Wally Cox

Known for ActingBorn 1924-12-06Died 1973-02-15Detroit, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Magic Carpet

The Young Country

The Twilight Zone

Mister Roberts

Something's Got to Give

Underdog

Vacation Playhouse

Hollywood Squares

Get Smart

The Odd Couple

Once Upon a Mattress

Night Gallery

Mission: Impossible

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Danger

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

DuPont Show of the Month

It Takes a Thief

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday

Lost in Space

Search

Your Show of Shows

The Lucy Show

Alias Smith and Jones

McMillan & Wife

The Bedford Incident

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

What's My Line?

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

Mister Peepers

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

The Dick Cavett Show

Morituri

The Night Strangler

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Spencer's Mountain

Here's Lucy

General Electric Theater

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Babes in Toyland

The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City

Wagon Train

Fate Is the Hunter

I Spy