| Walter Mitty | |
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| First appearance | "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" The New Yorker, March 18, 1939 |
| Created by | James Thurber |
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| In-universe information | |
| Full name | Walter James Mitty |
| Occupation | Various |
| Spouse | Mrs. Mitty (wife) |
| Religion | Christian |
| Nationality | American |
Walter Jackson Mitty is a fictional character in James Thurber's first 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.
Thurber loosely based the character, a daydreamer, on himself.[1] It was made into a film in 1947 starring Danny Kaye, with a remake in 2013 directed by, and starring Ben Stiller.