Deliverance to play Lewis Medlock. Jack Nicholson was considered for the role of Ed, while both Donald Sutherland and Charlton Heston turned down the role of Lewis. Other actors who were attached to the project included Robert Redford, Henry Fonda, George C. Scott and Warren Beatty. The film is infamous for cutting costs by not insuring the production and having the actors perform their own stunts (most notably, Jon Voight climbed the cliff himself). In one scene, the stunt coordinator decided that a scene showing a canoe with a dummy of Burt Reynolds in it looked phony; he said it looked
Ronny Cox Henry Mason, the father of Bree Van de Kamp (Marcia Cross) on "Desperate Housewives". In 1997, Cox portrayed the fictional President of the United States Jack Neil in the movie "Murder at 1600". Cox also portrayed John Ramsey in the 2000 TV film "Perfect Murder, Perfect Town" and Senator/Vice President Robert Kinsey in "Stargate SG-1". Cox had a role in "The Starter Wife". He played Pappy McCallister, the husband of Molly Kagan's best friend Joan. Cox occasionally has done animation work, lending his voice to the Tyrusian deserter Doc in "Invasion America" and Senator McMillan in "Todd McFarlane's Spawn". Cox