Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward(1938-2024)

Actor
Producer

Herbert "Cowboy" Coward, the toothless man in black in 1962 where he first started acting in this Wild West Show called "Ghost town in the Sky". On the left in the black high hat is Robert Doyle Teaster, IMDB's Dean (West II) aka Dean Teaster's father. Photo submitted by Dean West II aka Dean Teaster

Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward was born on 21 August 1938 in Haywood County, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Délivrance (1972), Ghost Town: The Movie (2007) and Hillbilly Blood (2013). He was married to Dorothy Eileen Ledford. He died on 24 January 2024 in Haywood County, North Carolina, USA.

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Known for

Délivrance

7.6

Toothless Man

1972

Ghost Town: The Movie

3.9

Harmon Teaster

2007

Hillbilly Blood

7.4

TV Series

Cowboy

Alcool de contrebande

6.2

TV Series

Self(as Cowboy)

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Actor

Hillbilly Blood
7.4
TV Series
- Cowboy
- 2013
Ghost Town: The Movie
3.9
- Harmon Teaster
- 2007
Délivrance
7.6
- Toothless Man
- 1972

Producer

Ghost Town: The Movie
3.9
- associate producer
- 2007

Videos1

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Ghost Town: The Movie

Personal details

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Alternative name
- Cowboy
Height
- 1.83 m
Born
- August 21, 1938
- Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
Died
- January 24, 2024
- Haywood County, North Carolina, USA(car accident)
Spouse
- Dorothy Eileen LedfordAugust 6, 1960 - September 6, 2011 (her death, 4 children)
Publicity listings
- 1 Article

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Trivia
When director John Boorman was having trouble finding a talented actor who was also toothless for a key role in Délivrance (1972), co-star Burt Reynolds remembered Coward from having worked with him in a Wild West show in Maggie Valley, NC. Coward--who was not an actor and was toothless and illiterate--arrived for his audition looking so perfect for the part of a rural mountain man that Boorman first thought Reynolds had prompted him on how to dress.