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Mathers states that he got the role of Beaver Cleaver after telling the show's producers he would rather be at his Cub Scout meeting than to do an audition for the part. The producers found his candor appealing and perfect for the role. [1] [3] Mathers played the Beaver for six years, appearing in all 234 episodes of the series. He was the ...
Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive and often naïve boy named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver (portrayed by Jerry Mathers) and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show was created by Amos 'n' Andy writers Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher.
The rumor began when a Sgt. Steven Mathers was killed in Vietnam in 1968. News wire services erroneously reported this was the Beaver. Actress Shelly Winters announced it on The Tonight Show. Jerry Mathers said later the rumor was so widespread that his close friend Tony Dow sent bereavement flowers to his parents.
Beaumont had moved behind the camera during the show's run and Mathers says it meant a lot to have his TV dad directing their last half-hour together. "Hugh was a very nice man," he recalls.
Jerry Mathers is paying tribute to his Leave It to Beaver co-star, remembering Tony Dow as “not only my brother on tv, but in many ways in life as well.” ... Jerry Mathers is paying tribute to ...
The series focuses on Wally Cleaver and his younger brother, Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver (Jerry Mathers) as adults and with families of their own.Beaver is divorced and living with his mother, the widowed June Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley), along with his two sons, Kip and Oliver.
Tony Dow, the actor and director best known for playing the stalwart older brother Wally Cleaver to Jerry Mathers’ Beaver in the iconic series “Leave It to Beaver,” died Wednesday after it ...
Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver is the fictional title character of the American television series Leave It to Beaver.Originally played by Jerry Mathers, Beaver is the son of June and Ward Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont) and the brother of Wally Cleaver ().