[4] Giving Wally a Swedish accent, Mather maintained the role until Walter Lantz Productions temporarily shut down in 1948.
[1] In 1959, Mather played legendary cattleman Charles Goodnight in the episode, "Old Blue", of the syndicated television anthology series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Andrews.
In his last television role in 1962, he was cast as Frank Lathrop in "The Daniel Clay Story" on the Western series Wagon Train with John McIntire.
In 1946, Mather was cast in the title role of Mutual's adaptation of The Cisco Kid, opposite Harry E. Lang as Pancho.
[1] Mather was married to Rosalie Encell and was the father of two sons Greg who was a former football star and Robert who managed a cattle ranch.