Wally Walrus

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Wally Walrus is a fictional animated cartoon character who appeared in several films produced by Walter Lantz Productions in the 1940s and '50s.

Wally is an anthropomorphic walrus who, in most of his appearances, speaks with a pronounced Swedish accent (voiced by Hans Conried). He is rather slow-witted at times, and prone to anger when provoked. For many years Wally was the primary foil for Woody Woodpecker, bearing roughly the same relationship to that character as Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam had to Bugs Bunny in Warner Brothers' animated shorts from the same era.

Wally's first appearance was opposite Woody in The Beach Nut. He continued to be featured in Lantz cartoons through 1953, at which time he was rather abruptly "retired" from the screen (apart from a pair of 1961 shorts, both of which pitted him against another Lantz star, Chilly Willy). However, Wally continued to appear in Lantz comic books and on other licensed merchandise.

The character's appearance changed somewhat over the years, with tusks that got variously smaller, larger, disappeared entirely, and reappeared.