Tony Dow, Wally Cleaver on ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ Dies at 77
This also has a lot about the series. Dow and Beaumont were not in the original pilot.
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Tony Dow, the wholesome actor who portrayed “the perfect big brother” Wally Cleaver on the everlasting TV comedy Leave It to Beaver and its 1980s sequel, has died. He was 77.
Dow died Tuesday morning, his reps Frank Bilotta and Renee James said in a statement.
His wife announced in May that a cancer had returned.