Wally Boag, Disney Legend, Has Passed Away at Age 90

[Melanie]

From OCRegister:

Disney legend Wally Boag dies

Wally Boag, who played Pecos Bill in nearly 40,000 live performances of the Golden Horseshoe Revue at Disneyland, passed away Friday at the age of 91.

Boag, a Disney legend, originated the role for Walt Disney in the stage show that is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records.

Boag was also the voice of Jose in The Enchanted Tiki Room at the theme park.

[PirateLover]

Rest in Peace, Wally.

[Melanie]

Wally Boag, who played Pecos Bill in nearly 40,000 live performances of the Golden Horseshoe Revue at Disneyland

Just think about that.....40K. Mindblowing!

[Ian]

Many folks may not know this, but comedian Steve Martin lists Wally Boag as his primary influence in terms of developing his style of comedy.

America truly lost one of the greats today ... RIP Mr. Boag.

[CanadaLovesDisney]

Many folks may not know this, but comedian Steve Martin lists Wally Boag as his primary influence in terms of developing his style of comedy.

America truly lost one of the greats today ... RIP Mr. Boag.

Wow that's interesting! Had no idea. Thanks for sharing

[MegaDisney]

RIP. Another Disney legend...

[ransam]

thanks for the magic.

[Stu29573]

Very funny and talented guy. He wil be missed.

[JPL]

RIP Wally

And more said news Wally's long time partner at the Golden Horseshoe Betty Taylor passed away today RIP Betty

[LibertyTreeGal]

He was an incredible talent, they all were in this show. I have the recording and I still giggle listening to him talk about "his mother's male" -- I haven't looked through all the comments to see if anyone has posted it, but you can go on youtube and see links of them both in the original show.

[DisneyDINK]

I remember the show from when I was a kid. I must have seen him 4 or 5 times. Great entertainment from a great entertainer.

I like to play the full show from time to time on one of the disney music sites such as VF.

[badkitty]

So sad to lose another great performer. I have so many fond memories of Wally and Betty in the Golden Horseshoe Review. We used to wait for what seemed like hours to be the first inside to sit by the stage or in one of the side boxes.

Such outstanding performers. Wally's "broken teeth" bit is comic genius. I will miss you Pecos Bill and Jose.