Portrait of Tony Dow

Tony Dow

Acting

Biography

Tony Lee Dow (April 13, 1945 – July 27, 2022) was an American television actor, film producer, director, and sculptor. He was best known for his role in the television sitcom Leave It to Beaver, which ran in primetime from 1957 to 1963. Dow played Wally Cleaver, the older son of June (played by Barbara Billingsley) and Ward (played by Hugh Beaumont) Cleaver, and the older brother of Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver (played by Jerry Mathers). From 1983 to 1989, Dow reprised his role as Wally in a television movie and in The New Leave It to Beaver. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Dow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: April 13, 1945

Place of Birth: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Filmography

1997
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

as Jimmy (segment "The Card Game")

1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as MBC Exec Donald Debono

1988
Freddy's Nightmares

as Johnny Travers

1987
1984
1984
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Gordon Rogers

1983
High School U.S.A.

as Principal Pete Kinney

1983
Still the Beaver

as Wally Cleaver

1982
Knight Rider

as Julian Groves

1981
1977
The Love Boat

as Wally Cleaver / Barry Renner

1977
The Kentucky Fried Movie

as Wally (segment "Courtroom")

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

1975
1972
Emergency!

as Motorcycle Rider

1968
The Mod Squad

as Frank Parks

1968
Adam-12

as Cpl. Wayne Miller

1963
Mr. Novak

as George

1963
Mr. Novak

as George Scheros

1963
Mr. Novak

as Mike Kenyon

1963
Mr. Novak

as United States - United Nations Assembly

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Bob Quincy

1957
Leave It to Beaver

as Wally Cleaver

1954
Lassie

as Drew Hanford