Wally Cox

Actor Dec 6 (died age 48) Detroit, Michigan, USA 1948–1999 (51 year career)

6.4 avg rating

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, timi…

Known For

Film

The Bedford Incident

Seaman Merlin Queffle

Film

Morituri

Dr. Ambach

Film

The Night Strangler

Mr. Berry

Film

Spencer's Mountain

Preacher Goodman

Film

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

Ferguson

Film

Fate Is the Hunter

Ralph Bundy

Film

A Guide for the Married Man

Technical Adviser (Married 14 years)

Film

The Barefoot Executive

Mertons

Filmography

Acting (78)

Movies (28)

Television: The First Fifty Years

1999

as Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage)

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

1990

as (archive footage)

5.7

Reel Horror

1985

as Clyde (archive footage)

The Night Strangler

as Mr. Berry

Once Upon a Mattress

as The Jester

Magic Carpet

as Harold Kane

The Barefoot Executive

as Mertons

Quarantined

as Wilbur Mott

The Boatniks

as Jason

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

1970

as Mr. Bester

6.2

The Young Country

1970

as Aaron Grimes / Ira Greebe

8.0

The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City

as Becker

Up Your Teddy Bear

as Clyde King

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

as Mr. Wampler

Ironside

as Scoutmaster

A Guide for the Married Man

1967

as Technical Adviser (Married 14 years)

5.8

Murder at N.B.C.

1966

The Bedford Incident

1965

as Seaman Merlin Queffle

Morituri

as Dr. Ambach

Fate Is the Hunter

as Ralph Bundy

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964

as Ferguson

6.1

Marilyn

1963

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

6.0

Spencer's Mountain

1963

as Preacher Goodman

6.7

Something's Got to Give

as Shoe Salesman

State Fair

as Hipplewaite

Babes in Toyland

as Grumio, the Toymaker

Heidi

1955

as Peter

Babes in Toyland

1954

as Grumio, the Toymaker

6.0

Television (50)

McMillan & Wife

Alias Smith and Jones

Night Gallery

The Odd Couple

as Mr. Fegivney

Love, American Style

as Peter

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

as Self

The Bill Cosby Show

as Wally Haverstraw

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

It Takes a Thief

as Tourist

Here's Lucy

as Rock Barnett

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

Mission: Impossible

as Terry Targo

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

as Little John Doe

Hollywood Squares

as Self

Lost in Space

as Tiabo

Get Smart

I Spy

as Herbie

Mister Roberts

Underdog

The Hollywood Palace

as Self

Underdog

as Underdog (Voice)

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

5.7

Burke's Law

1963

as Count Carlo Szipesti

6.0

Vacation Playhouse

1963

as Alfred

7.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

as Professor P. Caspar Biddle

6.9

The Lucy Show

1962

as Harold Tuttle

7.0

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self

5.4

The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Twilight Zone

as James Elwood

Wagon Train

as Vincent Eaglewood

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957

as Self

7.0

DuPont Show of the Month

as Messenger 7013

The Lux Show

as Self

The Steve Allen Show

as Self

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956

as Self

6.0

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday

as Hiram Holliday

Matinee Theater

Max Liebman Presents

General Electric Theater

as Monroe Winkler

Letter to Loretta

as Leslie Nettleton

Mister Peepers

as Robinson Peepers

What's My Line?

as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

Danger

Your Show of Shows

Suspense

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self