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Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver - Biography

Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver is the fictional title character in the American television series Leave It to Beaver. Originally played by Jerry Mathers, seven-year-old ("almost eight") Beaver is son to June and Ward Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont) and sibling to thirteen-year-old Wally Cleaver (Tony Dow).Beaver prefers "messin' around" with his pals and reading comic books to attending church or taking dance lessons. Most episodes in the series feature Beaver getting into some sort of trouble at home, in school, or around the neighborhood and then receiving timely and appropriate moral instruction from his father regarding his misbehavior.Leave It to Beaver was created by writers Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, who found inspiration for dialogue and plot lines among their own children. Beaver was based on Connelly's son Ricky.Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver is portrayed by Jerry Mathers in the pilot "It's a Small World", the original series, the spinoff telemovie, Still the Beaver and the sequel series, The New Leave It to Beaver. In the reunion telemovie and the sequel series, Beaver is a divorced father of two children living at home with his widowed mother, June. In the 1997 feature film adaptation of the original series Leave It to Beaver, Beaver is played by Cameron Finley.Beaver's familyBeaver is the seven-year-old son to suburbanites Ward and June Cleaver, and brother to thirteen-year-old Wally. The Cleavers live in fictional Mayfield. Ward is a white-collar, brief case-toting professional; he states he is an engineer, and one would infer a civil engineer based on his experience in the Seabees. June is a full-time homemaker. In the second season, Wally is a high schooler, and, being five years older than Beaver, often acts as a bridge between his parents and Beaver. He puts communications from the parents into kidspeak for Beaver, and keeps his parents apprised of Beaver's plans, feelings, and activities. The Cleavers dwell in a spacious house on Mapleton Drive during the first two seasons, and then move to a similar house on nearby Pine Street for the remaining four seasons. The family drives a 1957 Ford Custom 300. Later episodes show a Plymouth Belvedere or a Chevrolet Corvair as the Cleavers' family car. Beaver's relativesBeaver has a paternal great uncle, Billy (Edgar Buchanan), who makes a few appearances in the series. Billy, a world traveller, is not entirely trusted by June because he fills her sons' heads with fancies of irresponsible living. Beaver also has a maternal great aunt, Martha Bronson (Madge Kennedy), who buys Beaver a short pants suit and wants him to attend a hoity toity prep school on the east coast. Beaver was named for Martha's brother, Theodore, and, in one episode, Martha gives Beaver Theodore's heirloom ring. Beaver also has a maternal aunt named Peggy, and an infant cousin (neither of whom appear on the show). No grandparents or other relatives appear on the show, though Ward and June occasionally mention their parents while recalling incidents from their childhoods. Beaver's friends and enemies Beaver's classmates: Jeri Weil as Judy Hensler, Stanley Fafara as Whitey Whitney, and Rusty Stevens as Larry Mondello.Beaver's best friends are Larry Mondello, Gilbert Bates, Whitey Whitney, and the elderly Gus, a fireman. While Beaver's peers cannot always be trusted or relied on in times of trouble, Gus can always be counted on to be sympathetic to Beaver's woes and to steer the boy along the straight and narrow.Beaver is sometimes led astray by his school friends. In one episode, for example, Larry Mondello tells Beaver the principal has a spanking machine in her office and Beaver steals in to take a peek. He is accidentally locked in the office and calls the fire department to be freed. His parents are furious.Beaver's enemies are loud-mouthed, snitching classmate Judy Hensler in the early episodes, and, in the later seasons, snooty Penny Woods. However Penny is more of his frenemy rather than just a mere enemy. As well as his constant love-hate-relationship love interest. Wally's obnoxious pals, Eddie Haskell and Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford pick on Beaver at every opportunity (though Lumpy seems to be more friendly towards Beaver in the final season). Wally ably defends his brother against their nasty onslaughts.Beaver is often exploited by others or becomes the victim of malicious persons. In one episode, Wally's classmate Mary Ellen Rogers makes friends with Beaver in order to snaggle a date with Wally. As soon as Mary Ellen has the date settled, she drops Beaver. In another episode, Beaver kindly lets a strange boy ride his bike — only to have the boy steal it. Beaver's petsBeaver has several pets on the show — none, however, lasting longer than an episode. In "Captain J