<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 (Ronny 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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