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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Television: The First Fifty Years
Character:Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1999
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1990
Reel Horror
Character:Clyde (archive footage)
Release Date:01/10/1985
The Night Strangler
Character:Mr. Berry
Release Date:16/01/1973
Once Upon a Mattress
Character:The Jester
Release Date:12/12/1972
Magic Carpet
Character:Harold Kane
Release Date:06/11/1972
The Barefoot Executive
Character:Mertons
Release Date:17/03/1971
Up Your Teddy Bear
Character:Clyde King
Release Date:23/12/1970
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
Character:Becker
Release Date:18/10/1970
The Boatniks
Character:Jason
Release Date:01/07/1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Character:Mr. Bester
Release Date:01/04/1970
The Young Country
Character:Aaron Grimes / Ira Greebe
Release Date:17/03/1970
Quarantined
Character:Wilbur Mott
Release Date:24/02/1970
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Character:Mr. Wampler
Release Date:19/04/1968
A Guide for the Married Man
Character:Technical Adviser (Married 14 years)
Release Date:25/05/1967
Ironside
Character:Scoutmaster
Release Date:28/03/1967
Murder at N.B.C.
Character:
Release Date:19/10/1966
The Bedford Incident
Character:Seaman Merlin Queffle
Release Date:11/10/1965
Morituri
Character:Dr. Ambach
Release Date:24/08/1965
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Character:Ferguson
Release Date:31/12/1964
Fate Is the Hunter
Character:Ralph Bundy
Release Date:16/10/1964
Spencer's Mountain
Character:Preacher Goodman
Release Date:16/05/1963
Marilyn
Character:Self ("Something's Got to Give") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:18/04/1963
State Fair
Character:Hipplewaite
Release Date:09/03/1962
Something's Got to Give
Character:Shoe Salesman
Release Date:01/01/1962
Babes in Toyland
Character:Grumio, the Toymaker
Release Date:24/12/1955
Heidi
Character:Peter
Release Date:01/10/1955
Babes in Toyland
Character:Grumio, the Toymaker
Release Date:18/12/1954
Television Appearances
Search
Character:
McMillan & Wife
Character:
Alias Smith and Jones
Character:
Night Gallery
Character:
The Odd Couple
Character:Mr. Fegivney
Love, American Style
Character:Peter
The Bill Cosby Show
Character:Wally Haverstraw
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Character:Self
Here's Lucy
Character:Rock Barnett
Here's Lucy
Character:Wally Manley
Here's Lucy
Character:Gustav Vandemeer
Here's Lucy
Character:Tommy Tucker
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character:Self (uncredited)
It Takes a Thief
Character:Tourist
Hollywood Squares
Character:Self
Mission: Impossible
Character:Terry Targo
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Character:Little John Doe
Get Smart
Character:
Mister Roberts
Character:
Lost in Space
Character:Tiabo
I Spy
Character:Herbie
Underdog
Character:
Underdog
Character:Underdog (Voice)
The Hollywood Palace
Character:Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:
Burke's Law
Character:Count Carlo Szipesti
Burke's Law
Character:Dr. Heresford Handy
Vacation Playhouse
Character:Alfred
The Lucy Show
Character:Harold Tuttle
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Beverly Hillbillies
Character:Professor P. Caspar Biddle
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Character:
The Twilight Zone
Character:James Elwood
DuPont Show of the Month
Character:Messenger 7013
The Lux Show
Character:Self
Wagon Train
Character:Vincent Eaglewood
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Character:Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Character:Self
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
Character:Hiram Holliday
The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self
Matinee Theater
Character:
Max Liebman Presents
Character:
Letter to Loretta
Character:Leslie Nettleton
General Electric Theater
Character:Monroe Winkler
Mister Peepers
Character:Robinson Peepers
Danger
Character:
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self
Your Show of Shows
Character:
What's My Line?
Character:Self - Panelist
What's My Line?
Character:Self
Suspense
Character:
Suspense
Character:Ace McCoy
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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