Gerald Patrick Mathers (born June , ) is an American actor. Mathers is
best known for his role in the television sitcom Leave It to Beaver,
originally broadcast from to , in which he played Theodore "Beaver"
Cleaver, the younger son of the suburban couple June and Ward Cleaver
(Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont, respectively) and the brother
of Wally Cleaver (Tony Dow).Mathers was born in Sioux City, Iowa, in ,
the son of a high school principal, and grew up in the San Fernando
Valley, Los Angeles, California. Mathers has three siblings, one
sister and two brothers, including Jimmy Mathers.Mathers began his
career at the age of when he appeared as a child model for a
department store ad. Soon after, he starred in a commercial for PET
Milk opposite vaudeville comedian Ed Wynn.His early movies included
This is My Love (), Men of the Fighting Lady (), The Seven Little Foys
() and Alfred Hitchcock's black comedy The Trouble with Harry (), in
which he plays the son of Shirley MacLaine and finds a dead body in
the forest.
best known for his role in the television sitcom Leave It to Beaver,
originally broadcast from to , in which he played Theodore "Beaver"
Cleaver, the younger son of the suburban couple June and Ward Cleaver
(Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont, respectively) and the brother
of Wally Cleaver (Tony Dow).Mathers was born in Sioux City, Iowa, in ,
the son of a high school principal, and grew up in the San Fernando
Valley, Los Angeles, California. Mathers has three siblings, one
sister and two brothers, including Jimmy Mathers.Mathers began his
career at the age of when he appeared as a child model for a
department store ad. Soon after, he starred in a commercial for PET
Milk opposite vaudeville comedian Ed Wynn.His early movies included
This is My Love (), Men of the Fighting Lady (), The Seven Little Foys
() and Alfred Hitchcock's black comedy The Trouble with Harry (), in
which he plays the son of Shirley MacLaine and finds a dead body in
the forest.
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