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Wally Cox
Actor
Died February 15, 1973 (48 years)
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
| 1999 | Television: The First Fifty Years · as Robinson J. Peepers |
| 1990 | |
| 1985 | Reel Horror · as Clyde (archive footage) |
| 1973 | The Night Strangler · as Mr. Berry |
| 1971 | The Barefoot Executive · as Mertons |
| 1971 | McMillan and Wife (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1970 | The Boatniks · as Jason |
| 1970 | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County · as Mr. Bester |
| 1970 | Up Your Teddy Bear · as Clyde King |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple (TV Series) · as Mr. Fegivney |
| 1969 | The Bill Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1969 | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1969 | Night Gallery (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Peter (segment "Love and Mr. Nice Guy") |
| 1968 | The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band · as Mr. Wampler |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief (TV Series) · as Tourist |
| 1967 | Ironside · as Scoutmaster |
| 1967 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | The Monkees (TV Series) · as Man With '?' Box |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | The Bedford Incident · as Seaman Merlin Queffle |
| 1965 | Get Smart (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | Lost in Space (TV Series) · as Tiabo |
| 1965 | I Spy (TV Series) · as Herbie |
| 1965 | Morituri · as Dr. Ambach |
| 1964 | The Yellow Rolls-Royce · as Ferguson |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1964 | Underdog (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1964 | Valentine's Day (TV Series) · as Joe Smith |
| 1963 | Spencer's Mountain · as Preacher Goodman |
| 1963 | Marilyn · as Unknown |
| 1962 | State Fair · as Hipplewaite |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1961 | Follow The Sun (TV Series) · as Harold Buchanan |
| 1961 | Car 54, Where Are You? (TV Series) · as Benny |
| 1961 | The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as James Elwood |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) · as Dexter Presto |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Vincent Eaglewood |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (TV Series) · as Hiram Holliday |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Becker |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Monroe Winkler |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Leslie Nettleton |
| 1952 | The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV Series) · as Professor Patterson |
| 1952 | Mister Peepers (TV Series) · as Robinson Peepers |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Marvin Manley |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1949 | Suspense (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1948 | The Milton Berle Show (TV Series) · as Mr. Robinson Peepers |