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Billy Redden (born 1956) is an American actor, best known for his role as a backwoods mountain boy in the 1972 film Deliverance. He played Lonnie, a banjo -playing teenager in north Georgia, who played the noted "Dueling Banjos" with Drew Ballinger ( Ronny Cox ).
Nov 5, 2010 · Join the Highway Ghost for an interview with Billy Redden aka Banjo Boy from the 1972 cult classic film Deliverance by director John Boorman. The movie was based on the novel Deliverance...
Nov 4, 2013 · Rabun County, Georgia resident Billy Redden was 15 when he was discovered at a casting call in Clayton, Georgia and offered the part of the inbred banjo-playing boy in the 1972 Burt Reynolds...
Billy Redden. Actor: Big Fish. Billy Redden was a typical local teen living in Georgia, handpicked by director John Boorman for the role of an odd banjo player in the Oscar-nominated classic Deliverance (1972).
Jul 15, 2012 · As part of Creative Loafing's 40th anniversary Deliverance cover story I drove up to North Georgia and spent the afternoon with Billy Redden who played the roll of "Banjo Boy" in the iconic...
Billy Redden. Actor: Big Fish. Billy Redden was a typical local teen living in Georgia, handpicked by director John Boorman for the role of an odd banjo player in the Oscar-nominated classic Deliverance (1972).
Nov 9, 2003 · Billy Redden is synonymous with a singular type of movie role: the banjo boy. He got his start in the 1972 film “Deliverance,” which followed four urbanites on a canoe trip through rural...
Jul 26, 2022 · Redden played Lonnie, the infamous banjo-playing mountain boy in “Deliverance." He was 13 at the time. Redden and Cowboy are two of the few surviving “Deliverance” cast members.
Mar 22, 2024 · Billy Redden, who played the “Banjo Boy” in the movie, was just 15 when it was filmed in North Georgia in 1972. Redden lived in Clayton, Georgia, at the time and was handpicked by director ...
Jun 23, 2012 · Actor Ronnie Cox, left, and banjo boy Billy Redden together again, 40 years after their duet in "Deliverance."
