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  1. Billy Redden: What happened to the banjo player boy from …

    Jul 1, 2024 · The banjo-playing boy, Lonnie, played by 15-year-old Billy Redden, became an instant icon. However, Billy Redden's story extends far beyond those few minutes of fame. An …

  2. Billy Redden from Deliverance as a grown-up. Is that a word we …

    Mar 4, 2024 · Generation X was born, by broadest definition, between 1961 and 1981, the greatest anti-child cycle in modern history. Nevertheless, we grew up to become the world's …

  3. Hand actor using fake sleeves, playing the Banjo during the

    Jul 1, 2024 · The actor Billy Redden who starred as the boy in Deliverance couldnt play the Banjo, so local musician Mike Addis was used as a hand double for the playing scenes.

  4. Billy Redden filming the "Dueling Banjos" sequence on the set of ...

    Billy Redden filming the "Dueling Banjos" sequence on the set of Deliverance in 1972. Behind Redden a young musician named Mike Addis performs the actual fingering of the instrument.

  5. In the movie Big Fish (2003) the banjo player in the town of

    Jul 6, 2018 · 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 (1972)

  6. The "Banjo kid" from "Deliverance", then & now. : r/movies - Reddit

    Mar 30, 2012 · Redden could not actually play the banjo. A local musician, Mike Addis, reached around from behind Redden; this was disguised using careful camera angles. Reply reply …

  7. Best Deliverance Posts - Reddit

    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 …

  8. What happened with the Banjo Kid from Deliverance? : r/movies

    201 votes, 27 comments. 32M subscribers in the movies community. The goal of /r/Movies is to provide an inclusive place for discussions and news…

  9. Billy Redden as "Lonnie" (the Banjo Boy) from the Movie …

    Mar 18, 2018 · Billy Redden as "Lonnie" (the Banjo Boy) from the Movie "Deliverance" (1972) and Billy later in life as an adult.

  10. TIL: in the iconic banjo scene in Deliverance the young boy, Billy ...

    Jul 20, 2019 · TIL: in the iconic banjo scene in Deliverance the young boy, Billy Redden, couldn't actually play the banjo, so he wore a special shirt which allowed a real banjo player to hide …