Wally Cox

Born: 1924-12-06

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.


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The Bedford Incident

as Seaman Merlin Queffle
Released: 1965-10-11

During a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior...

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Spencer's Mountain

as Preacher Goodman
Released: 1963-05-16

Clay Spencer and his wife, Olivia, live in a small town deep in the mountains. When Clay isn't...

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The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

as Mr. Wampler
Released: 1968-04-19

The Bower Family Band petitions the Democratic National Committee to sing a Grover Cleveland...

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A Guide for the Married Man

as Technical Adviser (Married 14 years)
Released: 1967-05-25

A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.

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Morituri

as Dr. Ambach
Released: 1965-08-24

A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS...

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Reel Horror

as Clyde (archive footage)
Released: 1985-10-01

Evil spirits that emerge from cans of old movie film terrorize a neighborhood.

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The Yellow Rolls-Royce

as Ferguson
Released: 1964-12-31

One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys...

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The Barefoot Executive

as Mertons
Released: 1971-03-17

In the great Disney tradition of wild family fun, a young Kurt Russell stars as Steven Post - an...

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The Boatniks

as Jason
Released: 1970-07-01

Young and awkward, The Coast-Guard's ensign Thomas Garland suffers from the comparison with his...

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The Night Strangler

as Mr. Berry
Released: 1973-01-16

After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting...

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Once Upon a Mattress

as The Jester
Released: 1972-12-12

The second television adaptation of Once Upon a Mattress was broadcast on December 12, 1972, on...

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Fate Is the Hunter

as Ralph Bundy
Released: 1964-11-08

A man refuses to believe that pilot error caused a fatal crash, and persists in looking for...

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Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

as (archive footage)
Released: 1990-01-01

Welcome behind the closed doors of a Hollywood that only a select few will ever get to see -- a...

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Babes in Toyland

as Grumio, the Toymaker
Released: 1955-12-24

A young girl becomes lost in a department store during the Christmas shopping rush. The...

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State Fair

as Hipplewaite
Released: 1962-03-09

Texan farmers the Frake family head for the Texas State Fair in Dallas. The parents are focused...

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Magic Carpet

as Harold Kane
Released: 1972-11-06

A young student living in Rome gets a job as a tour guide and falls in love with a young...

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Ironside

as Scoutmaster
Released: 1967-03-28

Citizens of San Francisco are stunned by the news that Robert Ironside, the city's hard-nosed,...

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Marilyn

as Self ("Something's Got to Give") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1963-04-18

This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the...

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Up Your Teddy Bear

as Clyde King
Released: 1970-12-23

Clyde King, a toy store employee whose hobbies include making wooden toys and stalking women, is...

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Babes in Toyland

as Grumio, the Toymaker
Released: 1954-12-18

Based on the classic Broadway operetta by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough, this live...

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The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City

as Becker
Released: 1970-10-18

Based on Charles Goodrum’s book, "I’ll Trade You an Elk." The mayor wants to close down the...

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The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

as Mr. Bester
Released: 1970-04-01

A simple-minded blacksmith named Charley, well loved by the townsfolk, saves for a year to send...

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The Young Country

as Aaron Grimes / Ira Greebe
Released: 1970-03-17

An adventurous young gambler searches for the owner of a mysterious fortune.

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Quarantined

as Wilbur Mott
Released: 1970-02-24

A family of doctors that runs a medical clinic finds itself up against a sudden cholera epidemic...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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Mission: Impossible

as Terry Targo
First aired: 1966-09-17

Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by...

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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Burke's Law

as Count Carlo Szipesti
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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Burke's Law

as Dr. Heresford Handy
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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The Odd Couple

as Mr. Fegivney
First aired: 1970-09-24

Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual....

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The Twilight Zone

as James Elwood
First aired: 1959-10-02

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...

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The Lucy Show

as Harold Tuttle
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's...

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The Merv Griffin Show

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...

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Here's Lucy

as Rock Barnett
First aired: 1968-09-23

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Here's Lucy

as Wally Manley
First aired: 1968-09-23

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Here's Lucy

as Gustav Vandemeer
First aired: 1968-09-23

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Here's Lucy

as Tommy Tucker
First aired: 1968-09-23

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What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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Lost in Space

as Tiabo
First aired: 1965-09-15

The space family Robinson is sent on a five-year mission to find a new planet to colonise. The...

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The Beverly Hillbillies

as Professor P. Caspar Biddle
First aired: 1962-09-26

Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells...

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The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self
First aired: 1950-09-10

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...

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The Steve Allen Show

as Self
First aired: 1956-06-24

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Alias Smith and Jones

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-01-05

Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to...

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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self
First aired: 1956-10-05

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on...

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The Dick Van Dyke Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-03

The Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob...

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Night Gallery

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-12-16

Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self
First aired: 1967-09-09

An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

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Your Show of Shows

as uncredited
First aired: 1950-02-25

Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United...

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The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-13

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy-fi TV series that aired on NBC for one season from...

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The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

as Self
First aired: 1969-01-22

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour is an American network television music and comedy variety show...

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It Takes a Thief

as Tourist
First aired: 1968-01-09

Convicted cat burglar Alexander Mundy gets an offer he can't refuse from the United States...

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The Bill Cosby Show

as Wally Haverstraw
First aired: 1969-09-14

The Bill Cosby Show is an American situation comedy that aired for two seasons on NBC's Sunday...

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The Hollywood Palace

as Self
First aired: 1964-01-04

The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly...

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Get Smart

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-18

Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created...

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Matinee Theater

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-31

Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of...

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Letter to Loretta

as Leslie Nettleton
First aired: 1953-09-20

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...

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Wagon Train

as Vincent Eaglewood
First aired: 1957-09-18

The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later...

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McMillan and Wife

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-09-29

McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September...

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I Spy

as Herbie
First aired: 1965-09-15

I Spy is an American television secret-agent adventure series. It ran for three seasons on NBC...

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Search

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-13

Search is an American science fiction series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET,...

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Suspense

as uncredited
First aired: 1949-01-06

Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to...

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Suspense

as Ace McCoy
First aired: 1949-01-06

Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to...

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Underdog

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-10-03

Underdog is an American animated television series that debuted October 3, 1964, on the NBC...

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Mister Roberts

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-17

Mister Roberts is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 17, 1965 to April 8, 1966....

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General Electric Theater

as Monroe Winkler
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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Hollywood Squares

as Self
First aired: 1966-10-17

Hollywood Squares is an American panel game show, in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to...

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The Adventures of Hiram Holliday

as Hiram Holliday
First aired: 1956-10-03

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday is an American adventure sitcom

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