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 filmed in North ...

Billy Redden shot to fame as a child for playing the banjo boy in the Oscar-nominated 1972 thriller Deliverance, but his life took a sad turn and he fell on hard times ...

At 15, Billy Redden might have expected a career on the silver screen after appearing in Oscar-nominated movie Deliverance. But despite being one of the most unmistakable faces in Hollywood for a ...

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 Banjo ...

Herbert Coward, who played the role of "Toothless Man" in the movie "Deliverance" died in a car crash in western North Carolina this week, state officials said. The actor was 85. The fatal two-vehicle ...