![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
![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)
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 (
![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
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 "
![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)