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He addressed the WTHA again in 2010, with a report on the depiction of [[Texas Rangers]] in film and on [[television]]. He found that nearly all western actors except for [[Randolph Scott]] played a Texas Ranger character at least once in his acting career.<ref name=wtha2010>Bill O'Neal, "Reel Rangers," East Texas and West Texas historical associations, annual meeting in [[Fort Worth]], February 26, 2010.</ref> In that presentation, O'Neal noted that the Sons of the Pioneers appeared in 101 films, some with Texas Rangers characters. The character "Lassiter" in [[Zane Grey]]'s ''Riders of the Purple Sage'' is a former Ranger; so is Woodrow Call of Larry McMurtry's ''Lonesome Dove.'' [[John Wayne]] appeared as a current or former Ranger in three films, ''The Searchers,'' ''The Comancheros,'' and ''True Grit'' (1969 film), with [[Glen Campbell]] in the role of the Ranger from [[Waco, Texas|Waco]].<ref name=wtha2010/> O'Neal was the WTHA president for 2014-2015, having been vice president of the organization the preceding year.
He addressed the WTHA again in 2010, with a report on the depiction of [[Texas Rangers]] in film and on [[television]]. He found that nearly all western actors except for Randolph Scott played a Texas Ranger character at least once in his acting career.<ref name=wtha2010>Bill O'Neal, "Reel Rangers," East Texas and West Texas historical associations, annual meeting in [[Fort Worth]], February 26, 2010.</ref> In that presentation, O'Neal noted that the Sons of the Pioneers appeared in 101 films, some with Texas Rangers characters. The character "Lassiter" in [[Zane Grey]]'s ''Riders of the Purple Sage'' is a former Ranger; so is Woodrow Call of Larry McMurtry's ''Lonesome Dove.'' [[John Wayne]] appeared as a current or former Ranger in three films, ''The Searchers,'' ''The Comancheros,'' and ''True Grit'' (1969 film), with [[Glen Campbell]] in the role of the Ranger from [[Waco, Texas|Waco]].<ref name=wtha2010/> O'Neal was the WTHA president for 2014-2015, having been vice president of the organization the preceding year.
O'Neal is a member of the Panola County [[Chamber of Commerce]] and serves on the executive board of the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in Carthage, whose inductees include Jim Reeves and Tex Ritter, the latter the subject of an O'Neal book.
O'Neal is a member of the Panola County [[Chamber of Commerce]] and serves on the executive board of the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in Carthage, whose inductees include Jim Reeves and Tex Ritter, the latter the subject of an O'Neal book.