Posted on 06/02/2021 11:37:28 AM PDT by mylife
Jerry Mathers was born on June 2, 1948 in Sioux City, Iowa to Norm and Marilyn Mathers. His father was the principal of a high school and later became a school district executive in Los Angeles. Mathers grew up in Rock Rapids near Los Angeles, California. He has a younger sister, Susie Mathers McSweeney, and a younger brother Jimmy Mathers, who were both child actors.
Mathers did a commercial for a department store when he was a two-year-old. He also acted in a PET milk commercial with comedian Ed Wynn. This opened up opportunities for him to get roles in TV series and films.
Jerry Mathers debuted in films when he was four. In 1952, he appeared in the film ‘Son of Paleface’ and in 1954, he was seen in ‘Men of the Fighting Lady’ and ‘This Is My Love.’ He appeared in ‘The Seven Little Foys’ and Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Trouble with Harry’ in 1955. He played Norman Taylor in the 1956 film ‘That Certain Feeling’. In that year, he also played Freddie in the film ‘Bigger Than Life’.
While in high school he joined the United States Air Force Reserve and continued to serve there even after he graduated from high school in 1967. Later he rose to the rank of sergeant. In 1973, he attended the University of California, Berkeley and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy. After he graduated, he joined a bank as a commercial loan officer. He also started a real estate business with the royalty money he used to get every week. In 1978, he returned to show business and was featured in a comedy play ‘Boeing, Boeing’ in Kansas City. In 1981, he joined KEZY-AM radio in Anaheim, California as a disc jockey.
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“You were awfully had on the Beaver last night, Ward.”................
June Cleaver: Ward you were a little rough on the Beaver last night don’t you think ??
I remember watching him on an episode of The Dating Game, lol.
I grew up in the LA area and lived there for 40 years. I have never heard of “Rock Rapids” and could not find it on a google search. I wonder if they meant: “Eagle Rock”?
“awfully had”
Massachusetts dialect there I see !
“hard” not “rough”. The joke originated when it was rumored that Hugh Beaumont was gay (he wasn’t).
He released a vocal single back in the day: “Don’t Ya Cry.” Have it in my listening library for the novelty of it. Definitely not Top 40 material.
LOL!..That would be “hahd”.................
Happy birthday, Beav!
Semantics, it’s funny no matter what the word was...
I didn’t realize he was a year younger than me.
always a good actor, he was one of the best in his early Beaver years. we have all his episodes on DVD
he released 2 singles and had a band “beaver and the traps”
Wally: “Heck Beave ya little goof!
good enough for Hitchcock.
gee, waddaya talking about wally? you hang out with that eddie haskell creep.
Happy Birthday Jerry!!!
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