Ronny Cox

Ronny Cox is one of those actors who never got his full due as a leading man, but the guy has been quietly essential to some of the most memorable films of the last five decades. His debut in Deliverance is genuinely haunting — he brought a quiet, vulnerable humanity to that film that balanced out the horror perfectly. And then he made this fascinating pivot into playing villains, and honestly? He was great at it. Dick Jones in RoboCop and Bogomil's corrupt boss in Beverly Hills Cop showed a sharp comic menace that most "good guy" actors just can't pull off. What I love most though is that he never stopped being a musician — he grew up in Cloudcroft, New Mexico, and that rootsy troubadour spirit never left him. The guy performs over a hundred shows a year. That's not a hobby, that's a calling. Ronny Cox is proof that a career built on character and craft quietly outlasts the flashier names.

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Name (English)

Ronny Cox

Name (Japanese)

ロニー・コックス

Reading

ろにー・こっくす

Born

July 23, 1938 (age 88)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Tiger

Origin

Cloudcroft, New Mexico, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / guitarist / singer-songwriter

University

Eastern New Mexico University

• Official sitehttps://www.Ronnycox.com
• Xhttps://x.com/ronnycoxmusic
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronny%20Cox
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39989

Tags

• New Mexico
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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