Lucas "Luke" Fafara II (born January 3, 1945), also known as Tiger
Fafara, is a former American child actor best known for portraying the
role of "Tooey Brown" on the sitcom Leave It to Beaver.Born in San
Francisco, California, Fafara is the older brother of Stanley Fafara.
Both boys were raised in Studio City, Los Angeles and began acting in
film and television in the mid-1950s. Both were hired to appear on
Leave It to Beaver after their mother took them to an open casting
call. Fafara was cast as "Tooey Brown," a friend of Wally Cleaver
while Stanley was cast as Beaver Cleaver's friend Hubert "Whitey"
Whitney.Besides appearing on Leave It to Beaver, Fafara appeared in
episodes of various television series including Schlitz Playhouse of
Stars, Private Secretary, Lassie, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, Make
Room for Daddy, The Donna Reed Show and My Three Sons. He also had
minor roles in the 1955 drama Good Morning, Miss Dove (Fafara and his
brother Stanley portrayed the role of the same character as a child)
and the 1957 melodrama All Mine to Give. Fafara left Leave It to
Beaver in 1960 and stopped acting professionally in 1961.
Fafara, is a former American child actor best known for portraying the
role of "Tooey Brown" on the sitcom Leave It to Beaver.Born in San
Francisco, California, Fafara is the older brother of Stanley Fafara.
Both boys were raised in Studio City, Los Angeles and began acting in
film and television in the mid-1950s. Both were hired to appear on
Leave It to Beaver after their mother took them to an open casting
call. Fafara was cast as "Tooey Brown," a friend of Wally Cleaver
while Stanley was cast as Beaver Cleaver's friend Hubert "Whitey"
Whitney.Besides appearing on Leave It to Beaver, Fafara appeared in
episodes of various television series including Schlitz Playhouse of
Stars, Private Secretary, Lassie, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, Make
Room for Daddy, The Donna Reed Show and My Three Sons. He also had
minor roles in the 1955 drama Good Morning, Miss Dove (Fafara and his
brother Stanley portrayed the role of the same character as a child)
and the 1957 melodrama All Mine to Give. Fafara left Leave It to
Beaver in 1960 and stopped acting professionally in 1961.
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