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Jerry Mathers | |
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Mathers in 2007 | |
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| Born | Gerald Patrick Mathers June 2, 1948(1948-06-02) (age 76) |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Diana Platt (m. 1974–81) Rhonda Gehring (m. 198?–1997) Teresa Modnick (m. 2011) |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Actor, singer |
| Education | Notre Dame High School |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
Gerald Patrick Mathers (born June 2, 1948) is an American actor. Mathers is best known for his role in the television sitcom Leave It to Beaver, originally broadcast from 1957 to 1963, in which he played Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, the younger son of the suburban couple June and Ward Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont, respectively) and the brother of Wally Cleaver (Tony Dow).
Early life and family[]
Mathers was born in Sioux City, Iowa in 1948, the son of a high school principal and grew up in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California.[1] Jerry has three siblings, one sister, and two brothers, including Susie Mathers McSweeney and Jimmy Mathers.
Early career[]
Mathers began his career at the age of 2 when he appeared as a child model for a department store ad.[2] Soon after, he starred in a commercial for PET Milk opposite vaudeville com
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Jerry Mathers is an American Icon whose presence undoubtedly continues to contribute to our collective consciousness. Born on June 2, 1948, in Sioux City, Iowa, he started as a child model from the age of two, and that led to his television and show business career in live television in the early 1950s. Jerry first worked on the popular Spike Jones live show. Jones was an American musician and bandleader Spike Jones and his City Slickers whose signature concept The Musical Depreciation Revue was satirical arrangements of popular songs, loud and not-quite-jazz-music of the 50s featuring musical riffs punctuated with unconventional noises like gunshots, whistles, and outrageous farcical vocals. His drummer would use trash can lids as cymbals and the trumpet players would use toilet plungers as mutes. The slapstick gimmick was certain whimsical instrumentals would cue Spike to drop his pants revealing his very loud boxer shorts.
When Jerry Mathers was about 3 years old he would walk out on stage with a big sign and start pulling on Spike’s coattails. The sign read ‘commercial’ to let him know that he had to take a break. Spike would chide him and shoo him away and then eventually go to the commercial. Working on the Spike Jones Show brought Jerry more