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.
Filmography
all 78
TV Shows 52
Movies 26
self 20
![Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/649077-hollywood-heaven-tragic-lives-tragic-deaths.jpg)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990)
![Reel Horror](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/74886-reel-horror.jpg)
Reel Horror (1985)
![The Night Strangler](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/24925-the-night-strangler.jpg)
The Night Strangler (1973)
![Once Upon a Mattress](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/179745-once-upon-a-mattress.jpg)
Once Upon a Mattress (1972)
![Magic Carpet](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/779593-magic-carpet.jpg)
Magic Carpet (1972)
![Up Your Teddy Bear](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/74911-up-your-teddy-bear.jpg)
Up Your Teddy Bear (1970)
![The Odd Couple](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/99076-the-odd-couple.jpg)
The Odd Couple (1970)
![The Young Country](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/245744-the-young-country.jpg)
The Young Country (1970)
![Quarantined](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/378593-quarantined.jpg)
Quarantined (1970)
![The Bill Cosby Show](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/118078-the-bill-cosby-show.jpg)
The Bill Cosby Show (1969)
![Here's Lucy](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/82529-here-s-lucy.jpg)
Here's Lucy (1968)
![The Dick Cavett Show](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/142206-the-dick-cavett-show.jpg)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
![It Takes a Thief](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/37751-it-takes-a-thief.jpg)
It Takes a Thief (1968)
![A Guide for the Married Man](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/5718-a-guide-for-the-married-man.jpg)
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
![Ironside](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/73265-ironside.jpg)
Ironside (1967)
![Hollywood Squares](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/141293-hollywood-squares.jpg)
Hollywood Squares (1966)
![Mission: Impossible](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/21712-mission-impossible.jpg)
Mission: Impossible (1966)
![The Bedford Incident](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/10499-the-bedford-incident.jpg)
The Bedford Incident (1965)
![I Spy](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/61194-i-spy.jpg)
I Spy (1965)
![PDQ](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
PDQ (1965)
![Morituri](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/31380-morituri.jpg)
Morituri (1965)
![Fate Is the Hunter](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/66302-fate-is-the-hunter.jpg)
Fate Is the Hunter (1964)
![Underdog](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/25014-underdog.jpg)
Underdog (1964)
![The Ultimate Underdog Collection](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/436285-the-ultimate-underdog-collection.jpg)
The Ultimate Underdog Collection (1964)
![Burke's Law](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/27456-burke-s-law.jpg)
Burke's Law (1963)
![Spencer's Mountain](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/93388-spencer-s-mountain.jpg)
Spencer's Mountain (1963)
![Marilyn](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/25791-marilyn.jpg)
Marilyn (1963)
![The Lucy Show](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/82526-the-lucy-show.jpg)
The Lucy Show (1962)
![The Beverly Hillbillies](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/23605-the-beverly-hillbillies.jpg)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
![Something's Got to Give](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/56987-something-s-got-to-give.jpg)
Something's Got to Give (1962)
![State Fair](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/80169-state-fair.jpg)
State Fair (1962)
![The Twilight Zone](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/14756-the-twilight-zone.jpg)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
![Wagon Train](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/138965-wagon-train.jpg)
Wagon Train (1957)
![The Adventures of Hiram Holliday](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/138735-the-adventures-of-hiram-holliday.jpg)
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (1956)
![Babes in Toyland](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/355774-babes-in-toyland.jpg)
Babes in Toyland (1954)
![Letter to Loretta](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/116541-letter-to-loretta.jpg)
Letter to Loretta (1953)
![General Electric Theater](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/120272-general-electric-theater.jpg)
General Electric Theater (1953)
![Mister Peepers](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Mister Peepers (1952)
![What's My Line?](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/389112-what-s-my-line.jpg)
What's My Line? (1950)
![Suspense](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/137330-suspense.jpg)
Suspense (1949)
![School House](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
School House
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![Wally Cox](https://images.moviefit.me/p/o/32620-wally-cox.jpg)
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1924-12-06
Deathday1973-12-06 (49 years old)
Birth NameWallace Maynard Cox
Birth PlaceDetroit, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsWallace Maynard Cox
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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