But the Walter Mitty character concealed his junior role when he met women by placing stickers over personal information on his ID card and instead claimed he saved lives on ambulances.

Johnny Mercer has accused his Labour rival of being a “Walter Mitty” in a row over his military service. The minister for veterans affairs said Fred Thomas, who will stand against him to be ...

James Thurber’s short story, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” was first published in the March 1939 edition of The New Yorker. It was originally brought to the silver screen in 1947, but Ben ...