Ronny Cox
Ronny Cox was born in Cloudcroft, New Mexico, United States on July 23rd, 1938 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 85, Ronny Cox biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Daniel Ronald Cox (born July 23, 1938) is an American actor, singer-songwriter, and storyteller.
Drew Ballinger in Deliverance (1972), George Apple in Apple's Way (1974–75), Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil in Beverly Hills Cop (1985), Richard "Dick" Jones in RoboCop (1987), and Vilos Cohagen in Total Recall (1990).
With his band, he appears at over 100 shows at festivals and theaters each year.
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. He grew up in Portales, New Mexico. When she was in the fifth grade and he was in the seventh grade, Cox married Mary. In 1963, Cox earned a double major in theater and speech correction from Eastern New Mexico University. Mary died in 2006, 50 years to the day of their first date. During his live performances, Cox often speaks about her.
Acting career
Cox made his debut in the 1972 film Deliverance. He plays the instrumental "Dueling Banjos" on his guitar with a banjo-playing mountain boy, played by child actor Billy Redden. Because he could play the guitar, he was hired for the job. In 2012, Cox published his autobiography, chronicling his filmmaking experience.
Cox appeared in the short-lived family-oriented film Apple's Way, produced by Earl Hamner, creator of The Waltons, from 1974-1975. In an television version of Our Town, he appeared as Mr. Webb. He appeared in the episode "Devil Pack" from Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected in 1977. In 1984, 12 years after delivery, Cox played a member of a small group of men who are missing, this time in the Nevada desert, and being chased by bloodthirsty locals in the low-budget film Courage. During the final season of the television medical drama St. X, one of Cox's roles was Dr. John Gideon. Elsewhere, Elsewhere. At the end of season three, Dr. Donald Westphall (Ed Flanders) mooned his character. In 1984, Cox's first appearance in a big budget film as Lt. Andrew Bogomil in Beverly Hills Cop, and he returned to his role in Beverly Hills Cop II in 1987. Cox was also seen in the Paul Verhoeven film RoboCop as corporate arch-villain Dick Jones. In 1986, Cox appeared as the mayor in season 3, "Death Stalks the Big Top" of the TV show Murder, She Wrote.
In 1990, Cox co-starred in the short-lived Cop Rock, displaying a striking physical similarity to real-world incumbent Chief Daryl Gates. In Total Recall, he also appeared as the antagonistic Mars Administrator Vilos Cohaagen. In the two-part episode "Chain of Command," Cox appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation as Captain Edward Jellico. On Desperate Housewives, Henry Mason, the father of Bree Van de Kamp (Marcia Cross), appeared. In the film Murder at 1600, Cox portrayed the fictional President of the United States Jack Neil. In Stargate SG-1, Cox also portrayed John Ramsey in the 2000 TV film Perfect Murder, Perfect Town, and Senator/Vice President Robert Kinsey.
In The Starter Wife, Cox played a part. He played Pappy McCallister, the husband of Molly Kagan's closest friend Joan. He has occasionally performed animation, lending his voice to Invasion America and Senator McMillan in Todd McFarlane's Spawn. Mr. Sunshine, cox's 2011 film Mr. Sunshine, appeared in an episode.
In Dexter, season six, episode three ("Smokey and the Bandit"), Cox played Walter Kenney. His character, "The Tooth Fairy," was a serial killer who Dexter adored as a child. In episode "The Pressure to Murder," he appeared on Diagnosis Murder's episode "The Pressure to Murder," season 9, episode nine. On season 6 of Nashville in 2018, Cox played Gideon Claybourne.
Music career
Despite a fruitful acting career, Cox said that music now comes first in his life. He declines 90 percent of the acting jobs he is considered to attend over 100 shows at festivals and theaters every year. He is accompanied by his band. Each year, Cox also leads a musical tour to Ireland.
Cox was inducted into the New Mexico Music Hall of Fame on November 2, 2019.
With his album "Portales," Cox received the New Mexico Music Award for his recording of Ronny Cox's Live at the Kitchen Sink, which received the 2021 Best Folk Music Award. Live at the Kitchen Sink at The Kitchen Sink Recording Studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico.