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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 6, 1924
Died
February 15, 1973
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also Known As
- Wallace Maynard Cox
Wally Cox
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
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0.0
Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
5.7
(archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
2.4
Clyde (archive footage)
Reel Horror
1985
6.7
Mr. Berry
The Night Strangler
1973
7.8
The Jester
Once Upon a Mattress
1972
0.0
Harold Kane
Magic Carpet
1972
6.9
Search
1972
6.9
McMillan & Wife
1971
5.5
Mertons
The Barefoot Executive
1971
7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Credits
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Television: The First Fifty Years
as Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage)
1999
0.0
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
1990
5.7
Reel Horror
as Clyde (archive footage)
1985
2.4
The Night Strangler
as Mr. Berry
1973
6.7
Once Upon a Mattress
as The Jester
1972
7.8
Magic Carpet
as Harold Kane
1972
0.0
Search
1972
6.9
McMillan & Wife
1971
6.9
The Barefoot Executive
as Mertons
1971
5.5
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.0
Up Your Teddy Bear
as Clyde King
1970
2.0
Night Gallery
1970
7.8
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
as Becker
1970
6.0
The Odd Couple
as Mr. Fegivney
1970
7.8
The Boatniks
as Jason
1970
5.3
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Mr. Bester
1970
6.2
The Young Country
as Aaron Grimes / Ira Greebe
1970
8.0
Quarantined
as Wilbur Mott
1970
5.0
Love, American Style
as Peter
1969
6.1
The Bill Cosby Show
as Wally Haverstraw
1969
5.4
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
1969
5.8
Here's Lucy
as Rock Barnett
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
as Wally Manley
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
as Gustav Vandemeer
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
as Tommy Tucker
1968
6.7
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
as Mr. Wampler
1968
6.0
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
6.6
It Takes a Thief
as Tourist
1968
7.2
A Guide for the Married Man
as Technical Adviser (Married 14 years)
1967
5.8
Ironside
as Scoutmaster
1967
5.0
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Murder at N.B.C.
1966
0.0
Hollywood Squares
as Self
1966
7.8
Mission: Impossible
as Terry Targo
1966
7.6
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as Little John Doe
1966
6.6
The Bedford Incident
as Seaman Merlin Queffle
1965
7.0
Get Smart
1965
7.9
Mister Roberts
1965
7.5
Lost in Space
as Tiabo
1965
7.1
I Spy
as Herbie
1965
6.5
Morituri
as Dr. Ambach
1965
6.8
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as Ferguson
1964
6.0
Fate Is the Hunter
as Ralph Bundy
1964
6.6
Underdog
1964
6.3
Underdog
as Underdog (Voice)
1964
0.0
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
1964
4.5
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
Burke's Law
as Count Carlo Szipesti
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Dr. Heresford Handy
1963
6.0
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Vacation Playhouse
as Alfred
1963
7.0
Spencer's Mountain
as Preacher Goodman
1963
6.7
Marilyn
as Self ("Something's Got to Give") (archive footage) (uncredited)
1963
6.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Lucy Show
as Harold Tuttle
1962
7.0
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Professor P. Caspar Biddle
1962
6.9
State Fair
as Hipplewaite
1962
4.7
Something's Got to Give
as Shoe Salesman
1962
8.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
7.5
The Twilight Zone
as James Elwood
1959
8.5
DuPont Show of the Month
as Messenger 7013
1957
6.8
🎬
The Lux Show
as Self
1957
6.0
Wagon Train
as Vincent Eaglewood
1957
6.6
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
as Hiram Holliday
1956
6.5
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1956
5.6
Babes in Toyland
as Grumio, the Toymaker
1955
0.0
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
Heidi
as Peter
1955
0.0
Babes in Toyland
as Grumio, the Toymaker
1954
6.0
🎬
Max Liebman Presents
1954
0.0
Letter to Loretta
as Leslie Nettleton
1953
6.5
General Electric Theater
as Monroe Winkler
1953
6.4
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Mister Peepers
as Robinson Peepers
1952
5.5
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Danger
1950
8.0
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
Your Show of Shows
1950
6.3
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
1950
6.9
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
Suspense
1949
4.9
Suspense
as Ace McCoy
1949
4.9
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8