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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 ).
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).
Mar 11, 2024 · Redden received very little compensation for his role in Deliverance, and no residual income from it either, despite the popularity of the “Dueling Banjos” scene specifically. Now there is an effort underway to properly recognize Redden, as well as compensate him into the future.
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...
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...
Sep 1, 2011 · Billy Redden, fifteen years old at the time, played Lonnie, the creepy boy in the dueling banjos scene. Billy Redden, fifty-six, lives in Dillard, Georgia, and works at Walmart.
Sep 19, 2022 · Join the Highway Ghost for an interview with Billy Redden aka Banjo Boy from the 1972 cult classic film Deliverance by director John Boorman.
Jul 26, 2022 · “Yeah, Billy?” He answered. It was Billy Redden. 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. Just before Burt Reynolds died in 2018, Cowboy went to visit him. Me and Burt talked about old times ...
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...
May 4, 2023 · Billy Redden, born in Rabun County, Georgia, on October 13, 1956 is best known for his iconic role as the young banjo player in the 1972 movie Deliverance. After the film’s release, Redden went on to make a few more film appearances, including in the 1980 film The Hunter.
