Wally Cox
Acting
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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Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage)
movieHollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
(archive footage)
movieReel Horror
1985
Clyde (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
movieThe Night Strangler
1973
Mr. Berry
movieOnce Upon a Mattress
1972
The Jester
movieMagic Carpet
1972
Harold Kane
movieUp Your Teddy Bear
1970
Clyde King
tvThe Odd Couple
1970
Mr. Fegivney
movieThe Young Country
1970
Aaron Grimes / Ira Greebe
movieQuarantined
1970
Wilbur Mott
tvThe Bill Cosby Show
1969
Wally Haverstraw
tvHere's Lucy
1968
Rock Barnett / Wally Manley / Gustav Vandemeer / Tommy Tucker
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
tvRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Self (uncredited)
tvIt Takes a Thief
1968
Tourist
movieA Guide for the Married Man
1967
Technical Adviser
movieIronside
1967
Scoutmaster
tvMission: Impossible
1966
Terry Targo
tvThe Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
Little John Doe
movieThe Bedford Incident
1965
Seaman Merlin Queffle
tvGet Smart
1965
TV Repairman (uncredited)
tvLost in Space
1965
Tiabo
tvI Spy
1965
Herbie
movieMorituri
1965
Dr. Ambach
movieThe Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
Ferguson
movieFate Is the Hunter
1964
Ralph Bundy
tvUnderdog
1964
Underdog (Voice)
tvBurke's Law
1963
Count Carlo Szipesti / Dr. Heresford Handy
movieSpencer's Mountain
1963
Preacher Goodman
tvThe Lucy Show
1962
Harold Tuttle
tvThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Professor P. Caspar Biddle
movieState Fair
1962
Hipplewaite
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959
James Elwood
tvDuPont Show of the Month
1957
Messenger 7013
tvWagon Train
1957
Vincent Eaglewood
tvThe Adventures of Hiram Holliday
1956
Hiram Holliday
movieBabes in Toyland
1955
Grumio, the Toymaker
movieHeidi
1955
Peter
movieBabes in Toyland
1954
Grumio, the Toymaker
tvLetter to Loretta
1953
Leslie Nettleton
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Monroe Winkler
tvMister Peepers
1952
Robinson Peepers
tvSuspense
1949
Ace McCoy
