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.
Filmography
all 78
TV Shows 52
Movies 26
self 20
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990)
Reel Horror (1985)
The Night Strangler (1973)
Once Upon a Mattress (1972)
Magic Carpet (1972)
Search (1972)
The Mouse Factory (1972)
McMillan and Wife (1971)
The Barefoot Executive (1971)
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
Up Your Teddy Bear (1970)
Night Gallery (1970)
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City (1970)
The Odd Couple (1970)
The Boatniks (1970)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
The Young Country (1970)
Quarantined (1970)
The Bill Cosby Show (1969)
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969)
Storybook Squares (1969)
Here's Lucy (1968)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)
It Takes a Thief (1968)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
Ironside (1967)
Hollywood Squares (1966)
Mission: Impossible (1966)
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966)
The Bedford Incident (1965)
Get Smart (1965)
Mister Roberts (1965)
Lost in Space (1965)
I Spy (1965)
PDQ (1965)
Morituri (1965)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Fate Is the Hunter (1964)
Underdog (1964)
The Ultimate Underdog Collection (1964)
The Hollywood Palace (1964)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
Burke's Law (1963)
Vacation Playhouse (1963)
Spencer's Mountain (1963)
Marilyn (1963)
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
The Lucy Show (1962)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Something's Got to Give (1962)
State Fair (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Candid Camera (1960)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Lux Show (1957)
Wagon Train (1957)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (1956)
The Steve Allen Show (1956)
Babes in Toyland (1955)
Matinee Theater (1955)
Babes in Toyland (1954)
Max Liebman Presents (1954)
Letter to Loretta (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
Name That Tune (1952)
Gulf Playhouse (1952)
Mister Peepers (1952)
Danger (1950)
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
Your Show of Shows (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
Suspense (1949)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
School House
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1924-12-06
Deathday1973-12-06 (49 years old)
Birth NameWallace Maynard Cox
Birth PlaceDetroit, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsWallace Maynard Cox
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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