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.
The Barefoot Executive
(Mertons)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
((archive footage))
A Guide for the Married Man
(Technical Adviser (Married 14 years))
The Night Strangler
(Mr. Berry)
State Fair
(Hipplewaite)
The Boatniks
(Jason)
Spencer's Mountain
(Preacher Goodman)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
(Ferguson)
The Bedford Incident
(Seaman Merlin Queffle)
Fate Is the Hunter
(Ralph Bundy)
Up Your Teddy Bear
(Clyde King)
Quarantined
(Wilbur Mott)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
(Mr. Bester)
Reel Horror
(Clyde (archive footage))
The Young Country
(Aaron Grimes / Ira Greebe)
Magic Carpet
(Harold Kane)
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
(Mr. Wampler)
Television: The First Fifty Years
(Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage))
Ironside
(Scoutmaster)
Morituri
(Dr. Ambach)
Once Upon a Mattress
(The Jester)
Marilyn
(Self ("Something's Got to Give") (archive footage) (uncredited))
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
(Becker)
Babes in Toyland
(Grumio, the Toymaker)
Babes in Toyland
(Grumio, the Toymaker)
Something's Got to Give
(Shoe Salesman)
Burke's Law
(Count Carlo Szipesti)
Here's Lucy
(Rock Barnett)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
(Self)
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
The Odd Couple
(Mr. Fegivney)
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Lucy Show
(Harold Tuttle)
The Beverly Hillbillies
(Professor P. Caspar Biddle)
The Merv Griffin Show
(Self)
Alias Smith and Jones
The Bill Cosby Show
(Wally Haverstraw)
Lost in Space
(Tiabo)
Hollywood Squares
(Self)
Night Gallery
General Electric Theater
(Monroe Winkler)
Mission: Impossible
(Terry Targo)
Mister Roberts
Mister Peepers
(Robinson Peepers)
Get Smart
The Twilight Zone
(James Elwood)
Underdog
McMillan and Wife
The Hollywood Palace
(Self)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
(Self)
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
(Self)
Search
Your Show of Shows
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Matinee Theater
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
(Hiram Holliday)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(Self)
Suspense
Danger
The Steve Allen Show
(Self)
Vacation Playhouse
(Alfred)
I Spy
(Herbie)
Max Liebman Presents
Letter to Loretta
(Leslie Nettleton)
It Takes a Thief
(Tourist)
Here's Lucy
(Wally Manley)
Here's Lucy
(Gustav Vandemeer)
Burke's Law
(Dr. Heresford Handy)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
Here's Lucy
(Tommy Tucker)
The Lux Show
(Self)
Wagon Train
(Vincent Eaglewood)
Suspense
(Ace McCoy)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
What's My Line?
(Self - Panelist)
The Dick Cavett Show
(Self - Guest)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
(Self)
What's My Line?
(Self - Mystery Guest)
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self)
DuPont Show of the Month
(Messenger 7013)