Acting
Wally Cox
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
Television: The First Fifty Years
Film · 1999
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Film · 1990
Reel Horror
Film · 1985
The Night Strangler
Film · 1973
Magic Carpet
Film · 1972
Once Upon a Mattress
Film · 1972
Search
Series · 1972
The Barefoot Executive
Film · 1971
Alias Smith and Jones
Series · 1971
McMillan & Wife
Series · 1971
The Boatniks
Film · 1970
Up Your Teddy Bear
Film · 1970
Quarantined
Film · 1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Film · 1970
The Young Country
Film · 1970
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
Film · 1970
The Odd Couple
Series · 1970
Night Gallery
Series · 1970
The Bill Cosby Show
Series · 1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Series · 1969
Love, American Style
Series · 1969
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Film · 1968
Here's Lucy
Series · 1968
It Takes a Thief
Series · 1968
Here's Lucy
Series · 1968
Here's Lucy
Series · 1968
Here's Lucy
Series · 1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Series · 1968
A Guide for the Married Man
Film · 1967
Ironside
Film · 1967
Murder at N.B.C.
Film · 1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Series · 1966
Hollywood Squares
Series · 1966
Mission: Impossible
Series · 1966
The Bedford Incident
Film · 1965
Morituri
Film · 1965
Lost in Space
Series · 1965
Mister Roberts
Series · 1965
I Spy
Series · 1965
Get Smart
Series · 1965
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Film · 1964
Fate Is the Hunter
Film · 1964
Underdog
Series · 1964
The Hollywood Palace
Series · 1964
Underdog
Series · 1964
Spencer's Mountain
Film · 1963
Burke's Law
Series · 1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Series · 1963
Vacation Playhouse
Series · 1963
Burke's Law
Series · 1963
State Fair
Film · 1962
The Lucy Show
Series · 1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
Series · 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Series · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
The Twilight Zone
Series · 1959
The Lux Show
Series · 1957
Wagon Train
Series · 1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Series · 1957
DuPont Show of the Month
Series · 1957
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
Series · 1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Series · 1956
The Steve Allen Show
Series · 1956
Babes in Toyland
Film · 1955
Heidi
Film · 1955
Matinee Theater
Series · 1955
Babes in Toyland
Film · 1954
Max Liebman Presents
Series · 1954
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
Mister Peepers
Series · 1952
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Series · 1950
Your Show of Shows
Series · 1950
Danger
Series · 1950
What's My Line?
Series · 1950
The Bob Hope Show
Series · 1950
Suspense
Series · 1949
Suspense
Series · 1949
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948