Talk:Wally Cox

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A more salient tip would be that serving 4 months in the military, then being discharged, requires some explanation because it makes no sense as is. Sounds like Cox was found unfit for duty, too frail, or something. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.152.216.213 (talk) 16:57, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Discussion
Can we deduce from the information in this article that Wally Cox was the brother of Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox, Jr.? I don't remember hearing about this at the time, but it could be true. Tex 14:38, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Checking an extensive biography of Archibald Cox, Jr., I find no mention of Wally. Tex 15:39, 23 January 2006 (UTC)


 * No, of course we can't deduce that. What a ridiculous query and speculation. -- Jibal (talk) 04:15, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

I seem to remember Wally Cox in a tv pilot episode about an inept explorer called "call me bwana" although I can't find any record of that in the usual compilations (only a movie of that name by another more well known comedian - Bob Hope). Perhaps the original idea was lifted by Hope - its strange I can't find any record of this childhood memory! As I remember the pilot didn't last long.


 * Hi, I used wikimarkup to bring your talk up clear -- you could ask this question at Reference desk/Entertainment and the keen librarians will try to help you. PS remember to sign your talk posts with four of these tildes ~ so other eds can know who you are. Best, Julia Rossi (talk) 00:48, 28 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I think you must mean a pilot called "Alfred of the Amazon", which he starred in according to producer Robert Justman in the interviews conducted by TV Legends. You can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR3yIfrda4c&feature=player_embedded#!, and it comes at about 04:50 (he also mentions that Cox had the ability to whistle and hum at the same time). Jock123 (talk) 19:59, 8 September 2011 (UTC)


 * "its strange I can't find any record of this childhood memory" -- no, it isn't. -- Jibal (talk) 04:15, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Wally Cox Marriage Error
These are the marriages listed in the article (also listed on Imdb):

Marriages- Patricia Tiernan (1967 - 15 February 1973) (his death), Milagros Tirado Cox (7 September 1963 - 29 December 1970) (divorced) 2 children, Marilyn Gennaro (7 June 1954 - ?).

Unless Cox was a bigamist, something's wrong because it shows him married to Patricia and Milagros at the same time.

216.175.78.241 (talk) 20:19, 27 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Noticed while bringing list into text. Kept the details hidden in edit for the record. Julia Rossi (talk) 00:39, 28 January 2008 (UTC)


 * IMDB has a new, likelier date (May 1966) so I brought that one over here. HalJor (talk) 03:49, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Apparently while the IMDb has cleared up the bigamy error, but there is disagreement about the mothers of his children. IMDb lists: Patricia (1967 - 1973, no children), Milagros (1963 - 1966, one child), and Marilyn (1954 - 1961, one child). Curiously, nobody seems to know, or at least to divulge, the kids' names. Dick Kimball (talk) 12:14, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Looking at obituaries, his daughter Alice was born to him and 1st wife Marilyn. Then he adopted the daughter of his second wife when he married that woman. So he had two daughters, one biological. I found the above info on Newspapers.com and Ancestry.com. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scoundrel13 (talk • contribs) 22:18, 16 November 2019 (UTC) For whatever reasons he only left two people in his will, his biological daughter Alice and his widow Patricia. Also from one of his obituaries on Newspapers.com. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scoundrel13 (talk • contribs) 22:21, 16 November 2019 (UTC)


 * So? -- Jibal (talk) 04:32, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Cox and Brando
On the Brando page, it alleges that Cox and Brando had a long time affair. There is a quote that is sourced, but the relationship is merely alleged. Can we included a reference here?72.78.20.31 (talk) 08:37, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

There's a quote by Brando available, 'If Wally [Cox] had been a woman, I would have married him and we would have lived happily ever after.', circulated fairly highly, but I'm not sure of the source.76.232.109.204 (talk)


 * people now-a-days... 2015/16..oh everybody's GAAAAAYYY.. see?? they were, oh they were!! dumbshits.. read marlon's book, 'songs my mother taught me'... you find, these two guys were near intellectual equals, or at least had a similar sense of humour. geez, ppl get over yourselves, you're ruining the future w/ your mis-information.. 'oh everyone just HAS to be gaaaaay!' 2602:304:CDAF:A3D0:59AA:E577:60A9:3974 (talk) 01:15, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

How could Brando and Cox's ashes be spread when Brando did not die until 2004? Did they keep his ashes thirty one years? James Wells — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.242.169.168 (talk) 16:07, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Apparently yes. Brando kept Cox's ashes in his bedroom for thirty-one years. What that means, you can decide for yourself. DS (talk) 15:22, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

This isn't a gossip rag, people. -- Jibal (talk) 04:27, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Carrier
Wally cox appeared on the original Candid Camera as a bird watcher trying to organize a bird watching club of long shore-men on Brooklyn's long shore.

Disagreeable?
Wally Cox told reporters that he objected to his TV persona partly because "I'm not a very nice person at all." For evidence that he was actually a disagreeable person, he often pointed to his obnoxious behavior on "Hollywood Squares". After his death there were rumors of suicide despite the coroner's verdict of heart attack. Newspapers commented that he had attempted suicide other times before, but no details. Wally had said in interviews that there were things the public would be surprised to know. I doubt it was anything along the Brando gay lines, but depression. In early newspaper write-ups about him, before he became famous on television, he freely admitted to seeing a psychiatrist for issues, he said it was part of his therapy to be public about it. The depression may be what he hinted at, those surprising things. Most people have said he was a very nice guy, perhaps he had some self-hatred and told people he was disagreeable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scoundrel13 (talk • contribs) 22:26, 16 November 2019 (UTC)


 * What's your point? This page is for improving the article, not a blog for chitchat about the subject. -- Jibal (talk) 04:29, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

The Night Strangler
Wally was featured in The Night Strangler, a 1973 made for TV movie, starring Darren McGavin and Jo Ann Pflug. Based on the date of the film, and the date of Wally's death, this role in this film must have been one of his last ones. L. Thomas W. (talk) 01:06, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

one more appearance
Wally Cox was "Terry Targo," designated safecracker, in the pilot episode of the original Mission: Impossible series (aired aired Sep 17, 1966). I've never been able to determine why they wrote him out of the series, perhaps because Cox took on other work between pilot filming and series air. 2001:48F8:3034:1DF5:DCF0:A995:5754:54B1 (talk) 23:22, 7 April 2024 (UTC)