one of the new actors who were over a "manly" six feet tall. This was to distinguish him from Redford, McQueen, Hoffman, etc. who appeared in the late 60's and early 70's, all of whom were ahem, "vertically challenged".