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