# Ronny Cox

> Actor, Author, Singer-Songwriter


## Posts

- [CD: Live At The Kitchen Sink](https://ronnycox.com/new-cd-live-at-the-kitchen-sink/): Recorded live at The Kitchen Sink Studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Read More
- [Star of David Tour](https://ronnycox.com/star-of-david-tour/): Portales, NM where I grew up in the fifties and sixties, was only nineteen miles South of Clovis, and Clovis was a hotbed of recording in those days.
- [Dadgummit… Women](https://ronnycox.com/dadgummit-women/): I love smart and smart-alecky women. I know, I know... they can be a challenge. I was married to one for lots of years.
- [The Two Guys Below the Title](https://ronnycox.com/the-two-guys-below-the-title/): In the spring of 1971, my life was about to change in the most unimaginable way in the world.
- [Judgement Day](https://ronnycox.com/judgement-day/): I am a life-long “lefty” politically, so my evolution concerning the NRA, has come as a revelation.
- [Richard Pryor](https://ronnycox.com/richard-pryor/): In 1981 I was offered a role in Some Kind of Hero, which starred Richard Pryor. He was a god as far as I’m concerned.
- [Women in the Sciences… a trilogy](https://ronnycox.com/women-in-the-sciences-a-trilogy/): You see, Mary had a National Science Foundation Fellowship… a tax-free stipend to help her get through graduate school.
- [Mississippi John Hurt](https://ronnycox.com/mississippi-john-hurt/): I was a theatre major at ENMU and in the summer of 1960, I landed my first professional job.
- [Mary](https://ronnycox.com/mary/): I was fourteen when I got my first job… Oh, I had spent four or five desultory days the previous summer, wandering around a field under a blazing sun, chopping cotton, and I had helped the Porterfields get their hay into the barn when their son broke his arm, but this was a “town” job.
- [Portales](https://ronnycox.com/portales/): A few years ago I was invited to a songwriter’s retreat...
- [Total Recall](https://ronnycox.com/total-recall/): Vilos Cohaagen was a really fun character to play.
- [RoboCop](https://ronnycox.com/robocop/): In many ways being cast as Dick Jones in RoboCop was as big a break in my career as being cast as Drew in Deliverance.
- [Dunmovin](https://ronnycox.com/dunmovin/): I have a small, rustic log cabin in June Lake. And I do mean small… less than a thousand square ft. Mary and I bought it in the mid-eighties.
- [New Book](https://ronnycox.com/new-book/): I'm writing a new book.
- [Grady](https://ronnycox.com/grady/): Typical of my songs… I don’t allow the truth to get in the way of a good story.
- [Rick](https://ronnycox.com/rick/): My brother, Rick, and I were really close as young boys. Rick was diagnosed with polio when he was three. Early on he was 90% paralytic….
- [Pat Garrett's Irrigation Tank](https://ronnycox.com/pat-garretts-irrigation-tank/): Pat Garrett was the sheriff who killed Billy the Kid: New Mexico's most famous desperado… and when we were living in Roswell, his family owned a ranch a couple of miles out of town.
- [Dry County](https://ronnycox.com/dry-county/): Roosevelt County, New Mexico…where I grew up in the '50s was a dry county. And here's something most people don’t realize about dry counties.
- [My Great-Grandmother](https://ronnycox.com/my-great-grandmother/): As long as I can remember there has been an enduring skeleton in our closet about the dreaded “Cox temper”.
- [13 Years Old](https://ronnycox.com/13-years-old/): I've read a lot of autobiographies by actors and comedians talking about their desperate childhoods, but that just doesn't apply to me.
- [Rattlesnakes](https://ronnycox.com/rattlesnakes/): A thing about growing up in New Mexico is you come to grips pretty early with the concept of rattlesnakes.
- [My Dad](https://ronnycox.com/my-dad/): My dad was born in the Territory of New Mexico in June of 1911, some seven months before it became the forty-seventh state. He had a terrible childhood.
- [The Car](https://ronnycox.com/the-car/): Other than Deliverance, the only time I’ve had a real close shave on set was while making The Car with James Brolin back in 1977.
- [My Foray into the Twilight Zone](https://ronnycox.com/my-foray-into-the-twilight-zone/): In a roundabout way, I might owe my life to Stephen Spielberg!
- [My Best To All of You!](https://ronnycox.com/my-best-to-you/): Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas…..or any of the plethora of phrases we all exchange during this season…… My Best to All of You!
- [Movies and Books and Songs, Oh My!](https://ronnycox.com/movies-books-songs-oh/): Hello friends! This newsletter is actually being written by Ronny’s manager, Barb. Ronny didn’t want to miss getting some news out……….some big news!
- [2017 Ireland Music Tours](https://ronnycox.com/2017-ireland-music-tours/): The 2017 tour is now SOLD OUT but we occasionally have cancellations so please contact us to get on the waiting list.
- [Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer](https://ronnycox.com/lazy-hazy-crazy-days-summer/): Hello Friends! It’s hard to believe that summer is winding down.
- [June is busting out all over!](https://ronnycox.com/june-is-busting-out-all-over/): Wow.... here it is, nearly June already! This is gonna be a busy month for me!
- [Adventures in April with Ronny](https://ronnycox.com/adventures-april-ronny/): Wow.... here we are in April already! Where does the time go? Greetings from your traveling folksinger / storyteller... lots of news this month.
- [Ronny Cox - "Trumped" in February!](https://ronnycox.com/trumped-in-february/): Hi Friends... I love writing these missives to you guys every month and letting you know what I'm up to.
- [Happy New Year](https://ronnycox.com/happy-new-year-2016/): Happy New Year, folks! Hope you all made it through the holidays in a happy way, and are ready for a great 2016 full of music and stories.
- [December Greetings from Ronny](https://ronnycox.com/december-greetings/): Hello folks - here we are in December again! I’m always pretty conflicted when the holiday season rolls around...
- [New CD: Inishfree - A Tribute to The Enchanted Way](https://ronnycox.com/inishfree-tribute-enchanted-way-cd/): Hello folks! I am very excited to announce the release of a new CD, "Inishfree - A Tribute to The Enchanted Way", that includes a song I've written for Ireland.
- [2016 Ireland Music Tours](https://ronnycox.com/2016-ireland-music-tours/): Ronny will host a special adventure with Inishfree Irish Music Tours to the Emerald Isle.
- [Cedar Rapids Gazette Review](https://ronnycox.com/cedar-rapids-gazette-review/)
- [2015 Ireland Music Tours](https://ronnycox.com/2015-ireland-music-tours/): Both tours are now SOLD OUT but we occasionally have cancellations so please contact us to get on the waiting list. We have also started booking 2016 tours.
- [Dallas News Review](https://ronnycox.com/dallas-news-review/)
- [New Orleans](https://ronnycox.com/new-orleans/): I love New Orleans… it’s one of the great cities of the world, in my opinion.
- [HOZH’Q](https://ronnycox.com/hozhq/): I love words… imagine that, a songwriter who loves words.
- [Bus To Baltimore](https://ronnycox.com/bus-to-baltimore/): I live in the San Fernando Valley in California… Sherman Oaks. Basically one of the ordinary suburbs of Los Angeles.
- [The Night John Huston Died](https://ronnycox.com/the-night-john-huston-died/): I can pinpoint the day I wanted to become an actor… not the actual date, mind you, or the year… but the day.
- [Back to the Drawing Board](https://ronnycox.com/back-drawing-board/): Ah… the life of a folksinger.. I don’t act much any more, but occasionally something comes along that appeals to me.
- [An Overview](https://ronnycox.com/overview/): I have a whole bunch of stories… of random thoughts… of likes… dislikes and general opinions of the world.
- [Carroll County News Review](https://ronnycox.com/carroll-county-news-review/)
- [Dueling Banjos: The Deliverance of Drew](https://ronnycox.com/dueling-banjos-deliverance-drew/): Dueling Banjos: The Deliverance of Drew is a collection of stories of the making of the iconic movie Deliverance, told from the perspective of one of the four main actors in the film, Ronny Cox, who played the character of Drew.

## Pages

- [Quotes](https://ronnycox.com/press/quotes/): "In Hollywood, they say it takes smart actors to play stupid characters, and nice guys to play nasty villains. Cox is the poster-boy for the latter point.
- [Press Kit](https://ronnycox.com/press/)
- [Photos](https://ronnycox.com/photos/)
- [Shows (old page)](https://ronnycox.com/shows-old/)
- [Email List](https://ronnycox.com/email-list/)
- [Home](https://ronnycox.com/): Most people know of my acting career, but not so many know of my life-long love and dedication to music.
- [Contact](https://ronnycox.com/contact/)
- [Acting](https://ronnycox.com/acting/): Ronny’s big acting break was in the now classic film, Deliverance, released in 1972. It was not only his first film, it was his first time in front of a camera.
- [Bio](https://ronnycox.com/bio/): Ronny Cox’s Wikipedia entry describes him as an actor, singer-songwriter and storyteller, but as far as he’s concerned, it’s the other way around.
- [News](https://ronnycox.com/news/)


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