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Wally Cox

Wally CoxAKA Wallace Maynard Cox

Born: 6-Dec-1924
Birthplace: Detroit, MI
Died: 15-Feb-1973
Location of death: Los Angeles, CA
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Cremated (ashes scattered in Death Valley)

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual [1]
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Mr. Peepers

Childhood friend and later lover of Marlon Brando.

Voiced the title character of the cartoon Underdog, as well as his alter ego, the "humble, loveable" Shoeshine Boy.


[1] Darwin Porter, Brando Unzipped (2005), page 401.

Boyfriend: Marlon Brando
Wife: Marilyn Gennaro (m. 7-Jun-1954)

    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6385 Hollywood Blvd.

    TELEVISION
    Mr. Peepers Robinson Peepers (1952-55)
    The Hollywood Squares Upper Left Corner (1966-73)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Night Strangler (16-Jan-1973)
    The Barefoot Executive (17-Mar-1971)
    The Boatniks (1-Jul-1970)
    Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1-May-1970) · Mr. Bester
    The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (21-Mar-1968) · Wampler
    A Guide for the Married Man (25-May-1967)
    Morituri (25-Aug-1965)
    The Bedford Incident (Jan-1965) · Seaman Merlin Queffle
    The Yellow Rolls-Royce (31-Dec-1964) · Ferguson
    Fate Is the Hunter (16-Oct-1964)
    Spencer's Mountain (16-May-1963)
    State Fair (9-Mar-1962)
    Something's Got to Give (1962)

Author of books:
My Life As A Small Boy (1961)
Ralph Makes Good (1965)






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