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Wally Cox

Wally Cox

Actor · 1924 – 1973 · 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.

Series24

  • TV7.5
  • TV7.0

    What's My Line?

    1950 · 29 votes

  • TV5.8

    The Mike Douglas Show

    1961 · 11 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Merv Griffin Show

    1962 · 12 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Dick Cavett Show

    1968 · 22 votes

  • TV6.2

    Love, American Style

    1969 · 21 votes

  • TV7.6

    Mission: Impossible

    1966 · 320 votes

  • TV6.6

    Wagon Train

    1957 · 31 votes

  • TV8.0

    Get Smart

    1965 · 448 votes

  • TV5.3

    Matinee Theater

    1955 · 7 votes

  • TV8.5

    The Twilight Zone

    1959 · 1.1K votes

  • TV7.8

    The Odd Couple

    1970 · 69 votes

  • TV5.9
  • TV6.8

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    1948 · 23 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Dick Van Dyke Show

    1961 · 110 votes

  • TV6.9

    The Beverly Hillbillies

    1962 · 139 votes

  • TV6.3

    Burke's Law

    1963 · 12 votes

  • TV7.5
  • TV7.1

    The Lucy Show

    1962 · 53 votes

  • TV6.4
  • TV7.0

    The Bob Hope Show

    1950 · 5 votes

  • TV7.8

    Night Gallery

    1970 · 112 votes

  • TV7.3

    Lost in Space

    1965 · 137 votes

  • TV6.9

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    1950 · 13 votes

Movies23

  • Movie6.8

    Spencer's Mountain

    1963 · 42 votes

  • Movie6.1

    The Yellow Rolls-Royce

    1964 · 62 votes

  • Movie6.0
  • Movie7.0

    The Bedford Incident

    1965 · 101 votes

  • Movie5.6

    The Barefoot Executive

    1971 · 48 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Fate Is the Hunter

    1964 · 41 votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Night Strangler

    1973 · 85 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Morituri

    1965 · 94 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie6.1
  • Movie3.2

    Reel Horror

    1985 · 8 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Ironside

    1967 · 3 votes

  • Movie7.8

    Once Upon a Mattress

    1972 · 4 votes

  • Movie4.9

    State Fair

    1962 · 17 votes

  • Movie5.3

    The Boatniks

    1970 · 30 votes

  • Movie5.7
  • Movie
  • Movie6.5
  • Movie7.0
  • Movie
  • Movie6.7

    Babes in Toyland

    1954 · 3 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Quarantined

    1970 · 2 votes

  • Movie2.9

    Up Your Teddy Bear

    1970 · 7 votes