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