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Gerald Patrick Mathers (born June 2, 1948) is a former American actor best known for his role in the television sitcom Leave It to Beaver, originally broadcast from 1957 to 1963. He played the protagonist Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver , the younger son of the suburban couple June and Ward Cleaver ( Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont ...
Sixty years after his iconic series ended, Jerry Mathers knows that he's still the Beaver. "I'm used to people seeing me on the street, and saying,'Oh, it's the Beaver!'" the 74-year-old Leave It ...
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.” Hollywood […]
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. In actuality, Jerry Mathers never set foot in Vietnam, though he did serve in the Air National Guard. [25]
[5] [4] [6] With the exception of the television pilot, for the show's entire run, from 1957 to 1963, he played the older son of June (played by Barbara Billingsley) and Ward (played by Hugh Beaumont) Cleaver, and the older brother of protagonist Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver (played by Jerry Mathers). As played by Dow, Wally was the "all-American ...
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 ...
Mathers was born in Los Angeles, California, and appeared under the name "Jimmy Mathers" in several TV and film productions between 1961 and 1968. His most memorable performance was in a 1964 episode of the TV comedy series Bewitched , when he played an introverted boy afraid to join the baseball team because of his overprotective mother.
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 . The Beaver prefers "messin' around" with his pals and reading comic books to attending church or taking dance lessons.