Ronny Cox

Ronny Cox (2007)

Daniel Ronald "Ronny" Cox (born July 23, 1938 in Cloudcroft , New Mexico ) is an American actor and singer .

Life and accomplishments

His first film was the three Academy Award-nominated thriller Everyone's First To Die (1972), in which he starred alongside Jon Voight , Burt Reynolds and Ned Beatty . From 1974 to 1975 he played the lead role in the television series Apple's Way . In the drama The Cadets of Bunker Hill (1981) he played the role of Colonel Kerby , the National Guard commander who ended the Cadet uprising led by Brian Moreland ( Timothy Hutton ) and David Shawn ( Tom Cruise ).

In the action comedies Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) he played the role of the boss of William Rosewood ( Judge Reinhold ) and John Taggart ( John Ashton ), Andrew Bogomil . Director Paul Verhoeven cast Cox as villains in his science fiction films RoboCop (1987) and Total Recall (1990). In 1992 he took on the role of Captain Edward Jellico in two episodes of the television series Starship Enterprise: The Next Century .

In the thriller Murder in the White House (1997) he appeared alongside Wesley Snipes and Alan Alda , in the comedy On the Stormy Way (1999) alongside Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock .

In the science fiction series Stargate - Command SG-1 , he played the recurring role of Senator Robert Kinsey .

Cox married Mary Cox in 1960, with whom he has two children. His wife died on December 18, 2006 after a brief, serious illness.

Movies

TV Shows

1972: Bonanza (episode 14x05)
1974–1975: Apple's Way (27 episodes)
1977: The Man in the Mountains ( The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams , episode 1x04)
1978: Fantasy Island (episode 1x13)
1986: Murder is her hobby ( Murder, She Wrote , episode 3x01-3x02)
1987–1988: Chief Physician Dr. Westphall ( St. Elsewhere , 22 episodes)
1992: Spaceship Enterprise: The Next Century ( Star Trek: The Next Generation , episodes 6x10–6x11)
1993: LA Law - star lawyers, tricks, lawsuits ( LA Law , episode 7x21)
1994: Time Trax - Back to the Future ( Time Trax , episode 2x14)
1996: Diagnosis: Murder ( Diagnosis Murder , episode 3x09)
1997-2006: Stargate Command SG-1 ( Stargate SG-1 , 11 episodes)
1998–1999: Practice - The Lawyers ( Practice , TV series, episodes 3x01, 3x11)
1999: Outer Limits - The Unknown Dimension ( The Outer Limits , episode 5x16)
2001–2002: The Agency - In the crosshairs of the CIA ( The Agency , 22 episodes)
2003: Boston Public (episode 3x22)
2005: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (episode 7x02)
2005: Medium - Nothing remains hidden ( Medium , episode 2x07)
2006: Desperate Housewives (episode 2x19)
2006: Welcome, Mrs. President ( Commander in Chief , episode 1x14)
2008: Cold Case - No victim is ever forgotten ( Cold Case , episode 5x17)
2011: Dexter (episode 6x03)
2012: Leverage (episode 5x06)
2015: True Detective (episodes 2x07–2x08)

personal data
SURNAME	Cox, Ronny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cox, Daniel Ronald (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American actor and singer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 23, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cloudcroft, New Mexico