Tony Dow
Tony Dow, circa 1963
Birth name	Anthony Lee Dow
Born	April 13, 1945 (1945-04-13) (age 62) Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Spouse(s)	Carol M. Marlow Lauren C. Shulkind
Official site	None
Notable roles	"Wally Cleaver" in Leave it to Beaver (TV)

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Dow is best known for his role in the early TV sit-com Leave it to Beaver (1957-1963), in which he starred as June Cleaver and Ward Cleaver's oldest son, Wallace "Wally" Cleaver, in a somewhat idealized suburban family. His steady girlfriend on the show was Mary-Ellen Rogers, whom he often romanced in maltshops. His character was crafted as having the attributes of the all-American, clean-cut, sports-minded big brother. Regardless, he still gave the Beav the business and bawled him out from time to time. A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... For other uses, see Leave It to Beaver (disambiguation). ... June Cleaver is a fictional character, the matriarch of the Cleaver clan on the US television series Leave It to Beaver. ... Hugh Beaumont Ward Cleaver is a fictional character played by actor Hugh Beaumont on the Leave It to Beaver situation comedy which ran on CBS from October 4, 1957 to 1958 and then on ABC from 1958 to June 20, 1963. ... Wally Cleaver is a fictional character, the older brother of Beaver Cleaver on the popular U.S. television show Leave It to Beaver. ...

Biography

Dow's mother, Muriel Montrose, was a stuntwoman in early Westerns, Clara Bow's movie double and a Mack Sennett Bathing Beauty. In his youth, Dow was a Junior Olympics diving champion. Clara Gordon Bow (July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress and sex symbol, best known for her silent film work in the 1920s. ... Mack Sennett (1880 - 1960) Mack Sennett (January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was an innovator of slapstick comedy in film. ... The AAU Junior Olympic Games are the pinnacle competition held annually by the Amateur Athletic Union. ...

Career

Tony Dow won the role of Wally Cleaver in a casting call with almost no previous acting experience.

Dow's post-Beaver years were busy with roles on a number of TV shows, including the serials Never Too Young and General Hospital and guest spots on many 60's episodic shows, such as Mr. Novak, My Three Sons,and Dr. Kildare. Never Too Young was a teen soap opera that tooked place in Mailbu Beach, California. ... General Hospital (GH) is the longest-running daytime American soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network. ... Mr. ... My Three Sons was a situation comedy that ran from September 29, 1960 to August 24, 1972. ... Dr. James Kildare was a fictional character, the primary character in a series of American theatrical films in the late 1930s and early 1940s, an early 1950s radio series, a 1960s television series of the same name and a comic book based on the TV show. ...

Dow eventually went into the construction business in addition to studying journalism and filmmaking. Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and more broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ... A film being made in Warsaw, Bracka street Filmmaking is the process of making a film. ...

In recent years, he has acted occasionally (most notably in Beaver reunions), and has become quite successful behind the scenes as a producer and director. Recently, Dow has directed episodes of USA Network's series Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family. A Television producer oversees the making of television penis programs. ... A television director is usually responsible for directing the actors and other taped aspects of a television production. ...

Tony Dow continues, in many cases with Jerry Mathers, to make public appearances acknowledging his Leave it to Beaver heritage. Jerry Mathers (born June 2, 1948 in Sioux City, Iowa), is an American television, film and stage actor, best known for his role in the television sitcom series Leave it to Beaver (1957-1963), in which he starred as Ward and June Cleavers youngest son, Theodore Beaver Cleaver, a...

Personal life

Dow graduated from Van Nuys High School in 1963. Van Nuys High School Van Nuys High School (VNHS) established in 1914, is a high school in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles, California, belonging to the Los Angeles Unified School District. ...

In 1965, he joined the National Guard, serving until 1968. National Guard may refer to: A military force: Cypriot National Guard United States National Guard National Guard (France), active during the French Revolution Saudi Arabian National Guard A part of the Military of Kuwait Iraqi National Guard A part of the Military of Venezuela Portuguese Republican National Guard National Guard...

In the 70s, he attended journalism school while working in contracting and construction.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he re-teamed with Leave It to Beaver co-star Jerry Mathers and performed in dinner theatres.

Dow's son, Christopher T. Dow, by Carol Marlow, was born on March 26, 1973.

Dow has been diagnosed as having manic depression. He has been quite open about discussing it, even appearing in videos discussing his personal battle with depression, including Beating the Blues (1998) (in which Dow talks about his personal struggle with depression) and Dark Glasses and Kaleidoscopes: Living with Manic Depression (1997) (which features Dow and is intended to describe the illness and provide possible treatments). Manic depression, with its two principal sub-types, bipolar disorder and major depression, was first clinically described near the end of the 19th century by psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin, who published his account of the disease in his Textbook of Psychiatry. ...

Select filmography

Tony Dow, as "Wally" Cleaver in Leave it to Beaver, often gave "big brother" advice to "The Beav" (Jerry Mathers).

See the complete Tony Dow filmography at IMDB

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External links

• Tony Dow at the Internet Movie Database