26 Facts About Ronny Cox

Daniel Ronald Cox was born on July 23,1938 and is an American actor and musician.

Ronny Cox has appeared in numerous films and television series since his acting debut in Deliverance, including The Car, Beverly Hills Cop, Beverly Hills Cop II, RoboCop and Total Recall.

Ronny Cox is active as a musician, performing over 100 times per year at festivals and theaters each year as of 2012.

Daniel Ronald Cox was born on July 23,1938 in the mountain town of Cloudcroft, New Mexico, the third of five children to Lounette and Bob P Cox, a carpenter who worked at a dairy.

Ronny Cox met his wife Mary when she was 11 and he was 14.

Ronny Cox graduated from Eastern New Mexico University in 1963 with a double major in theater and speech correction.

Ronny Cox was hired for the role because he could play the guitar.

Ronny Cox published his autobiography in 2012, recounting his experiences making the film.

Ronny Cox appeared as Mr Webb in a television production of Our Town.

In 1984,12 years after Deliverance, Ronny Cox again played a member of a small group of men who are lost, this time in the Nevada desert, and being chased by bloodthirsty locals in the low-budget film Courage.

One of Ronny Cox's roles was that of Dr John Gideon during the final season of the television medical drama St Elsewhere.

Ronny Cox's character was mooned by Dr Donald Westphall at the end of the third episode of season six.

In 1986, Ronny Cox played the mayor in season 3, episodes 1 and 2, "Death Stalks the Big Top", of the TV series Murder, She Wrote.

In 1990, Ronny Cox co-starred as Los Angeles Police Chief Roger Kendrick in the short-lived Cop Rock, presenting a striking physical resemblance to the real-world incumbent Chief Daryl Gates.

Ronny Cox appeared as the antagonistic Mars Administrator Vilos Cohaagen in Total Recall the same year.

Ronny Cox had a guest role on Star Trek: The Next Generation as Captain Edward Jellico in the two-part episode "Chain of Command".

Ronny Cox played Henry Mason, the father of Bree Van de Kamp on Desperate Housewives.

In 1997, Ronny Cox portrayed the fictional President of the United States Jack Neil in the movie Murder at 1600.

Ronny Cox played Pappy McCallister, the husband of Molly Kagan's best friend Joan.

Ronny Cox occasionally has done animation work, lending his voice to the Tyrusian deserter Doc in Invasion America and Senator McMillan in Todd McFarlane's Spawn.

Ronny Cox guest-starred in an episode of Matthew Perry's 2011 series Mr Sunshine.

Ronny Cox played Walter Kenney in Dexter, season six, episode three.

Ronny Cox's character was a serial killer known as "The Tooth Fairy", whom Dexter had idolized while growing up.

Ronny Cox guest-starred in an episode of Diagnosis Murder entitled "The Pressure to Murder", episode 9, season three.

Ronny Cox played Gideon Claybourne on season 6 of Nashville in 2018.

On November 2,2019, Ronny Cox was inducted into the New Mexico Music Hall of Fame.