Ronny Cox

• Birthplace: Cloudcroft, New Mexico
• Birthday: July 23, 1938

A cool, efficient character actor who can play earnest Everymen or stalwart establishment types or even unsuspecting villains with ease, Ronny Cox may be best recalled as the intellectual, introspective member of the rafting party in "Deliverance" (1972) and as Lt. Bogomil, who comes to believe in Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) in "Beverly Hills Cop" (1984). Cox began his career with about a decade of stage work, including several years at the Arena Stage in Washington, DC, and a Broadway debut as Jesse James in "Indians&quo…more