Ronny Cox

Ronny made his Broadway debut in 1969 in the play "Indians" as Jesse James.

Ronny had uncredited roles in the movies "Amazon Women On the Moon" and "Deep Blue Sea".

Ronny wrote, produced and starred in the 1984 movie "Courage".

Ronny made appeared on stage for the first time in 1951, when he was 13, in the play "King KoKo" in Portales, New Mexico.

Ronny has done voice work for the video games "Killzone" and "Freespace2".

Ronny had a band, "Ron's Rockouts", with two of his brothers while in college. He sung lead vocals as well as played rhythm guitar and blues harp.

Ronny has released four albums; "At The Sebastiani", "Ronny Cox Live", "Cowboy Savant" and "Acoustic Eclectricity".

Ronny's parents are Lounette and Bob P. Cox. He has 4 siblings.

Ronny attended Eastern New Mexico University, graduating in 1963. He majored in theater and speech correction. He also attended Georgetown University, studying drama.

Ronny is a good bridge player.

As an actor, he is probably best known for his debut performance as Drew Ballinger in the acclaimed 1972 film Deliverance in which he appears in what many consider to be one of the most memorable scenes in cinema history playing the instrumental "Dueling Banjos" on his guitar with a mentally retarded banjo-playing mountain boy named Lonny played by child actor Billy Redden.

The producers of Stargate SG-1 changed their schedule to accommodate him, and this rarely happens in the television industry.

He was married to Mary Cox since September 10, 1960, until her death December 18, 2006, she died of cancer. He met his wife Mary at the age of 14 while in high school. They had 2 children, Brian and John.

Ronny is a singer/songwriter, guitarist and storyteller. He and his band do about 80 shows a year at folk festivals and small theaters.

Ronny is 6' 2" (1.88 m) tall.