Kaye starred in 17 movies, notably The Kid from Brooklyn ( 1946 ), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ( 1947 ), The Inspector General ( 1949 ), Hans Christian Andersen ( 1952 ), and – perhaps his most accomplished performance – The Court Jester ( 1956 ).

Kaye starred in several movies with actress Virginia Mayo in the 1940s, and is well known for his roles in films such as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ( 1947 ), The Inspector General ( 1949 ), On the Riviera ( 1951 ) co-starring Gene Tierney, Knock on Wood ( 1954 ), White Christmas ( 1954, in a role originally intended for Fred Astaire, then Donald O ' Connor ), The Court Jester ( 1956 ), and Merry Andrew ( 1958 ).

Vaillant in his study of defence mechanisms took as a central example of ' an immature defence ... fantasy-living in a " Walter Mitty " dream world where you imagine you are successful and popular, instead of making real efforts to make friends and succeed at a job '.

Norman Z. McLeod filmed a sequence in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty with Karloff in the Monster make-up, but it was deleted.

He has also worked with Walter Mitty and the Realists as well as Last Days Of Death Country as both producer and musician.

" Reggie ", as he is known, daydreams in Walter Mitty style.

It has been heard in various guises in many films including Gone with the Wind ; Duel in the Sun ; Mighty Joe Young ; The Death Collector ; Batman ( 1989 ); The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ; the animated An American Tail ; Drop Dead Gorgeous ; Friends ' Til The End ; Office Space ; the Marx Brothers's Go West ; The Old Chisholm Trail ; and The Naked Spur.

* A further twist to the British David Kelly scandal occurs, as Tony Blair's official spokesman, Tom Kelly, apologizes to David Kelly's family for having compared the late and still un-buried Dr. Kelly to a " Walter Mitty " character in a " private " conversation with a journalist.

* The British Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith demands that Prime Minister Tony Blair apologise for the comments of his press secretary, Tom Kelly, in which Kelly compared Dr. David Kelly, the BBC source who took his own life after his identity was revealed by the Ministry of Defence, to the fictional Walter Mitty character.

Walter Mitty is a fictional character in James Thurber's short story " The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ", first published in The New Yorker on March 18, 1939, and in book form in My World and Welcome to It in 1942.

The American Heritage Dictionary defines a Walter Mitty as " an ordinary, often ineffectual person who indulges in fantastic daydreams of personal triumphs ".

In his 1992 biography of Henry Kissinger, Walter Isaacson records that on 6 October 1973, during the 1973 Arab Israeli War, Kissinger urged President Richard Nixon's Chief of Staff General Alexander Haig to keep Nixon in Florida in order to avoid " any hysterical moves " and to " keep any Walter Mitty tendencies under control ".

In 2003, Tom Kelly, a spokesman for British prime minister Tony Blair, publicly apologised for referring to David Kelly as " a Walter Mitty character " during a private discussion with a journalist.

In 2007, Automaker Ford admitted that it had to exclude from the list of potential bidders " Walter Mitty " types who had dreams but no experience, prior to the sale of their Aston Martin British GT car brand to a consortium of business interests from America and the Middle East, headed by Prodrive founder and world rally championship owner David Richards.

The Guardian reported on 20 April 2009 that a leaked British National Party training manual described some members as " liars oddballs and Walter Mitty types ".

There is a military slang term, " Walt ", which is an abbreviation of the name ' Walter Mitty ', which refers to someone who has aspirations to become a soldier, but none of the necessary personal qualities.

In 2002, Philip Sessarego, a novelist and con man, was described by the press as a Walter Mitty character and SAS fantasist when he was exposed as a fraud by the BBC in 2002.

In 2008, Jim McAuley, a soldier who boasted on Facebook that he had served with the SAS and killed more than 100 people, was termed a " Walter Mitty " by genuine soldiers who exposed him as a fantasist, forcing his resignation from the army.

In November 2009, Roger Day, a member of the UK public was branded a “ Walter Mitty ” figure by war veterans for marching in a Remembrance Day parade wearing an SAS beret and an “ impossible ” array of medals.

John Giduck has been called the pinnacle of the Walter Mitty Syndrome.

A new Walter Mitty remake is scheduled for release in 2013, directed by and starring Ben Stiller.

`` Dear girl '', Walter had finally said, `` he writes me that he is sleeping in the English Gardens ''.

`` His address '', Walter added, `` is that great foundling home, the American Express.

`` Now that Bruno Walter is virtually in retirement and my dear friend Dimitri Mitropoulos is no longer with us, I am probably the only one -- with the possible exception of Leonard Bernstein -- who has this special affinity for and champions the works of Bruckner and Mahler ''.

-- James P. Mitchell and Sen. Walter H. Jones R-Bergen, last night disagreed on the value of using as a campaign issue a remark by Richard J. Hughes, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, that the GOP is `` Campaigning on the carcass of Eisenhower Republicanism ''.

C & O president Walter J. Tuohy was summoned back for cross-examination by New York Central attorneys before examiner John Bradford who is hearing the complex case.

The sociological impact is perhaps most eloquently summed up in this quotation of J. Walter Carroll of KSAN, San Francisco:

Walter Goffart believes it is probable that in this narrative Paul was making use of an oral tradition, and is sceptical that it can be dismissed as merely a typical topos of an epic poem.

The cause of the conflict is uncertain, as the sources are divided ; the Lombard Paul the Deacon accuses the Gepids, while the Byzantine historian Menander Protector places the blame on Alboin, an interpretation favoured by historian Walter Pohl.

The tale is treated with scepticism by Walter Goffart, who observes that it conflicts with the Origo Gentis Langobardorum, where she was captured only after the death of her father.

Canberra is a planned city that was originally designed by Walter Burley Griffin, a major 20th century American architect.

Walter Burkert notes that " Ares is apparently an ancient abstract noun meaning throng of battle, war.

At this time the games tended to be low scoring, dominated by such pitchers as Walter Johnson, Cy Young, Christy Mathewson, and Grover Cleveland Alexander to the extent that the period 1900 – 1919 is commonly called the " Dead-ball era ".

In Scotland the only one which has survived the convulsions of the 16th century is Aberdeen Breviary, a Scottish form of the Sarum Office ( the Sarum Rite was much favoured in Scotland as a kind of protest against the jurisdiction claimed by the diocese of York ), revised by William Elphinstone ( bishop 1483 – 1514 ), and printed at Edinburgh by Walter Chapman and Andrew Myllar in 1509 – 1510.

It shows the influence of Walter Scott, and Brontë's modifications to her earlier gothic style have led Christine Alexander to comment that, in the work, " it is clear that Brontë was becoming tired of the gothic mode per se ".

On one episode while the gang is at a Bears vs. Packers game, Eric comes to the seat in a Walter Payton jersey and is booed by the surrounding Packers fans.

Walter Camp, known as the " Father of American Football ", is credited with changing the game from a variation of rugby into a unique sport.

Young compiled 511 wins, which is most in Major League history and 94 ahead of Walter Johnson who is second on the list.

The first case was done by the Gorenstein – Walter theorem which showed that the only simple groups are isomorphic to L < sub > 2 </ sub >( q ) for q odd or A < sub > 7 </ sub >, the second and third cases were done by the Alperin – Brauer – Gorenstein theorem which implies that the only simple groups are isomorphic to L < sub > 3 </ sub >( q ) or U < sub > 3 </ sub >( q ) for q odd or M < sub > 11 </ sub >, and the last case was done by Lyons who showed that U < sub > 3 </ sub >( 4 ) is the only simple possibility.

* 1935 – Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in gangland murder.

In 1935, American radio commentator Walter Winchell coined the term " disc jockey " ( the combination of disc, referring to the disc records, and jockey, which is an operator of a machine ) as a description of radio announcer Martin Block, the first announcer to become a star.

There is an increasing number of published compositions and arrangements for double bass ensembles, and the International Society of Bassists regularly features double bass ensembles ( both smaller ensembles as well as very large " mass bass " ensembles ) at its conferences, and sponsors the biennial David Walter Composition Competition, which includes a division for double bass ensemble works.