#WALLY LEAVE IT TO BEAVER MOVIE#

Jerry Mathers, who starred opposite Dow as Beaver on their hit sitcom, told fans earlier this month that he’d been in contact with Dow, whose managers said had been “in and out of the hospital with various complications and treatments. Dow reprised his role of Wally in the 1983 TV movie Still the Beaver and the ‘80s series The New Leave It to Beaver, for which he also directed five episodes and wrote one. He also directed episodes of series like “Harry and the Hendersons,” “Coach” and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.” “I think people should take the leap of faith that they can feel better,” he said.ĭow continued to work in Hollywood, taking parts in TV series and even reprising his role in “The New Leave It to Beaver” in the 1980s. Wally is the thirteen-year-old son of archetypal 1950s suburban parents, Ward and June Cleaver and the older brother of the seven-year-old ('almost eight') title character, Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver. He channeled that hope into art, too, sculpting ornate pieces at his home studio. Wallace 'Wally' Cleaver is a fictional character in the iconic American television sitcom Leave It to Beaver. When their plans to cheat on the history exam are foiled, sneaks Eddie Haskell and Lumpy Rutherford try to make it look like high-scoring Wally was the real cheater. To impress pretty, out-of town girl Kitty, Wally writes letters to her exaggerating his family's wealth and importance but he must later eat his words when Ward and June tell Wally that he will be taking Kitty to the country club dance. With Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow, Jerry Mathers. But I’m just one of millions.”ĭow told CBS that once he accepted his diagnosis and began treatment, he found hope. With Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow, Jerry Mathers. Wally's Glamour Girl: Directed by Norman Abbott. “You know, the fact that I was in a TV program that epitomized the supposed ideal world of the ’50s, and here I’m suffering from depression. “I realize there’s a perceived irony about this,” he told the Baltimore Sun of his depression in 1993. In 1993, he was an honorary speaker at a convention for the National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association.

He later reprised his role in the sitcom sequel, The New Leave. Dow, who said he experienced undiagnosed depression from age 20 to age 40, spoke out for decades about his mental health challenges, long before it was common for celebrities to disclose that information publicly. Dow starred as Wally, the older brother of Beaver (Mathers), during the show’s original run from 1957 to 1963 for six seasons.

Wally leave it to beaver