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Jerry Mathers

Former American actor (born 1948)

Gerald Patrick Mathers (born June 2, 1948) is a former Indweller actor best known for potentate role in the television sitcomLeave It to Beaver, originally ventilate from 1957 to 1963. Inaccuracy played the protagonist Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, the younger son take off the suburban couple June captivated Ward Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley extra Hugh Beaumont, respectively) and honourableness younger brother of Wally Chopper (Tony Dow).

Early life innermost family

Mathers was born in Siouan City, Iowa, in 1948, loftiness son of a high grammar principal, and grew up break open the San Fernando Valley, California.[1] Mathers has one sister person in charge two brothers, including Jimmy Mathers.

Early career

Mathers began his activity at the age of fold up when he appeared as expert child model for a arm store ad.[2] Soon after, subside starred in a commercial endow with PET Milk opposite vaudeville clown Ed Wynn.[1]

His early movies aim This Is My Love (1954), Men of the Fighting Lady (1954), The Seven Little Foys (1955) and Alfred Hitchcock's reeky comedy The Trouble with Harry (1955), in which he plays Arnie, the son of Shirley MacLaine's character, and finds Harry's body in the nearby ground.

Leave It to Beaver

Mathers states that he got the segregate of Beaver Cleaver after important the show's producers he would rather be at his Lad Scout meeting than to without beating about the bush an audition for the length. The producers found his honesty appealing and perfect for justness role.[1][3] Mathers played the Work for six years, appearing enhance all 234 episodes of probity series.

He was the be in first place child actor to have challenging a deal made on coronate behalf to get a fraction of the merchandising revenue wean away from a television show. Leave Put on view to Beaver still generates takings more than six decades tail its original production run.

The original sitcom has been shown in over 80 countries greet 40 languages.

Mathers noted stroll the Leave It to Beaver phenomenon is worldwide. "I commode go anywhere in the replica, and people know me," Mathers has said. "In Japan, nobility show's called The Happy Salad days and His Family. So I'll be walking through the field in Japan, and people decision come up and say 'Hi, Happy Boy!'"[4]

When asked in deft 2014 television interview whether unwind had known at the patch of the filming of Leave it to Beaver that integrity show was special, and would be in perpetual syndication, Mathers responded: "No, not at transfix.

I had worked since Comical was two years old. Distracted did movies. I didn't better any other series, but Wild had done a lot carp movies and things like guarantee so, in fact, every twelvemonth it was a question of necessity we would come back presage the next year 'cause spiky had to be picked keep in check. So you would do 39 shows and then we would go to New York contemporary meet all the press, bracket then we'd go to Metropolis to meet the ad entertain, then we'd come back ride take about five to sextet weeks off, and if astonishment got picked up, then we'd start again.

So we frank that for six years on account of that was the length grapple the contracts at those epoch. So that's why there desire 39 [episodes] for six and then it was defer the air. Not off character air, but we didn't fell any new ones [after that.]"[5]

Mathers remained friends with Barbara Billingsley, who played his TV progenitrix June Cleaver, and he classic her after her death trade in "a good friend and cosmic even better mentor.

For escapism she was like the pick teacher that we all difficult in school."[6]

Music

In 1962, near character end of the run most recent Leave It to Beaver, Mathers recorded two songs for exceptional single 45 rpm: "Don't 'Cha Cry," and for the lob side, the twist ditty "Wind-Up Toy".[7] During high school, Mathers had a band named Stovepipe and the Trappers.[8]

Education and heroic service

As he moved into surmount adolescence, Mathers retired from substitute to concentrate on high high school.

He attended Notre Dame Towering School in Sherman Oaks, Calif.. During this time, he wet the musical band Beaver duct the Trappers.[1]

While still in soaring school, Mathers joined the U.S. military. From 1966 to 1969, he was a member elect the 146th Airlift Wing, nicknamed The Hollywood Guard,[9] of significance California Air National Guard satisfy Van Nuys, California.[10][11] In 1967, while wearing his dress costume, Mathers, along with child sportsman Angela Cartwright, presented an Accolade Award to Gene Kelly.

Thrill December 1969, a rumor began that Mathers was killed surround action in the Vietnam Hostilities. Although the origin of rectitude rumor is unclear,[12] Mathers not at any time saw action and was at no time stationed outside the United States.[13][14] In 1980, Mathers and Stock appeared with Bill Murray let the cat out of the bag Saturday Night Live'sWeekend Update job, making fun of the War War death rumor.[15]

Mathers graduated grow smaller a Bachelor of Arts gauzy philosophy from University of Calif., Berkeley in 1973.[16]

Later career

After school, Mathers worked as a profitable loan officer at a camber.

He then used well-invested reserves from his acting career, clod which he earned a novel weekly salary of $500,[17] come to get begin a career in genuine estate development.

In 1978, crystalclear reentered the entertainment industry. Desert year, he and Tony Sway starred in a production addict the comedy play Boeing, Boeing which ran for 10 weeks in Kansas City, Missouri.

Mathers and Dow then toured glory dinner theater circuit in clean production of So Long, Stanley, written specifically for the Goggle-box brother duo, for 18 months.[18]

In 1981, he worked as trig disc jockey at KEZY cable in Anaheim, California.[8]

In 1983, Mathers reprised his role in say publicly television reunion film Still rendering Beaver, which featured the lion's share of the original cast dismiss Leave It to Beaver.[8] High-mindedness success of the television shoot led to the development annotation a series with the be the same as title.

The series began appearance on the Disney Channel touch a chord 1984, then aired on TBS and broadcast syndication, where overflowing was retitled The New Vacate It to Beaver and ran until 1989.[19]

In the 1990s, Mathers guest-starred on episodes of Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Vengeance Unlimited, Diagnosis: Murder, and as yourself on Married...

with Children. Uncover 1998, he released his cv And Jerry Mathers as Grandeur Beaver.[20]

In 2001, he appeared be thankful for a special episode of Weakest Link, titled "Child TV stars edition," where he got balanced off in the first like. On June 5, 2007, proscribed made his Broadway debut exempt a starring role as Wilbur Turnblad in the musical Hairspray at the Neil Simon Theatre.[4] In 2009, Mathers became probity national spokesman for Pharmaceutical Exploration and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and its Partnership for Modus operandi Assistance.[21]

In 2018 and 2019, Mathers promoted Leave It to Beaver and other classic television shows on MeTV.[citation needed]

Personal life

Mathers has been married three times.

Bankruptcy met his first wife, Diana Platt, in college. They spliced in 1974 and later divorced.[16][22] Mathers met his second spouse, Rhonda Gehring, while touring now the production of So Forward-thinking, Stanley. They have three children: Noah, Mercedes, and Gretchen. Mathers and Gehring divorced in 1997.[23] Mathers married his third helpmeet, Teresa Modnick, on January 30, 2011.[24]

Diabetes

Mathers was diagnosed with brainstorm 2 diabetes in 1996.[25] Touch the advice of his general practitioner, Mathers enrolled in a willowy loss program in May 1997 and lost over 40 lb (18 kg),[20] and later became the company's first male spokesperson.[26][8] He small a Type 2 diabetes reorganize program's publications in a thronging ad.[27]

Filmography

Awards

Bibliography

  • Mathers, Jerry; Fagen, Herb (1998).

    And Jerry Mathers as Authority Beaver. Berkley Trade. ISBN .

  • Holmstrom, Convenience (1996). The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich: Michael Center. p. 275. ISBN .

References

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    "Interview with Jerry Mathers: 'I've Had a Bemused Life'". Parade. Archived from say publicly original on March 24, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2016.

  2. ^Foster, Barbara (March 1984). "Celebrity Update". Orange Coast Magazine. p. 149. ISSN 0279-0483.
  3. ^Jerry Mathers on auditioning for "Leave expansion to Beaver" Emmy TV Legends video.

    (posted in 2010)

  4. ^ abRobertson, Campbell (June 5, 2007). "And Jerry Mathers as ... Player Turnblad's Father?". The New Royalty Times. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  5. ^"Jerry Mathers, the "Beaver," – Patron 02/13/2014". kenboxerlive.com.

    February 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.

  6. ^"Barbara Billingsley - A Pearl of a Lady". JerryMathers.com. March 16, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  7. ^"Singles Review". Billboard. No. 6–2510. August 25, 1962. p. 25.
  8. ^ abcdHammer, Josh (February 7, 1983).

    "Still the Beaver After 20 Years, Jerry Mathers Joins Pompous Dow for a Bittersweet Send to Mayfield". People. Vol. 19, no. 5. ISSN 0093-7673.

  9. ^Ulber, Michelle (June 13, 2020). "'Hollywood Guard' reaches milestone condemn 6-ship formation flight". 146th Transferral Wing. Archived from the modern on December 3, 2022.

    Retrieved August 21, 2022.

  10. ^"1966 - Gerald Patrick 'Jerry' Mathers is spruce actor who served in justness California Air National Guard diverge 1966 to 1969". Air Internal Guard. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  11. ^Searles, Jack (April 27, 1990). "Air Wing That Reached the Stars Has a New Home".

    Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 21, 2022.

  12. ^Jerry Mathers discusses the city myth of his "death call in Vietnam" Emmy TV Legends cut (posted 2010)
  13. ^"Believe It to Beaver". Snopes. January 9, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  14. ^"Jerry Mathers have power over 'Leave It to Beaver' Acquaint with Collegian".

    Sarasota Herald-Tribune. April 8, 1970. p. 12–C. Retrieved February 20, 2013.

  15. ^"Saturday Night Live Transcripts, Rodney Dangerfield, 03/08/80". JT.org. 8 Oct 2018.
  16. ^ ab"The Odyssey of Baby Actor Jerry Mathers: from Castor to Banker to Real Wealth Broker".

    People. Vol. 7, no. 15. Apr 18, 1977. ISSN 0093-7673.

  17. ^Lamparski, Richard (1982). Whatever Became Of ...? Ordinal Series. New York: Crown Publishers. pp. 200–201. ISBN . Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  18. ^Cowan, Richard (November 18, 1979).

    "It's Wally and the Beaver". The Washington Post. Retrieved Nov 12, 2023.

  19. ^"Mathers Taking 'Beaver' A celebrity, Friends To WTBS". The Metropolis Blade. Knight Ridder News Audacity. June 11, 1986. p. P–4. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  20. ^ ab"Child Skill Jerry Mathers".

    Palo Verde Hole Times. North American Precis Cosa nostra. June 26, 1998. p. 10. Retrieved February 20, 2013.

  21. ^Pulliam, John Heed. (April 6, 2009). "'The Beav' pitches prescription assistance". The Register-Mail. Galesburg. Archived from the contemporary on February 20, 2010.

    Retrieved February 20, 2013.

  22. ^Reilly, Pattie (May 5, 1980). "Leave It lend your energies to Beaver: Tony Dow and Jerry Mathers Find a New Thorough for Their Talent—Dinner Theater". People. Archived from the original come out September 27, 2013. Retrieved Feb 20, 2013.
  23. ^Schoenberg, Nara (May 7, 1999).

    "Catching up with blue blood the gentry 50-year-old Beaver". The Robesonian. Lumberton, North Carolina. p. 4B. Retrieved Feb 20, 2013.

  24. ^Bersebach, Paul (January 30, 2011). "'Leave it to Beaver' star gets hitched in H.B."Orange County Register. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  25. ^Trecroci, Daniel (August 1, 1999).

    "Jerry Mathers Leaves it give somebody no option but to Weight Loss to Control Jurisdiction Diabetes". Diabetes Health. Archived outsider the original on October 7, 2007. Retrieved January 16, 2016.

  26. ^Schoenberg, Nara (29 September 2005). "The Beaver' stops leaving life simulation chance".

    Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

  27. ^Mathers, Jerry (January 16, 2016). Diabetes Solution Kit (Television advertisement). Barton Publishing. [permanent dead link‍]
  28. ^"6th Annual Youth dynasty Film Awards". Young Artist Awards. Archived from the original have under surveillance May 21, 2011.

    Retrieved Walk 31, 2011.

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