Name
Wally Cox
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1924-12-06
Deathday
1973-02-15 (49 years old)
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biography
Wally Cox was a beloved character actor who made his mark in television and ranks as one of the medium's most memorable performers. His ability to show his range likely was limited by his short stature, slight frame, and high-pitched voice, which along with his talent for being very funny, made him ideal for comedy parts such as his memorable turn as Professor P. Caspar Biddle in "The Bird-Watchers" episode of The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) in 1966. His television persona was that of a shy, timid man in horn-rimed glasses who spoke in a tentative, though distinctly enunciated, voice. It was a persona that his long-time friend Marlon Brando said was completely at odds with the real man.
Cox always will be remembered as the eponymous "Mr. Peepers" and the voice of "Underdog," but he was an actor of wider talents seldom used by the industry, as can be seen in his turns as the sonar operator in The Bedford Incident (1965) and as the potential suicide Wally Haverstraw in The Bill Cosby Show (1969) episode "Goodbye, Cruel World" in 1970. Dying unexpectedly on February 15, 1973, from what some newspapers described as an accidental overdose of sedatives but which Marlon Brando in his autobiography said was a heart attack, Wally Cox's cremated remains were kept hidden in a closet by his old friend for three decades. According to Brando's son Miko, both his father's and Cox's ashes were scattered at the same time in Death Valley, California, in a ceremony following Brando's death, thus reuniting the lifetime friends.
Known For
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Clay Spencer and his wife, Olivia, live in a small town deep in the mountains. When Clay i...
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A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being cau...
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An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal cr...
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One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who ...
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Young and awkward, The Coast-Guard's ensign Thomas Garland suffers from the comparison wit...
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In the great Disney tradition of wild family fun, a young Kurt Russell stars as Steven Pos...
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The eleven members of the Bower family move to Dakota Territory....
- 1971 The Barefoot Executive as Mertons
- 1990 Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths as (archive footage)
- 1967 A Guide for the Married Man as Technical Adviser
- 1973 The Night Strangler as Mr. Berry
- 1962 State Fair as Hipplewaite
- 1970 The Boatniks as Jason
- 1963 Spencer's Mountain as Preacher Goodman
- 1964 The Yellow Rolls-Royce as Ferguson
- 1965 The Bedford Incident as Seaman Merlin Queffle
- 1964 Fate Is the Hunter as Ralph Bundy
- 1970 Up Your Teddy Bear as Clyde King
- 1970 Quarantined as Wilbur Mott
- 1970 The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County as Mr. Bester
- 1985 Reel Horror as Clyde (archive footage)
- 1970 The Young Country as Aaron Grimes / Ira Greebe
- 1972 Magic Carpet as Harold Kane
- 1968 The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band as Mr. Wampler
- 1999 Television: The First Fifty Years as Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage)
- 1967 Ironside as Scoutmaster
- 1965 Morituri as Dr. Ambach
- 1972 Once Upon a Mattress as The Jester
- 1970 The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City as Becker
- 1954 Babes in Toyland as Grumio, the Toymaker
- 1955 Babes in Toyland as Grumio, the Toymaker
- 1966 Murder at N.B.C.
- 1955 Heidi as Peter
- 1976 Bob Hope's World of Comedy as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Count Carlo Szipesti
- 1968 Here's Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Rock Barnett
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1966 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. ( 1 episode ) as Little John Doe
- 1970 The Odd Couple ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Fegivney
- 1961 The Dick Van Dyke Show ( 1 episode )
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Harold Tuttle
- 1962 The Beverly Hillbillies ( 2 episodes ) as Professor P. Caspar Biddle
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1971 Alias Smith and Jones ( 1 episode )
- 1969 The Bill Cosby Show ( 1 episode ) as Wally Haverstraw
- 1965 Lost in Space ( 1 episode ) as Tiabo
- 1966 Hollywood Squares ( 73 episodes ) as Self
- 1970 Night Gallery ( 1 episode )
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Monroe Winkler
- 1966 Mission: Impossible ( 1 episode ) as Terry Targo
- 1965 Mister Roberts ( 1 episode )
- 1952 Mister Peepers ( 48 episodes ) as Robinson Peepers
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as James Elwood
- 1964 Underdog ( 129 episodes )
- 1971 McMillan & Wife ( 1 episode )
- 1964 The Hollywood Palace ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1969 The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1972 Search ( 1 episode )
- 1950 Your Show of Shows ( 1 episode )
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Matinee Theater ( 2 episodes )
- 1956 The Adventures of Hiram Holliday ( 23 episodes ) as Hiram Holliday
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1949 Suspense ( 1 episode )
- 1950 Danger ( 1 episode )
- 1956 The Steve Allen Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1963 Vacation Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Alfred
- 1965 I Spy ( 1 episode ) as Herbie
- 1954 Max Liebman Presents ( 1 episode )
- 1953 Letter to Loretta ( 1 episode ) as Leslie Nettleton
- 1968 It Takes a Thief ( 1 episode ) as Tourist
- 1968 Here's Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Wally Manley
- 1968 Here's Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Gustav Vandemeer
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Heresford Handy
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1968 Here's Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Tommy Tucker
- 1957 The Lux Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1957 Wagon Train ( 1 episode ) as Vincent Eaglewood
- 1949 Suspense ( 1 episode ) as Ace McCoy
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1957 DuPont Show of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Messenger 7013
- 1969 Love, American Style ( 1 episode ) as Peter
- 1964 Underdog ( 62 episodes ) as Underdog (Voice)
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 1 episode ) as Self (uncredited)
- 1965 Get Smart ( 1 episode ) as TV Repairman (uncredited)
