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.
Fotos
Películas (26)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999 · Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990 · Self (archive footage)
Reel Horror
1985 · Clyde (archive footage)
The Night Strangler
1973 · Mr. Berry
Once Upon a Mattress
1972 · The Jester
Magic Carpet
1972 · Harold Kane
The Barefoot Executive
1971 · Mertons
Up Your Teddy Bear
1970 · Clyde King
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
1970 · Becker
The Boatniks
1970 · Jason
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970 · Mr. Bester
The Young Country
1970 · Aaron Grimes / Ira Greebe
Quarantined
1970 · Wilbur Mott
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968 · Mr. Wampler
A Guide for the Married Man
1967 · Technical Adviser
Ironside
1967 · Scoutmaster
Murder at N.B.C.
1966
The Bedford Incident
1965 · Seaman Merlin Queffle
Morituri
1965 · Dr. Ambach
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964 · Ferguson
Fate Is the Hunter
1964 · Ralph Bundy
Spencer's Mountain
1963 · Preacher Goodman
State Fair
1962 · Hipplewaite
Babes in Toyland
1955 · Grumio, the Toymaker
Heidi
1955 · Peter
Babes in Toyland
1954 · Grumio, the Toymaker
Series (51)
Search
1972
McMillan & Wife
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Night Gallery
1970
The Odd Couple
1970 · Mr. Fegivney
Love, American Style
1969 · Peter
The Bill Cosby Show
1969 · Wally Haverstraw
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969 · Self
Here's Lucy
1968 · Rock Barnett, Wally Manley, Gustav Vandemeer, Tommy Tucker
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self (uncredited)
It Takes a Thief
1968 · Tourist
Hollywood Squares
1966 · Self
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Terry Targo
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · Little John Doe
Get Smart
1965 · TV Repairman (uncredited)
Mister Roberts
1965
Lost in Space
1965 · Tiabo
I Spy
1965 · Herbie
Underdog
1964
Underdog
1964 · Underdog (Voice)
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Burke's Law
1963 · Count Carlo Szipesti, Dr. Heresford Handy
Vacation Playhouse
1963 · Alfred
The Lucy Show
1962 · Harold Tuttle
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Professor P. Caspar Biddle
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
The Twilight Zone
1959 · James Elwood
DuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Messenger 7013
The Lux Show
1957 · Self
Wagon Train
1957 · Vincent Eaglewood
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Self
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
1956 · Hiram Holliday
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self
Matinee Theater
1955
Max Liebman Presents
1954
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Leslie Nettleton
General Electric Theater
1953 · Monroe Winkler
Mister Peepers
1952 · Robinson Peepers
Danger
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · Self
Your Show of Shows
1950
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
Suspense
1949 · Ace McCoy
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self