Deliverance for Best Country Instrumental Performance. The film was selected by "The New York Times" as one of "The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made", while the viewers of Channel 4 in the United Kingdom voted it #45 on a list of "The 100 Greatest Films". Reynolds later called it "the best film I've ever been in". However, he stated that the rape scene went "too far". Deliverance Deliverance is a 1972 American thriller film produced and directed by John Boorman, and starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox, with the latter two making their feature film debuts. The
Ronny Cox guest-starred in an episode of Matthew Perry's 2011 series "Mr Sunshine'. Cox played Walter Kenney in "Dexter", season six, episode three ("Smokey and the Bandit"). Cox guest-starred in an episode of "" entitled "The Pressure to Murder", episode 9, season three. 2018, played Gideon Claybourne on Nashville on Season 6. Despite having a successful acting career, Cox said that music now comes first in his life. He turns down about 90% of the acting jobs he is offered to play over 100 shows at festivals and theaters each year. He is accompanied by his band of world-class, virtuoso musicians. Cox