Ronny Cox

Infobox actor
name = Ronny Cox


caption = Ronny Cox, 2006
birthdate = Birth date and age|1938|7|23|mf=y
location = Cloudcroft, New Mexico
deathdate =
deathplace =
birthname = Daniel Ronald Cox
website = http://www.Ronnycox.com

Daniel Ronald "Ronny" Cox (born July 23, 1938) is an American character actor, singer/songwriter, and guitarist.

Biography

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. [http://www.artesianews.com/lclnews/2007arc/07022504B.pdf] [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/23/Ronny-Cox.html Ronny Cox Biography (1938-) ] ] [ [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800012032/bio Ronny Cox Biography - Yahoo! Movies ] ] He grew up in Portales, New Mexico. Cox tours regularly with a band, performing at theatres and folk music festivals. On September 10 1960, he married Mary Cox. She died in 2006; they had two children.He graduated from Eastern New Mexico University in 1963 with a double major in theater and speech correction.

Career

As an actor, he is probably best known for his debut performance as Drew Ballinger in the acclaimed 1972 film "Deliverance" in which he plays the instrumental "Dueling Banjos" on his guitar with a mentally retarded banjo-playing mountain boy named Lonnie, played by child actor Billy Redden. Cox has also appeared as Lieutenant/Captain/Chief of Police Andrew Bogomil in "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Beverly Hills Cop II", Richard "Dick" Jones in "RoboCop", Mars Administrator Vilos Cohaagen in "Total Recall", and Senator/Vice-President Robert Kinsey in "Stargate SG-1". Cox also portrayed John Ramsey in the 2000 TV movie "Perfect Murder, Perfect Town".

From 1974-1975, Cox starred in the short-lived CBS family-oriented dramatic series entitled "Apple's Way" created by Earl Hamner, who created "The Waltons". He appeared as "Mr. Webb" in a television production of "Our Town".

One of his most memorable roles was that of Dr. John Gideon during the final season of the television medical drama St. Elsewhere. Cox's character was famously mooned by Dr. Donald Westphall (Ed Flanders) at the end of the third episode of season six.

Cox made a notable appearance on "" as Captain Edward Jellico in the two-part episode "Chain of Command". Most recently he played Henry Mason, the father of Bree Hodge (played by Marcia Cross) on "Desperate Housewives".

Filmography

* "Beverly Hills Cop IV" (2010)
* "NowhereLand" (2009)
* "Tell Me You Love Me" (2007) TV Series
* "Desperate Housewives" (2006) TV Series
* "Angel in the Family" (2004) (TV)
* "Killzone" (2004) (voice) Video Game
* "The Agency" (2001) TV Series
* "Losing Grace" (2001)
* "Perfect Murder, Perfect Town" (2000) TV movie
* "FreeSpace 2" (1999) (voice) Video Game
* "Stargate SG-1" (1998-2005) TV Series
* "Murder at 1600" (1997)
* "Captain America" (1990)
* "Cop Rock" (1990) TV Series
* "Total Recall" (1990)
* "St. Elsewhere" (1987-88) TV Series
* "In The Line of Duty: The FBI Murders" (1988)
* "" (1987) TV Series
* "RoboCop" (1987)
* "Beverly Hills Cop II" (1987)
* "Vision Quest" (1985)
* "Beverly Hills Cop" (1984)
* "Spencer" (1984) TV Series
* "Jesse Owens Story" (1984) (TV)
*"The Beast Within" (1982)
* "Taps" (1981)
* "The Onion Field" (1979)
* "Harper Valley PTA" (1978)
* "Bound for Glory" (1976)
* "The Car" (1977)
* "A Case of Rape" (1974)
* "Deliverance" (1972)
* "The Mind Snatchers" (1972)

Discography

# "Acoustic Eclectricity"
# "Cowboy Savant"
# "Ronny Cox Live"
# ""
# "Ronny Cox At The Sebastiani Theater"
# ""How I love them old songs..." - Ronny Cox sings Mickey Newbury"

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0001074|name=Ronny Cox
* [http://www.Ronnycox.com Official Home Page]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ronnycox Ronny Cox on Myspace]
* [http://www.moviedeaths.com/robocop/dick_jones/ The Death of Dick Jones]
* [http://www.movievillains.com/archives/2004/03/dick_jones.html Dick Jones in Robocop]