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Ronny Cox
Age: 71
Height: 6' 2"
Birth Place: Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA
Born: Jul. 23rd, 1938
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BIOGRAPHY: Superbly talented actor / singer / songwriter / musician who has been consistently active in Hollywood for over 35 years portraying a diverse range of characters. Born in Cloudcroft, New Mexico, Cox received positive reviews in his first film role for his portrayal of ill-fated businessman "Drew Ballinger" in the terrifying backwoods thriller Deliverance (1972) with Cox featuring in the entertaining "Duelling Banjos" sequence of the film. Following this promising start, Cox was regularly guest-starring in numerous TV shows, before scoring the lead in the short-lived family drama "Apple's Way" (1974) and grabbing the critics attention again with an excellent performance in the Emmy nominated telemovie A Case of Rape (1974) (TV).
Interestingly, Cox was often at his best playing rigorous authority figures usually in law enforcement or military roles including as a detective in the telemovie Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975) (TV), alongside Charlton Heston in the submarine drama Gray Lady Down (1978), an LA detective pursuing cop killers in The Onion Field (1979), and alongside then-rising stars Tom Cruise and Sean Penn (I) in the powerful Taps (1981). The 1980s was a high profile decade for Cox with strong supporting roles in several blockbusters playing strong-willed figures on both sides of the law. Cox starred alongside box office sensation Eddie Murphy (I) in the mega-hit Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and its sequel Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), as well as portraying sinister company executives in the futuristic sci-fi / action films RoboCop (1987) and Total Recall (1990).
Throughout the 1990s, Cox was again prolific, appearing in many TV shows, feature films and high-caliber telemovies - He took control of the USS Enterprise for two episodes as "Captain Edward Jellico" in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), and Cox contributed entertaining performances in Murder at 1600 (1997), "Early Edition" (1996), Forces of Nature (1999) and the chilling tale Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder (2000) (TV). Cox has continued to remain busy with more recent performances in "Stargate SG-1" (1997), "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999) and the highly popular "Desperate Housewives" (2004). However, when he's not in front of the cameras, Cox can be found touring and demonstrating his musical talents at various music festivals and theatre shows and, to-date, he has released five CDs - an eclectic mixture of jazz, folk and western tunes.
TRIVIA:
- Met his wife, 'Mary Cox (III)' (qv), in high school when he was 14.
- Has been known to enjoy a good game of bridge.
- Is also a folk singer.
- Fronted a rock'n'roll band called Ron's Rockouts with two of his brothers while attending college. He not only sung most of the lead vocals, but also played rhythm guitar and blues harp in the band.
- Remembered best as the moral-minded and ill-fated Drew who instigates the legendary "Dueling Banjos" sequence with a mountain boy in _Deliverance (1972)_ (qv), Cox is a real-life singer/songwriter/guitarist as well as master storyteller. He and his band do about 80 shows a year at folk festivals, small theatres and other folk venues.
- When he guest-starred as Captain Edward Jellico in an episode of _"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)_ (qv) entitled "Chain of Command: Parts 1 and 2" (episode # 6.11) 19 December 1992, he had the distinction of being the only other actor besides 'Patrick Stewart (I)' (qv) and 'Jonathan Frakes' (qv) in "The Best of Both Worlds: Part 2" to do a "Captains Log" entry on the entire run of the show.
- Has played two fictional presidents of the United States: President Tom Kimball in _Captain America (1990)_ (qv) and President Jack Neil in _Murder at 1600 (1997)_ (qv). His character Senator/Vice President Robert Kinsey in _"Stargate SG-1" (1997)_ (qv) became president in several episodes, however, these were 'alternate universe/alternative Timeline' scenarios. In the Episode "2010" (episode #4.16), we see Robert Kinsey as the president, in the episode "Moebius (Part 1)" (episode #8.19) he is referred to as the President.
- Graduated from Eastern New Mexico University in 1963 with a double major in theater and speech correction.
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