Acting · Detroit, Michigan, USA · Born December 6, 1924
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.
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage)
MovieHollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
as (archive footage)
MovieReel Horror
1985
as Clyde (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
MovieThe Night Strangler
1973
as Mr. Berry
MovieOnce Upon a Mattress
1972
as The Jester
MovieMagic Carpet
1972
as Harold Kane
TVSearch
1972
TVMcMillan & Wife
1971
MovieThe Barefoot Executive
1971
as Mertons
TVAlias Smith and Jones
1971
MovieUp Your Teddy Bear
1970
as Clyde King
TVNight Gallery
1970
MovieThe Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
1970
as Becker
TVThe Odd Couple
1970
as Mr. Fegivney
MovieThe Boatniks
1970
as Jason
MovieThe Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
as Mr. Bester
MovieThe Young Country
1970
as Aaron Grimes / Ira Greebe
MovieQuarantined
1970
as Wilbur Mott
TVLove, American Style
1969
as Peter
TVThe Bill Cosby Show
1969
as Wally Haverstraw
TVThe Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self
TVHere's Lucy
1968
as Rock Barnett
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MovieThe One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
as Mr. Wampler
TVRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
TVIt Takes a Thief
1968
as Tourist
MovieA Guide for the Married Man
1967
as Technical Adviser
MovieIronside
1967
as Scoutmaster
Murder at N.B.C.
1966
TVHollywood Squares
1966
as Self
TVMission: Impossible
1966
as Terry Targo
TVThe Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
as Little John Doe
MovieThe Bedford Incident
1965
as Seaman Merlin Queffle
TVGet Smart
1965
as TV Repairman (uncredited)
TVMister Roberts
1965
TVLost in Space
1965
as Tiabo
TVI Spy
1965
as Herbie
MovieMorituri
1965
as Dr. Ambach
MovieThe Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
as Ferguson
MovieFate Is the Hunter
1964
as Ralph Bundy
TVUnderdog
1964
TVUnderdog
1964
as Underdog (Voice)
TVThe Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Count Carlo Szipesti
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Alfred
MovieSpencer's Mountain
1963
as Preacher Goodman
TVThe Lucy Show
1962
as Harold Tuttle
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Professor P. Caspar Biddle
MovieState Fair
1962
as Hipplewaite
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVThe Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as James Elwood
TVDuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Messenger 7013
The Lux Show
1957
as Self
TVWagon Train
1957
as Vincent Eaglewood
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
TVThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
TVThe Adventures of Hiram Holliday
1956
as Hiram Holliday
TVThe Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self
MovieBabes in Toyland
1955
as Grumio, the Toymaker
TVMatinee Theater
1955
MovieHeidi
1955
as Peter
MovieBabes in Toyland
1954
as Grumio, the Toymaker
Max Liebman Presents
1954
TVLetter to Loretta
1953
as Leslie Nettleton
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Monroe Winkler
TVMister Peepers
1952
as Robinson Peepers
Danger
1950
TVThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
TVYour Show of Shows
1950
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
TVSuspense
1949
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
