Wally Cox
Acting
Born: December 6, 1924 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died: February 15, 1973 (aged 48)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Twilight Zone
1959
Get Smart
1965
Mission: Impossible
1966
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Lost in Space
1965
Night Gallery
1970
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
The Bedford Incident
1965
Morituri
1965
The Night Strangler
1973
The Odd Couple
1970
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
Photos (2)
Movies (24)
The Bedford Incident
Seaman Merlin Queffle
Morituri
Dr. Ambach
Spencer's Mountain
Preacher Goodman
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Ferguson
A Guide for the Married Man
Technical Adviser
The Barefoot Executive
Mertons
The Boatniks
Jason
Fate Is the Hunter
Ralph Bundy
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Mr. Wampler
State Fair
Hipplewaite
The Night Strangler
Mr. Berry
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
(archive footage)
Reel Horror
Clyde (archive footage)
Ironside
Scoutmaster
Babes in Toyland
Grumio, the Toymaker
Babes in Toyland
Grumio, the Toymaker
Magic Carpet
Harold Kane
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Mr. Bester
The Young Country
Aaron Grimes / Ira Greebe
Once Upon a Mattress
The Jester
Up Your Teddy Bear
Clyde King
Quarantined
Wilbur Mott
Heidi
Peter
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
Becker
TV Shows (36)
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1 eps
The Lucy Show
Harold Tuttle · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Vincent Eaglewood · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
James Elwood · 1 eps
Love, American Style
Peter · 1 eps
Get Smart
TV Repairman (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Beverly Hillbillies
Professor P. Caspar Biddle · 2 eps
Mission: Impossible
Terry Targo · 1 eps
Matinee Theater
2 eps
Night Gallery
1 eps
Lost in Space
Tiabo · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Count Carlo Szipesti · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Dr. Heresford Handy · 1 eps
Here's Lucy
Rock Barnett · 1 eps
Here's Lucy
Wally Manley · 1 eps
Here's Lucy
Gustav Vandemeer · 1 eps
Here's Lucy
Tommy Tucker · 1 eps
The Odd Couple
Mr. Fegivney · 1 eps
Suspense
1 eps
Suspense
Ace McCoy · 1 eps
McMillan & Wife
1 eps
Alias Smith and Jones
1 eps
It Takes a Thief
Tourist · 1 eps
I Spy
Herbie · 1 eps
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Little John Doe · 1 eps
Your Show of Shows
1 eps
Underdog
129 eps
The Bill Cosby Show
Wally Haverstraw · 1 eps
DuPont Show of the Month
Messenger 7013 · 1 eps
Search
1 eps
Mister Roberts
1 eps
Underdog
Underdog (Voice) · 62 eps
General Electric Theater
Monroe Winkler · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Leslie Nettleton · 1 eps
Mister Peepers
Robinson Peepers · 48 eps
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
Hiram Holliday · 23 eps
Self / Appearances (13)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 2 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 2 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · 3 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 3 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
The Steve Allen Show
Self · 1 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · 1 eps
The Hollywood Palace
Self · 1 eps
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self · 2 eps
Hollywood Squares
Self · 73 eps