- To commemorate Paramount Pictures' 75th anniversary in 1987, O'Neill photographed what is arguably the most star-studded picture in history. Posed at the arched entrance to the studio were (Front Row): Martha Raye, Dana Andrews, Elizabeth Taylor, Frances Dee, Joel McCrea, Harry Dean Stanton, Harrison Ford, Jennifer Beals, Marlee Matlin, Danny DeVito; (Second Row) Olivia de Havilland, Kevin Costner, Cornel Wilde, Don Ameche, DeForest Kelley, Tom Cruise, Charlton Heston, Penny Marshall, Bob Hope, Victor Mature, Elizabeth McGovern, Robert De Niro; (Third Row): Andrew McCarthy, Henry Winkler, Anthony Perkins, Robert Stack, Mark Harmon, Faye Dunaway, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Gregory Peck, Debra Winger, Timothy Hutton; (Fourth Row): Jane Russell, Mike Connors, John Travolta, Janet Leigh, Charles Bronson, Ted Danson, Louis Gossett Jr., Ryan O'Neal, Rhonda Fleming, Leonard Nimoy; (Fifth Row): William Shatner, Peter Graves, Molly Ringwald, Dorothy Lamour, Olivia Newton-John, Cindy Williams, Matthew Broderick, Gene Hackman, Walter Matthau, Robin Williams; (Back Row): Ali MacGraw, Burt Lancaster, Scott Baio, Rhea Perlman, Bruce Dern, James Caan, Glenn Ford, Fred MacMurray, Shelley Long, James Stewart. This stellar two-page spread appears in O'Neill's compilation coffee-table book "Celebrity" (2003). [Cindy Williams is the only person in the group with her back to the camera; she appears to be talking to Glenn Ford who is standing behind her in the back row.].
- Father of Liam O'Neill from his marriage to Faye Dunaway.
- Coached wife-to-be Faye Dunaway in the art of photography for her role in Eyes of Laura Mars (1978).
- Shot the publicity stills of stars Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney during a Two for the Road (1967) location shoot in St Tropez, France. (1966)
- An exhibition - "Terry O'Neill Unseen" - set to be showcased at London's Chris Beetles Gallery. (February 2010)
- Dated Priscilla Presley. (1975)
- He photographed several celebrities, including Nelson Mandela, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Elton John, Twiggy, and Queen Elizabeth II. He got the Queen to smile by telling her a joke about horse racing.
- One of Britain's most esteemed photographers of celebrity subjects, his compilation book of his work titled, "Celebrity," was published in 2003 with an introduction by critic A.A. Gill.
- He received a CBE for services to photography.
- He originally hoped to become a jazz drummer, but ended up working in a photographic unit at London's Heathrow Airport. There he took a picture of Home Secretary Rab Butler, immaculately dressed, sleeping on a bench. The image helped him get a job as a newspaper photographer on Fleet Street, and he was assigned to take a portrait of a new band - The Beatles.
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