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He began his career as a standup comedian and played the title character of the popular early U.S. television series Mister Peepers from 1952 to 1955. He also appeared as a character actor in over 20 films and dozens of television episodes. [1] Cox was the voice of the animated canine superhero Underdog in the Underdog TV series.
Mister Peepers was aired live, on stage before an audience at the New Century Theatre, 932 7th Avenue, New York City—preserved in the form of 16 mm kinescopes. Wally Cox was somewhat typecast by the role of the mild-mannered Peepers, but continued on to a long career in films and television.
Underdog is voiced by Wally Cox in the television cartoon. In the film adaptation, he is voiced by Jason Lee and portrayed onscreen by a lemon beagle named Leo sporting a red sweater and a blue cape. In a 1995 Frosted Cheerios commercial, Billy West provided his voice. [1] In a 2005 Visa commercial, he is voiced by Jeff Bergman.
NBC canceled the series in early 1957 after 20 episodes produced aired. There were American and Canadian reruns in 1959. The entire series later ran on the BBC from the fall of 1960 to the summer of 1961. In its BBC rerun, The Adventures of Hiram Holliday was the first US series to be shown five days a week in the same time slot. [9] [10]
Underdog, also known as The Underdog Show, is an American Saturday morning animated television series that ran from October 3, 1964, to March 4, 1967, [1] starting on the NBC network until 1966, with the rest of the run on CBS, under the primary sponsorship of General Mills, for a run of 62 episodes.
The Mouse Factory is an American syndicated television series produced by Walt Disney Productions and created by Ward Kimball, that ran from 1972 to 1973. [1] It showed clips from various Disney cartoons and movies, hosted by celebrity guests (credited as being "Mickey's Friend"), including Charles Nelson Reilly, [2] JoAnne Worley, Wally Cox, Johnny Brown, Phyllis Diller, [3] Joe Flynn ...
Wally Cox, Virginia Gregg, Lillian Bronson, Whit Bissell and Dub Taylor also appear. The movie, although set in Wyoming, is an inspiration for the long-running CBS television series The Waltons (set in the eastern U.S., in the Appalachian, Allegheny and Blue Ridge mountain chain and the upper southern Shenandoah Valley of western Virginia).
September 12, 1950: Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra, Wally Brown, Tato and Julia, others; September 19, 1950: Shep Fields and his Orchestra, Wally Cox, The Hot Shots, Neal Stanley and the Kanazawa Trio; September 26, 1950: Tex Beneke and his Orchestra, Jay Marshall, Anthony, Allyn and Hodges, Frank Paris, Earl Barton