Personal Life
O'Neil is the father of writer/director/producer Lawrence O'Neil, best known for the 1997 David Schwimmer vehicle, Breast Men. O'Neil was previously married and later, after a divorce, married his high school sweetheart Marifran who is a retired teacher. He also had a bout with alcoholism sometime in the late 1970s or early 1980s. He has stated that his favorite people in the comic book field were Julius Schwartz and Jim Aparo.
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