Wally Cox
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 6, 1924
- Died
- February 15, 1973 (aged 48)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Television: The First Fifty Years
Movie · as Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Reel Horror
Movie · as Clyde (archive footage)
The Night Strangler
Movie · as Mr. Berry
Magic Carpet
Movie · as Harold Kane
Once Upon a Mattress
Movie · as The Jester
Search
TV · 1 ep
The Barefoot Executive
Movie · as Mertons
Alias Smith and Jones
TV · 1 ep
McMillan & Wife
TV · 1 ep
The Boatniks
Movie · as Jason
Up Your Teddy Bear
Movie · as Clyde King
Quarantined
Movie · as Wilbur Mott
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Movie · as Mr. Bester
The Young Country
Movie · as Aaron Grimes / Ira Greebe
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
Movie · as Becker
The Odd Couple
TV · as Mr. Fegivney · 1 ep
Night Gallery
TV · 1 ep
The Bill Cosby Show
TV · as Wally Haverstraw · 1 ep
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Love, American Style
TV · as Peter · 1 ep
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Movie · as Mr. Wampler
Here's Lucy
TV · as Rock Barnett, Wally Manley, Gustav Vandemeer, Tommy Tucker · 1 ep
It Takes a Thief
TV · as Tourist · 1 ep
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
A Guide for the Married Man
Movie · as Technical Adviser
Ironside
Movie · as Scoutmaster
Murder at N.B.C.
Movie
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Little John Doe · 1 ep
Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self · 100 eps
Mission: Impossible
TV · as Terry Targo · 1 ep
The Bedford Incident
Movie · as Seaman Merlin Queffle
Morituri
Movie · as Dr. Ambach
Lost in Space
TV · as Tiabo · 1 ep
Mister Roberts
TV · 1 ep
I Spy
TV · as Herbie · 1 ep
Get Smart
TV · as TV Repairman (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Movie · as Ferguson
Fate Is the Hunter
Movie · as Ralph Bundy
Underdog
TV · 129 eps
The Hollywood Palace
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Underdog
TV · as Underdog (Voice) · 62 eps
Spencer's Mountain
Movie · as Preacher Goodman
Burke's Law
TV · as Count Carlo Szipesti, Dr. Heresford Handy · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Vacation Playhouse
TV · as Alfred · 1 ep
State Fair
Movie · as Hipplewaite
The Lucy Show
TV · as Harold Tuttle · 1 ep
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV · as Professor P. Caspar Biddle · 2 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Twilight Zone
TV · as James Elwood · 1 ep
The Lux Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Wagon Train
TV · as Vincent Eaglewood · 1 ep
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · as Self · 1 ep
DuPont Show of the Month
TV · as Messenger 7013 · 1 ep
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
TV · as Hiram Holliday · 23 eps
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Babes in Toyland
Movie · as Grumio, the Toymaker
Heidi
Movie · as Peter
Matinee Theater
TV · 2 eps
Babes in Toyland
Movie · as Grumio, the Toymaker
Max Liebman Presents
TV · 1 ep
General Electric Theater
TV · as Monroe Winkler · 1 ep
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Leslie Nettleton · 1 ep
Mister Peepers
TV · as Robinson Peepers · 48 eps
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Your Show of Shows
TV · 1 ep
Danger
TV · 1 ep
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Bob Hope Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Suspense
TV · as Ace McCoy · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep