- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 6, 1924
- Place of Birth
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Died
- February 15, 1973
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 operato…
Filmography
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999 · Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage)
movieHollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990 · (archive footage)
movieReel Horror
1985 · Clyde (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 · Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
movieThe Night Strangler
1973 · Mr. Berry
movieOnce Upon a Mattress
1972 · The Jester
movieMagic Carpet
1972 · Harold Kane
tvSearch
1972
tvMcMillan & Wife
1971
movieThe Barefoot Executive
1971 · Mertons
tvAlias Smith and Jones
1971
movieUp Your Teddy Bear
1970 · Clyde King
tvNight Gallery
1970
movieThe Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
1970 · Becker
tvThe Odd Couple
1970 · Mr. Fegivney
movieThe Boatniks
1970 · Jason
movieThe Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970 · Mr. Bester
movieThe Young Country
1970 · Aaron Grimes / Ira Greebe
movieQuarantined
1970 · Wilbur Mott
tvLove, American Style
1969 · Peter
tvThe Bill Cosby Show
1969 · Wally Haverstraw
tvThe Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969 · Self
tvHere's Lucy
1968 · Rock Barnett, Wally Manley, Gustav Vandemeer, Tommy Tucker
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
movieThe One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968 · Mr. Wampler
tvRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self (uncredited)
tvIt Takes a Thief
1968 · Tourist
movieA Guide for the Married Man
1967 · Technical Adviser
movieIronside
1967 · Scoutmaster
Murder at N.B.C.
1966
tvHollywood Squares
1966 · Self
tvMission: Impossible
1966 · Terry Targo
tvThe Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · Little John Doe
movieThe Bedford Incident
1965 · Seaman Merlin Queffle
tvGet Smart
1965 · TV Repairman (uncredited)
tvMister Roberts
1965
tvLost in Space
1965 · Tiabo
tvI Spy
1965 · Herbie
movieMorituri
1965 · Dr. Ambach
movieThe Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964 · Ferguson
movieFate Is the Hunter
1964 · Ralph Bundy
tvUnderdog
1964
tvUnderdog
1964 · Underdog (Voice)
tvThe Hollywood Palace
1964 · Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
tvBurke's Law
1963 · Count Carlo Szipesti, Dr. Heresford Handy
Vacation Playhouse
1963 · Alfred
movieSpencer's Mountain
1963 · Preacher Goodman
tvThe Lucy Show
1962 · Harold Tuttle
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
tvThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Professor P. Caspar Biddle
movieState Fair
1962 · Hipplewaite
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
tvThe Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959 · James Elwood
tvDuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Messenger 7013
The Lux Show
1957 · Self
tvWagon Train
1957 · Vincent Eaglewood
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
tvThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Self
tvThe Adventures of Hiram Holliday
1956 · Hiram Holliday
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self
movieBabes in Toyland
1955 · Grumio, the Toymaker
tvMatinee Theater
1955
movieHeidi
1955 · Peter
movieBabes in Toyland
1954 · Grumio, the Toymaker
Max Liebman Presents
1954
tvLetter to Loretta
1953 · Leslie Nettleton
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Monroe Winkler
tvMister Peepers
1952 · Robinson Peepers
Danger
1950
tvThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
tvYour Show of Shows
1950
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
tvSuspense
1949 · , Ace McCoy
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self