Ronny Cox also leads a musical tour to Ireland each year. 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
Burt Reynolds to Florida, but soon gained a part in a revival of "Mister Roberts", in which Charlton Heston played the starring role. After the play closed, the director, John Forsythe, arranged a film audition with Joshua Logan for Reynolds. The film was "Sayonara" (1957). Reynolds was told he could not be in the film because he looked too much like Marlon Brando. Logan advised Reynolds to go to Hollywood, although Reynolds did not feel confident enough to do so. (Another source says Reynolds did a screen test after Lew Wasserman saw the effect he had on secretaries in his office but