Herbert "Cowboy" Coward, the Toothless Mountain Man in ‘Deliverance,' Dies at 85

hollywood reporter ^ | 1/25/24 | Rhett Bartlett

[central_va]

RIP

[PAR35]

Was he the Coward of the county?

[Empire_of_Liberty]

I do like that very dark movie. But you have to be in the right mood for it to really work.

(And the wife has to be away…)

[Red Badger]

[Magnum44]

[V_TWIN]

If your not a Southerner you might not really get everything that movie depicts.

[Magnum44]

Helps to have a purdy mouth too.

[Jan_Sobieski]

His acting performance as a Sodomite in “Deliverance” probably kept the real Sodomites in America in the closet for 2 decades. Americans were so sickened and repulsed by Homosexuality as portrayed in this movie, there was a backlash against hippie homosexuality

[PGR88]

Nothing against the man himself, but that character he played is a vicious stereotype and phantasm that lives in the minds and manufactured religion of leftist, arrogant and narrow-minded urban American elites across the nation.

[Bullish]

Sad, but what about the banjo boy?

[bigdaddy45]

You mean it disparages homos?

[Magnum44]

that character he played is a vicious stereotype and phantasm

Stereotype, sure. Phantasm? Nope. They do exist. Maybe you just dont recognize them today with the titles of Senator or Your Honor...

[Red Badger]

https://wset.com/news/local/deliverance-north-carolina-actor-herbert-cowboy-coward-burt-reynolds-western-native-anniversary-50-years-later-classic-hillbilly-horror-movie-haywood-county-retired-where-are-they-now

[V_TWIN]

Well hell man, ALL Southerners are toothless rednecks.....everybody knows that......and we’re all racists as well. We all have a moonshine still in our backyard and most of us married a first cousin!

You’d be shocked how many people actually believe that bullshit.

[srmanuel]

Who can ever forget, “ you got a pretty mouth” and “squeal like a pig “

[Red Badger]

Two of the most iconic lines in film history...............

[Bratch]

Deliverance - Dueling Banjos (HQ)

[Osage Orange]

LOL!!

[Fai Mao]

The only person I know who married their cousin is a high dollar lawyer from NYC. His wife is his 2nd cousin. The guy has 2 PhDs

[Melinda in TN]

I saw it in the 70’s when it came out in the theater. I had to leave.