Wally Cox

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-12-06 (49 years old)

Deathday

1973-02-15

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Wally Cox

Biography

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 sa...

Acting

1967

A Guide for the Married Man

as Technical Adviser (Married 14 years)

1973

1962

State Fair

as Hipplewaite

1970

The Boatniks

as Jason

1963

Spencer's Mountain

as Preacher Goodman

1964

1965

The Bedford Incident

as Seaman Merlin Queffle

1964

Fate Is the Hunter

as Ralph Bundy

1970

Up Your Teddy Bear

as Clyde King

1970

Quarantined

as Wilbur Mott

1985

Reel Horror

as Clyde (archive footage)

1970

The Young Country

as Aaron Grimes / Ira Greebe

1972

Magic Carpet

as Harold Kane

1999

Television: The First Fifty Years

as Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage)

1967

Ironside

as Scoutmaster

1965

Morituri

as Dr. Ambach

1972

1963

Marilyn

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

1955

Babes in Toyland

as Grumio, the Toymaker

1954

Babes in Toyland

as Grumio, the Toymaker

1962

Something's Got to Give

as Shoe Salesman

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