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Jerry Mathers
Birthname
Gerald Patrick Mathers
Born
(1948-06-02) June 2, 1948 (age 76)
Birthplace
Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
Years Active
1950-present
Spouse
Diana Platt 1974-1981 (divorced)
Rhonda Mathers m.?-? (divorced)
Teresa Modnick, 2011-present
On Married... with Children he made a guest appearance as a fictionalized version of himself in the Season 5 episode, "You Better Shop Around (Part 2)"
Early acting career[]
Mathers was born in Sioux City, Iowa, the son of a high school principal. He has two younger siblings, Susie and Jim Mathers, who also became child actors. Mathers began his career at the age of 2 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 (1954), Men of the Fighting Lady (1954), The Seven Little Foys (1955) and The Trouble with Harry (1955).
Leave It to Beaver[]
Jerry reportedly got the role of Beaver Cleaver when he told the show's producers he would rather be at his Cub Scout meeting than auditioning for the part. The producers found his candidness appealing and perfect for the role. Mathers played the Beaver for six years, appearing in all 234 episodes of the series. He was the first child actor ever to make a deal to get a percentage of the merchandising revenue from a television show. The Leave It to Beaver show still generates merchandise revenue today, 48 years after its original production run ended.
The original sitcom has been shown in over 80 coun Gerald Patrick "Jerry" Mathers (born June 2, 1948) is an American actor and writer. He played Beaver Cleaver in the sitcomtelevision seriesLeave It to Beaver. In 1998 he wrote a book called ...And Jerry Mathers as "The Beaver". Mathers was born in Sioux City, Iowa. In 1973, Mathers went to the University of California, Berkeley, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy. In 1981, he worked as a disc jockey at KEZY radio in Anaheim, California. Mathers was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 1996. Media related to Jerry Mathers at Wikimedia Commons Jerry Mathers
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Año Título Rol Notas 1952 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet Episodio: "Halloween Party" 1955 Lux Video Theatre Episodio: "The Great McGinty" 1955 General Electric Theater Tommy Episodio: "Into the Night" 1955 Matinee Theater Episodio: "Santa is no Saint" 1956 Screen Directors Playhouse Peter Episodio: "It's a Most Unusual Day" 1957–1963 Leave It to Beaver Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver 234 episodios 1963 Insight Episodio: "The Boy and the Bomb" 1968 Batman Pop Episodio: "The Great Escape" 1968 Lassie Ken Hines Episodio: "Lassie and the 4-H Boys" 1970 My Three Sons Joe Lawrie Episodio: "Love Thy Neighbor" 1978 Flying High Chuck Wallace Episodio: "Fear of Cheesecake" 1981 The Girl, the Gold Watch and Dynamite Henry Thomas Watts Telefilme 1983 Still the Beaver Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver Telefilme 1983–1989 The New Leave It to Beaver Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver 101 episodios 1984 Hardcastle and McCormick Cameo 1 episodio 1987 The Love Boat "Beaver" Cleaver Episodio: "Who Killed Maxwell Thorn?" 1991 Married... with Children Él mismo Episodio: "You Better Shop Around" 1991 Parker Lewis Can't Lose Theodore Musso Episodio: "Jerry: Portrait of a Video Junkie" 1999 Vengeance Unlimited Lucas Zimmerman Episodio: "Friends" 1999 Diagnosis: Murder Lustig Episodio: "Trash TV" 2006 The War at Home Episodio: "Back to School" 2008 Mother Goose Parade Telefilme
Jerry Mathers
Former American actor (born 1948)
Gerald Patrick Mathers (born June 2, 1948) is a former American actor best known for his role in the television sitcomLeave It to Beaver, originally broadcast from 1957 to 1963. He played the protagonist Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, the younger son of the suburban couple June and Ward Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont, respectively) and the younger brother of Wally Cleaver (Tony Dow).
Early life and family
Mathers was born in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1948, the son of a high school principal, and grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. Mathers has one sister and two brothers, including Jimmy Mathers.
Early career
Mathers began his career at the age of two 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 (1954), Men of the Fighting Lady (1954), The Seven Little Foys (1955) and Alfred Hitchcock's black 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 forest.
Leave It to Beaver
Mathers states that he got the role of Beaver Cleaver after telling the show's producers he would rather be at his Cub Scout meeting than to do an audition for the part. The producers found his candor appealing and perfect for the role. Mathers played the Beaver for six years, appearing in all 234 episodes of the series. He was the first child actor to have had a deal made on his behalf to get a percentage of the merchandising revenue from a television show. Leave It to Beaver still generates revenue more than six decades after its original production run.
The original sitcom has been shown in over 80 countries in 40 languages. Mathers noted that the Leave It to Beaver phenomenon is worldwide. "