Actor Herbert Lee, also referred to as a professional “Cowboy” Coward, is most known for playing one of the two vicious mountain men in the 1972 movie Deliverance.
Herbert Cowboy Wife
He was rumored to have married Dorothy, a well-known personality. Further details about her are not publicly known.
Herbert Cowboy Children
Herbert Lee “Cowboy” Coward is survived by his children, Janet Coward (Jerry Parks) and Debbie Frady (Jim).
Herbert Cowboy Parents
Herbert Lee “Cowboy” Coward was born in Haywood County, North Carolina, the ninth child of Fred and Moody Parker Coward.
Herbert Cowboy Siblings
There are no details about whether he has siblings or not, and besides, whether they exist or not.
He was also born in Haywood County, North Carolina, and dropped out of school early to work as a traveling laborer.
It was mentioned that he met Burt Reynolds at an Old West ghost town amusement park in Maggie Valley, where he started his acting career.
Later on, Reynolds suggested that he play the part in Deliverance, which went viral with the line, “He got a real purty mouth, am not he?”
Coward spent 27 years as an employee of the BASF plant in Asheville, North Carolina, following his appearance in the movie. He also appeared in the 2007 film Ghost Town: The Movie and on television’s Hillbilly Blood in 2013
