<P> 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 of the country in north Georgia, who played the noted "Dueling Banjos" with Drew Ballinger, played by Ronnie Cox . The film was critically acclaimed and received nominations for awards in several categories . </P> <P> Redden was born in Rabun County, Georgia . </P>

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