![Billy Redden as "Lonnie" (the Banjo Boy) from the Movie "Deliverance" (1972) and Billy later in life as an adult. : r/OldSchoolCool Billy Redden as "Lonnie" (the Banjo Boy) from the Movie "Deliverance" (1972) and Billy later in life as an adult. : r/OldSchoolCool](https://preview.redd.it/8lqkilmwxfm01.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=42eb87a4ced2ec1fa0c7dd806782514932b07f59)
Billy Redden as "Lonnie" (the Banjo Boy) from the Movie "Deliverance" (1972) and Billy later in life as an adult. : r/OldSchoolCool
![Deliverance' star Billy Redden visits Lakewood 400 Antique Market in Forsyth for film's 50th anniversary - Forsyth News Deliverance' star Billy Redden visits Lakewood 400 Antique Market in Forsyth for film's 50th anniversary - Forsyth News](https://forsythnews.cdn-anvilcms.net/media/images/2022/08/22/images/IMG_4163.max-752x423.jpg)
Deliverance' star Billy Redden visits Lakewood 400 Antique Market in Forsyth for film's 50th anniversary - Forsyth News
![In Deliverance (1972), during the “dueling banjos” scene, Billy Redden, who played the young banjo-playing local, didn't know how to play banjo. To make it look authentic, a skilled banjo player hid In Deliverance (1972), during the “dueling banjos” scene, Billy Redden, who played the young banjo-playing local, didn't know how to play banjo. To make it look authentic, a skilled banjo player hid](https://i.redd.it/6ez9qeulsnl61.jpg)
In Deliverance (1972), during the “dueling banjos” scene, Billy Redden, who played the young banjo-playing local, didn't know how to play banjo. To make it look authentic, a skilled banjo player hid
![Matty Budrewicz on Twitter: "#CameoKlaxon! Deliverance's Billy Redden as Banjo Man in #Blastfighter. Typecasting? What typecasting?! #NowWatching http://t.co/eVOMZbzsws" / Twitter Matty Budrewicz on Twitter: "#CameoKlaxon! Deliverance's Billy Redden as Banjo Man in #Blastfighter. Typecasting? What typecasting?! #NowWatching http://t.co/eVOMZbzsws" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPnhjfWUEAInX8_.jpg)
Matty Budrewicz on Twitter: "#CameoKlaxon! Deliverance's Billy Redden as Banjo Man in #Blastfighter. Typecasting? What typecasting?! #NowWatching http://t.co/eVOMZbzsws" / Twitter
![CREDIN. WARNER BROS. HISTORY, Billy Redden was picked to play Lonnie ("Banjo Boy") during a casting call at a local elementary school. Because Redden couldn't play the banjo, John Boorman had to CREDIN. WARNER BROS. HISTORY, Billy Redden was picked to play Lonnie ("Banjo Boy") during a casting call at a local elementary school. Because Redden couldn't play the banjo, John Boorman had to](https://imageproxy.ifunny.co/crop:x-20,resize:640x,quality:90x75/images/693f0a86e821881d74db0bf503adf17fc95c9dc8719ca8fad5887a9552e65a3e_1.jpg)
CREDIN. WARNER BROS. HISTORY, Billy Redden was picked to play Lonnie ("Banjo Boy") during a casting call at a local elementary school. Because Redden couldn't play the banjo, John Boorman had to
The Storytellers - Sharp eyed observers (us) recognized this #banjo player from a brief scene in the movie "Big Fish". He is Billy Redden, who once famously played the backwoods boy playing "
![Sluts and Guts on Twitter: "In the movie Big Fish (2003) the banjo player in the town of Spectre is Billy Redden the same actor that played the banjo kid in Deliverance ( Sluts and Guts on Twitter: "In the movie Big Fish (2003) the banjo player in the town of Spectre is Billy Redden the same actor that played the banjo kid in Deliverance (](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DrmXEjgX4AEtvNi.jpg:large)