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Daniel Ronald "Ronny" Cox (born July 23, 1938 in Cloudcroft, New Mexico) grew up in Portales, New Mexico. He is an American character actor, singer/songwriter, and guitarist.

Cox tours regularly with a band, performing at theatres and folk music festivals. He married Mary Cox on September 10, 1960, and they are still married today. They have two children. As an actor, he is probably best known for his debut performance as Drew Ballinger in the acclaimed 1972 film Deliverance in which he plays the instrumental "Dueling Banjos" on his guitar with a mentally retarded banjo-playing mountain boy named Lonny, played by child actor Billy Redden.

Cox has also appeared as Lieutenant/Captain Andrew Bogomil in Beverly Hills Cop and Beverly Hills Cop II, Richard "Dick" Jones in RoboCop, Mars Administrator Vilos Cohaagen in Total Recall, and Senator/Vice-President/President Robert Kinsey in Stargate SG-1. Cox also portrayed John Ramsey in the 2000 TV movie Perfect Murder, Perfect Town.

Ronny Cox made a guest appearance on Star Trek: The Next Generation as Captain Edward Jellico in the two-part episode "Chain of Command". Recently he played Henry Mason, the father of Bree Van De Kamp on Desperate Housewives.

Filmography

• Desperate Housewives (2006) TV Series
• Angel in the Family (2004) (TV)
• Killzone (2004) (voice) Video Game
• The Agency (2001) TV Series
• Losing Grace (2001)
• Perfect Murder, Perfect Town (2000) TV movie
• Stargate SG-1 (1998-2005) TV Series
• Murder at 1600 (1997)
• Cop Rock (1990) TV Series
• Total Recall (1990)
• St. Elsewhere (1987-88) TV Series
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) TV Series
• RoboCop (1987)
• Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
• Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
• Spencer (1984) TV Series
• Jesse Owens Story (1984) (TV)
• The Beast Within (1982)
• Taps (1981)
• The Onion Field (1979)
• Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978)
• Bound for Glory (1976)
• Apple's Way (1974) TV Series
• Deliverance (1972)

Discography

1. Acoustic Eclectricity
2. Cowboy Savant
3. Ronny Cox Live

External links

• Official Home Page

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