Wallace's official job varies in A Close Shave, he is a window washer. For example, his method of waking up in the morning utilizes a bed that tips over to wake up its owner, an invention that was exhibited at The Great Exhibition of 1851 by Theophilus Carter.

Some of Wallace's contraptions are based on real-life inventions. Nick Park has said of Wallace that all his inventions are designed around the principle of using a 'sledgehammer to crack a nut'. Their appearance is similar to the illustrations of W. Īn inveterate inventor, Wallace creates elaborate contraptions that often do not work as intended. Wallace has been voiced by Peter Sallis (until 2010), and Ben Whitehead (in 2009 and since 2011) in Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures and Wallace & Gromit's Musical Marvels commercials and apps. The way he dresses and his passion for cheese is based on an eccentric school teacher. He described one of his father's constructions, a combination beach hut and trailer, as having curtains in the windows, bookshelves on the walls and full-sized furniture bolted to the floor. He is loosely based on Park's father, whom Park described in a radio interview as 'an incurable tinkerer'. A very homely sort who doesn't mind the odd adventure'. Nick Park, his creator, said: 'He's a very self-contained figure. He is fond of cheese, especially Wensleydale, and crackers. He usually wears a white shirt, brown wool trousers, a green knitted pullover, and a red tie. Wallace is a middle-aged man who lives at 62 West Wallaby Street, Wigan, along with his dog Gromit.

12 Introduced in A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon.

7 Introduced in A Matter Of Loaf And Death.

6 Introduced in The Curse of The Were-Rabbit.

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