Daniel Ronald "Ronny" Cox
(born July 23, 1938) is an American character actor, singer/songwriter, and guitarist.
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Biography
Personal life
Cox, the third of five children, was born in
Cloudcroft,
New Mexico, the son of Lounette (
née Rucker) and Bob P. Cox, a carpenter who also worked at a
dairy.
[1] [2] [3] He grew up in
Portales,
New Mexico. Cox tours regularly with a band, performing at theatres and folk music festivals. On
September 10 1960, he married Mary Cox. She died in 2006; they had two children. He graduated from
Eastern New Mexico University in 1963 with a double major in theater and speech correction.
Career
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 Lonnie, played by child actor
Billy Redden. Cox has also appeared as Lieutenant/Captain/Chief of Police 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 Robert Kinsey in
Stargate SG-1
. Cox also portrayed
John Ramsey in the 2000
TV movie Perfect Murder, Perfect Town
.
From 1974-1975, Cox starred in the short-lived
CBS family-oriented dramatic series entitled
Apple's Way
created by
Earl Hamner, who created
The Waltons
. He appeared as "Mr. Webb" in a television production of
Our Town
.
One of his most memorable roles was that of Dr. John Gideon during the final season of the television medical drama
St. Elsewhere. Cox's character was famously mooned by Dr. Donald Westphall (
Ed Flanders) at the end of the third episode of season six.
Cox made a notable appearance on
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Captain
Edward Jellico in the two-part episode "
Chain of Command". Most recently he played
Henry Mason, the father of
Bree Hodge (played by
Marcia Cross) on
Desperate Housewives
.
He also had a role in
The Starter Wife (TV series). He played Pappy McCallister, the husband of Molly Kagan's best friend Joan.
Filmography
- Beverly Hills Cop IV
(2010)
- Imagine That
(2009)
- Tell Me You Love Me
(2007) TV Series
- Desperate Housewives
(2006) TV Series
- Commander in Chief
(2006)
- Angel in the Family
(2004) (TV)
- Killzone
(2004) (voice) Video Game
- The Agency
(2001) TV Series
- Losing Grace
(2001)
- American Outlaws
(2001)
- Perfect Murder, Perfect Town
(2000) TV movie
- FreeSpace 2
(1999) (voice) Video Game
- Deep Blue Sea
(1999)
- Stargate SG-1
(1998-2005) TV Series
- Murder at 1600
(1997)
- Captain America
(1990)
- Cop Rock
(1990) TV Series
- Total Recall
(1990)
- St. Elsewhere
(1987-88) TV Series
- In The Line of Duty: The FBI Murders
(1988)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
(1987) TV Series
- RoboCop
(1987)
- Beverly Hills Cop II
(1987)
- Vision Quest
(1985)
- Beverly Hills Cop
(1984)
- Spencer
(1984) TV Series
- Jesse Owens Story
(1984) (TV)
- The Beast Within
(1982)
- Taps
(1981)
- The Onion Field (film)
(1979)
- Gray Lady Down
(1978
- Harper Valley PTA
(1978)
- Bound for Glory
(1976)
- The Car
(1977)
- A Case of Rape
(1974)
- Deliverance
(1972)
- The Mind Snatchers
(1972)
Discography
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Acoustic Eclectricity
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Cowboy Savant
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Ronny Cox Live
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Ronny Cox: Songs, Stories... and Out & Out Lies (DVD)
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Ronny Cox At The Sebastiani Theater
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"How I love them old songs..." - Ronny Cox sings Mickey Newbury