Horror Movies The 'Banjo Boy' from Deliverance looks unrecognisable decades after quitting showbiz The 1972 thriller Deliverance was Billy Redden's first film role as Lonnie the banjo kid.

The 1972 thriller Deliverance was Billy Redden's first film role as Lonnie the banjo kid. Half a century later, he's trying to shake the Southern stereotypes Comments 3am Tatiana Krisztina Showbiz ...

ATLANTA — He is probably one of the most iconic and memorable characters from the movie “Deliverance.” Billy Redden, who played the “Banjo Boy” in the movie, was just 15 when it was ...

The banjo-playing teen star of the 1972 thriller film Deliverance, Billy Redden, 66, looks unrecognizable more than five decades after the movie's release as he turns his back on showbiz.

1. The Crew Stumbled Upon The Infamous Banjo Kid In Deliverance By Accident And A Cameraman Caught It On Film Without a doubt, the most famous scene in John Boorman's man vs. nature masterpiece ...

Boorman had to employ a banjo player to act as a "body double" and fret the notes with his left hand. And so it might have remained but for Burton who was in Alabama this summer filming Big Fish.

CLAYTON, Ga. -- Thirty-one years after his film debut as the backwoods boy playing "Dueling Banjos" in the movie "Deliverance," Billy Redden is back on the big screen. This time the credit is ...