# Gustaf Wally

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'''Gustaf Wally''' (24 November 1905 &ndash; 3 March 1966), Swedish [dancer](/source/dancer), [actor](/source/actor) and [theatre manager](/source/theatre_manager), was born '''Gustaf Wallenberg'''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jangfeldt |first=Bengt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y93kDwAAQBAJ&q=Gustaf |title=The Hero of Budapest: The Triumph and Tragedy of Raoul Wallenberg |date=2013-11-28 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-0-85772-332-1 |pages=32 |language=en}}</ref> He was a member of the industrialist [Wallenberg family](/source/Wallenberg_family).

He formed the dance troupe the ''[Wally brothers](/source/Wally_brothers)'' along with the Dane [Niels Bagge-Wessel](/source/Niels_Bagge-Wessel). In the 1930s, Gustaf Wally participated in shows by [Karl Gerhard](/source/Karl_Gerhard) and [Kar de Mumma](/source/Kar_de_Mumma). He was the head of "[Södra Teatern](/source/S%C3%B6dra_Teatern)" in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm) from 1939 to 1941, and "[Oscarsteatern](/source/Oscarsteatern)"  from 1942 to 1947.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wennerholm |first=Eric |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QtgQAQAAIAAJ&q=Gustaf%20Wally |title=Pappa Sandrew |date=1964 |publisher=Rabén & Sjögren |pages=168–170 |language=sv}}</ref> Wally was known for hosting shows in the indoor circus arena in Stockholm's [Djurgården](/source/Djurg%C3%A5rden).<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ewwEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Gustaf+Wally&pg=PT40 |title=The Billboard |date=1944-09-30 |publisher=The Billboard Publishing Company |series=40 |volume=56 |location=Cincinnati, Ohio |publication-place=Stockholm |publication-date=September 30, 1944 |pages=41 |language=en |chapter=Swedish Season Handicapped By Talent Scarcity |type=Magazine}}</ref> He made ten records and took part in seven movies.

Wally died of a heart attack during a flight between New York and Panama in  1966.

==Selected filmography==
* ''[The Dangerous Game](/source/The_Dangerous_Game_(1933_film))'' (1933)
* ''[Som du vill ha mej](/source/Som_du_vill_ha_mej)'' (1943)

== See also ==

* [Raoul Wallenberg](/source/Raoul_Wallenberg), Wally's cousin

== References ==
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== External links ==

* {{IMDb name|id=nm0909426}}
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