Wednesday, July 27, 2022

WALLY CLEAVER BITES THE DUST

By Bob Walsh

 

LEAVE IT TO BEAVER, Tony Dow,


1950's TV sitcom star Tony Dow, aka Wally Cleaver, Beaver's big brother, just passed on to whatever comes next at the age of 77. He was recently diagnosed with cancer.  

His career did not end with LEAVE IT TO BEAVER.  He also appeared in various other TV shows thru the 60s and 70s, and did a little TV writing.

2 comments:

Trey said...

I think this may have been called prematurely. However, he is in hospice.

Trey said...

Variety

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 was incorrectly announced Tuesday that he had died. He was 77.