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Wally Cox
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Actor Born: December 6, 1924 in Detroit, MI Death: February 15, 1973 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:American actor "Wally Cox" looked and played the role of the bespectacled, introverted intellectual both before the cameras and in life. Fascinated with all things scientific and devoted to the study of insects, Cox seemed as unlikely a candidate for major stardom as he was an improbable roommate for "Marlon Brando". In fact, he was both. While building his reputation in small clubs as a monologist, Cox shared quarters with Brando, his best friend since childhood. Cox didn't really tell jokes in his club act; he would relate the offbeat exploits of his boyhood pal Dufo or do a dead-on imitation of his humorless, doltish Army drill sergeant; these were characterizations rather than routines, a gentler version of the sort of work done years later by "Whoopi Goldberg". Playing occasional small parts on TV (he appeared very briefly as a baker in the 1952 film "The Sniper", minus his familiar... Full Biography
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