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Wally Cox Died at age: 48

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Wally Cox

Date of Birth:

Dec 06, 1924

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Feb 15, 1973

Biography of

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.

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Filmography of

Wally Cox

Found 23 Movies in total

... 1990

The Night Strangler

Mr. Berry ( Actor )

... 1973

Once Upon a Mattress

The Jester ( Actor )

... 1972

Magic Carpet

Harold Kane ( Actor )

... 1972

The Barefoot Executive

Mertons ( Actor )

... 1971

Up Your Teddy Bear

Clyde King ( Actor )

... 1970

... 1970

The Boatniks

Jason ( Actor )

... 1970

... 1970

The Young Country

Aaron Grimes / Ira Greebe ( Actor )

... 1970

Quarantined

Wilbur Mott ( Actor )

... 1970

... 1968

A Guide for the Married Man

Technical Adviser (Married 14 years) ( Actor )

... 1967

Ironside

Scoutmaster ( Actor )

... 1967

The Bedford Incident

Seaman Merlin Queffle ( Actor )

... 1965

Morituri

Dr. Ambach ( Actor )

... 1965

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

Ferguson ( Actor )

... 1964

Fate Is the Hunter

Ralph Bundy ( Actor )

... 1964

Spencer's Mountain

Preacher Goodman ( Actor )

... 1963

Marilyn

Self ("Something's Got to Give") (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1963

State Fair

Hipplewaite ( Actor )

... 1962

Babes in Toyland

Grumio, the Toymaker ( Actor )

... 1955

Babes in Toyland

Grumio, the Toymaker ( Actor )

... 1954