Wally Cox
- Schauspiel
- 6. Dezember 1924 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
- 15. Februar 1973
Biografie
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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Filmografie
- Television: The First Fifty Years · Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage)
- Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths · Selbst
- Reel Horror · Clyde (archive footage)
- The Night Strangler · Mr. Berry
- Once Upon a Mattress · The Jester
- Magic Carpet · Harold Kane
- Search
- McMillan & Wife
- Der barfüßige Generaldirektor · Mertons
- Alias Smith und Jones
- Up Your Teddy Bear · Clyde King
- Night Gallery
- The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City · Becker
- Männerwirtschaft · Mr. Fegivney
- Die Bruchschiffer · Jason
- Eine Frau für Charley · Mr. Bester
- The Young Country · Aaron Grimes / Ira Greebe
- Quarantined · Wilbur Mott
- Wo die Liebe hinfällt · Peter
- Bill Cosby · Wally Haverstraw
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour · Selbst
- Here's Lucy · Rock Barnett, Wally Manley
- The Dick Cavett Show · Selbst
- The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band · Mr. Wampler
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In · Selbst
- Ihr Auftritt, Al Mundy! · Tourist
- Leitfaden für Seitensprünge · Technical Adviser
- Ein beinah tödlicher Fall · Scoutmaster
- Murder at N.B.C.
- Hollywood Squares · Selbst
- Kobra übernehmen Sie · Terry Targo
- Dancer für U.N.C.L.E. · Little John Doe
- Zwischenfall im Atlantik · Seaman Merlin Queffle
- Mini-Max · TV Repairman (uncredited)
- Mister Roberts
- Verschollen zwischen fremden Welten · Tiabo
- Tennisschläger und Kanonen · Herbie
- Morituri · Dr. Ambach
- Der gelbe Rolls-Royce · Ferguson
- Bezwinger des Todes · Ralph Bundy
- Underdog
- Underdog · Underdog (Stimme)
- The Hollywood Palace · Selbst
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Burkes Gesetz · Count Carlo Szipesti, Dr. Heresford Handy
- Vacation Playhouse · Alfred
- Sommer der Erwartung · Preacher Goodman
- Hoppla Lucy · Harold Tuttle
- The Merv Griffin Show · Selbst
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Selbst
- The Beverly Hillbillies · Professor P. Caspar Biddle
- Texas-Show · Hipplewaite
- The Mike Douglas Show · Selbst
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Twilight Zone - Unwahrscheinliche Geschichten · James Elwood
- DuPont Show of the Month · Messenger 7013
- The Lux Show · Selbst
- Wagon Train · Vincent Eaglewood
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar · Selbst
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show · Selbst
- Die seltsamen Abenteuer des Hiram Holliday · Hiram Holliday
- The Steve Allen Show · Selbst
- Babes in Toyland · Grumio, the Toymaker
- Matinee Theater
- Heidi · Peter
- Babes in Toyland · Grumio, the Toymaker
- Max Liebman Presents
- Ihr Star: Loretta Young · Leslie Nettleton
- General Electric Theater · Monroe Winkler
- Mister Peepers · Robinson Peepers
- Danger
- The Colgate Comedy Hour · Selbst
- The Bob Hope Show · Selbst
- Your Show of Shows
- What's My Line? · Selbst
- Suspense · Ace McCoy
- The Ed Sullivan Show · Selbst