person

Wally Cox

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-12-06

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Wally Cox

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.

Also Known For

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The Barefoot Executive

Mar 17, 1971

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Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

Jan 01, 1990

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59

A Guide for the Married Man

May 25, 1967

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66

The Night Strangler

Jan 16, 1973

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49

State Fair

Mar 09, 1962

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53

The Boatniks

Jul 01, 1970

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66

Spencer's Mountain

May 16, 1963

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61

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

Dec 31, 1964

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69

The Bedford Incident

Oct 11, 1965

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64

Fate Is the Hunter

Nov 08, 1964

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22

Up Your Teddy Bear

Dec 23, 1970

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50

Quarantined

Feb 24, 1970

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63

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

Apr 01, 1970

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24

Reel Horror

Oct 01, 1985

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80

The Young Country

Mar 17, 1970

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NA

Magic Carpet

Nov 06, 1972

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60

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

Apr 19, 1968

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NA

Television: The First Fifty Years

Jan 01, 1999

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50

Ironside

Mar 28, 1967

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68

Morituri

Aug 24, 1965

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78

Once Upon a Mattress

Dec 12, 1972

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60

Marilyn

Apr 18, 1963

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60

The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City

Oct 18, 1970

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60

Babes in Toyland

Dec 18, 1954

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NA

Babes in Toyland

Dec 24, 1955

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85

Something's Got to Give

Jan 01, 1962

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NA

Murder at N.B.C.

Oct 19, 1966

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60

Burke's Law

Sep 20, 1963

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66

Here's Lucy

Sep 23, 1968

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68

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Sep 10, 1950

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66

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

Sep 13, 1966

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78

The Odd Couple

Sep 24, 1970

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74

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Oct 03, 1961

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70

The Lucy Show

Oct 01, 1962

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68

The Beverly Hillbillies

Sep 26, 1962

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62

The Merv Griffin Show

Oct 01, 1962

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69

Alias Smith and Jones

Jan 05, 1971

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54

The Bill Cosby Show

Sep 14, 1969

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71

Lost in Space

Sep 15, 1965

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77

Hollywood Squares

Oct 17, 1966

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78

Night Gallery

Dec 16, 1970

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62

General Electric Theater

Feb 01, 1953

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76

Mission: Impossible

Sep 17, 1966

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75

Mister Roberts

Sep 17, 1965

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55

Mister Peepers

Jul 03, 1952

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79

Get Smart

Sep 18, 1965

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84

The Twilight Zone

Oct 02, 1959

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62

Underdog

Oct 03, 1964

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68

McMillan & Wife

Sep 29, 1971

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45

The Hollywood Palace

Jan 04, 1964

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65

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Jan 22, 1968

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58

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

Jan 22, 1969

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69

Search

Sep 13, 1972

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63

Your Show of Shows

Feb 25, 1950

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57

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Oct 04, 1963

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50

Matinee Theater

Oct 31, 1955

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50

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday

Oct 03, 1956

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60

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Oct 05, 1956

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49

Suspense

Jan 06, 1949

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80

Danger

Sep 26, 1950

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56

The Steve Allen Show

Jun 24, 1956

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70

Vacation Playhouse

Jul 22, 1963

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63

I Spy

Sep 15, 1965

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NA

Max Liebman Presents

Sep 12, 1954

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65

Letter to Loretta

Sep 20, 1953

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70

It Takes a Thief

Jan 09, 1968

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66

Here's Lucy

Sep 23, 1968

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66

Here's Lucy

Sep 23, 1968

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60

Burke's Law

Sep 20, 1963

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68

The Ed Sullivan Show

Jun 20, 1948

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66

Here's Lucy

Sep 23, 1968

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60

The Lux Show

Sep 26, 1957

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63

Wagon Train

Sep 18, 1957

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49

Suspense

Jan 06, 1949

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74

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Oct 01, 1962

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69

What's My Line?

Feb 02, 1950

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67

The Dick Cavett Show

Jun 06, 1968

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70

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Jul 29, 1957

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69

What's My Line?

Feb 02, 1950

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53

The Mike Douglas Show

Dec 11, 1961

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67

DuPont Show of the Month

Sep 29, 1957

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60

Love, American Style

Sep 29, 1969

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NA

Underdog

Oct 03, 1964