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Wally Cox
a television and motion picture actor.
He was born in Detroit, Michigan and moved to New York to study with
Stella Adler. He was a roommate of Marlon Brando, with whom he was [1]
rumoured to have been romantically linked, although Cox was twice
married. He is not related to the actress, Courteney Cox Arquette, but
was the son of Archibald Cox (no relation to the Watergate special
prosecutor).
His best-known roles were as mild-mannered teacher Robinson Peepers of
the television sitcom Mr. Peepers (1952-1955); the eponymous hero of
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday; regular panelist on the television
game show Hollywood Squares; and voice of the animated cartoon
character Underdog. He played character roles in over twenty motion
pictures. His television and screen persona was that of a shy, timid
man who wore thick eyeglasses and spoke in a tentative, high-pitched
voice.
Died of a heart attack in Los Angeles at the age of 48
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Wallace Maynard Cox (born December 6, 1924; died February 15, 1973) wasa television and motion picture actor.
He was born in Detroit, Michigan and moved to New York to study with
Stella Adler. He was a roommate of Marlon Brando, with whom he was [1]
rumoured to have been romantically linked, although Cox was twice
married. He is not related to the actress, Courteney Cox Arquette, but
was the son of Archibald Cox (no relation to the Watergate special
prosecutor).
His best-known roles were as mild-mannered teacher Robinson Peepers of
the television sitcom Mr. Peepers (1952-1955); the eponymous hero of
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday; regular panelist on the television
game show Hollywood Squares; and voice of the animated cartoon
character Underdog. He played character roles in over twenty motion
pictures. His television and screen persona was that of a shy, timid
man who wore thick eyeglasses and spoke in a tentative, high-pitched
voice.
Died of a heart attack in Los Angeles at the age of 48