Ronny Cox Ronny Cox Daniel Ronald Cox (born July 23, 1938) is an American actor, singer-songwriter, and storyteller. His best-known roles include Drew Ballinger in "Deliverance" (1972), George Apple in "Apple's Way" (1974–75), Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil in "Beverly Hills Cop" (1984), Richard "Dick" Jones in "RoboCop" (1987), and Vilos Cohaagen in "Total Recall" (1990). Cox wrote a book about his experience filming "Deliverance" for the movie's 40th anniversary in 2012. He plays over 100 shows at festivals and theaters each year with his band. Cox, the third of five children, was born in Cloudcroft, New Mexico, the son of Lounette (née Rucker)
Ronny Cox plays the instrumental "Dueling Banjos" on his guitar with a banjo-playing mountain boy, played by child actor Billy Redden. He was hired for the role because he could play the guitar. Cox published a book in 2012 in which he recounted his experiences making the film. In 1974–1975, Cox starred in the short-lived family-oriented series entitled "Apple's Way", created by Earl Hamner, creator of "The Waltons". He also appeared as Mr. Webb in a television production of "Our Town". In 1977, he appeared in the episode "Devil Pack" from the series "Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected" (known in the