Remembering Tony Dow ("Leave It to Beaver")
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- In the full interview recorded at Silicon Valley Comic Con, SIDEWALKS host Richard R. Lee interviewed Tony Dow about his start in acting, getting the part of Wally in “Leave It to Beaver,” his thoughts on another “Beaver” revival (and the theatrical remake), and working as a director and visual effects artist.
Tony Dow passed away on July 27, 2022.
Jerry Mathers' interview at • Interview: Jerry Mathers or on our website at www.sidewalkstv.com/interview...
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Saddened by the passing today of Tony Dow. He was an amazing artist in his later years. He will be missed.
He’s so humble. Love this guy. He was a part of all of our childhoods!
I've started watching LITB at night when I'm going to bed and I love it because all the old sitcoms are just so comforting. But since I've started watching it, I've realized that Wally is just about my favorite character, he is hilarious. I love how it was so clean, and they had such respect for their parents. Those were such sweet times.
Tony's a class act...thanx for being part of the best television ever seen by viewers, both then & now!
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Rest in Peace, Tony Dow. You were loved by audiences across the country.
Tony Dow, You gave me a lot of pleasure in your show leave it to Beaver. I'm rewatching it now @ 70 years old. Takes me back to my childhood, both my parents are deceased now and I lost my 19 year old son 33 years ago. I wish the world was like it was back when I was a child. Your show reminds me of those happier times in my life. I know you are deceased now and I'm so sorry your no longer among us. But you gave so much pleasure to so many of us when you played wally in leave it to beaver. Thank You Tony Dow (WALLY) Rest in peace.
Sounds so familiar to me at 68 I lost my only child 9 years ago. A 24 year old boy that I think about daily. Leave it to Beaver reminds me of my childhood too and I watch it every day as I have a little brother 3 years younger in real life and I can really relate to each episode. Our parents were a lot like Ward and June and we often called them that. RIP Tony Dow and thank you for being you. Amazing how this show is still watched worldwide by millions of viewers.
Loved that show.
Like brothers I never had but only seen on t v !
The new movie did not include original characters in except Barbera bilingsly why only her don't know
Gosh Tony Dow really was a hunk on LTB but it never went to his head. What a lovely interesting man💖
Yeah he just got better & better.
Very charming man. Too bad he's gone. RIP #WALLY".
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@@donnaraebruso-winauski2601 he looks like an older version of the young Wally. That good looking boy turned into a handsome older man.
Wally Cleaver really epitomized the roll of a big brother. A talented actor who had the skill to transport a person watching reruns in the new milmillennium, to late 50s, early 60s suburbs. Great talent by any standard.
A good man, a good heart, a good soul...Tony Dow.
I just watched the re-runs of the first THREE seasons of "Leave It To Beaver!" I absolutely adore this show...so entertaining and wholesome. Every character is wonderful, but I really loved Wally! He's STILL cute!
My husband and I have them all recorded. Just because we loved the Cleavers!!! It comes on at 3am and those of us who have trouble sleeping...😀😉
RIP Tony. You sure filled my childhood with great memories! ❤❤🌹🌹
❤️ eddie& wally hangout
Leave it to Beaver will still be on air 100 years from now. Shows back then had class. A family show for all ages unlike some of today's (in my opinion).
I so agree with you. This is why I do not watch today's programming and instead look for old shows that aired so many years before i was even born.
I'm with you. This is why I do not watch today's television anymore. I go back and watch shows that came out way before I came along because they are wholesome and so good.
You're absolutely right!
Leave it to Beaver was in a class by itself, no other show back then solely revolved around the kids. The writers and cast did it well and gave us an endearing show.
In my opinion as well! 👍
The reruns of the show was a big part of my childhood in the 1980s. Ward and June cleaver were almost like a second set of parents that I learned a lot of good values from watching the show, and I still watch the show to this day.
Wonderful to hear. Pass it on to your kids if you haven't already! These kind of shows need to be watched by this generation if they would give it a chance!
ME TOO!!! EVERY MORNING AT 8:00
I watch "Leave It To Beaver" every day, "on Tubi". His voice never changed.
My husband said the exact same thing! He will be missed! 😢💔👼🏼
"Leave It To Beaver" was my all time favorite show from childhood. To this day I never grow tired of watching it! It is a classic!
Same with me. -- Richard
Same here.....
Same here Carla. I think there are a lot of us in that category.
Leave it to beaver Jerry matters Tony Dow good sitcom ward June cleaver 💡📽️🎬👐 great growing up with them as a child watch still to this day📺 on me tv 📺 be safe 🌏 🧤😷 classic Legends 5🌟⭐⭐⭐⭐👍♥️
Same for me. They had the nicest house. I think I have the 6 years memorized.
Such great childhood memories of this show. A classic. We'll miss you, Ken Osmond (Eddie Haskell).
Pretty good interviewer. Tony Dow was also a junior Olympic diving champion, and a great athlete.
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Leave It To Beaver is a great show, this was a great interview - Tony Dow's voice sounds exactly the same as when he was a teen on the show! Thanks, MeTV for showing it every morning!
Tony Dow should have his own show. He's cool.
I am 75 years old. "Leave it to Beaver," along with the many other TV classics were an influential part of the early years of my generation. There was a sense of decency about these shows, a promotion of good values, character, integrity. While real life, even in the fifties, was not perfect, Hollywood at least tried to present a good face, with positive role models. Later on, as we all have witnessed, Hollywood went for the controversial, grungy, tasteless, crude type of humor. If it weren't for reruns, we would be stuck with the crap that reflects Hollywood values today, and TV would remain the wasteland it has strived to be.
Thats why thank God for metv its what i watch
Well said!!!! Definitely changed definition of good role models!
Absolute. Our grandsons love to watch the oldies
Tony and Jerry are such nice guys. I still watch the show on a regular basis. It was a family I guess some of us wish we had.
For sure we all do!!
Wally and beaver are soooo cute!! I love watching this show!! It reminds me of the times when young men and children and adults still believed in good morals and principles!! I wish they would make more shows like this one in our days!!Tony still has the aura of a good and really kind person until this day!1 Such a beautiful man!!
RIP Tony Dow. You made a positive impact on society! Thank you ...
Wally aged well...distinguished and cool as ever...great to see Tony
I LOVED Wally Cleaver! I still watch "Leave it to Beaver" on MeTV every morning from 8 to 9 AM!
Wally definitely has some of the best lines.
7 to 8am around here, 2 -30min episodes.
Ward cleaver reminded me so much of my dad he would let you have it when you needed it but at the end of the day he had your back! This was a wonderful show about family!
He is a just such a nice guy. There is such a sincere affection between Tony and Jerry, the man is a class act.
Tony Dow shows exactly what he is, -a real nice guy.
Most of the child actors on that show were treated well because all of them, came out of it ok.
An example is "Eddie Haskel" was a highly decorated LA police man.
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I saw Tony Dow in a gas station years ago in Santa Monica gassing up his Porsche and almost died! He was still dreamy but I just lost my voice! I couldn't say a thing! I so regret just not saying Gee, Wally! Years ago my sister and I drove past the Beaver's house in Santa Clarita and he was out mowing his lawn! My visiting niece almost lost her mind!
@@susansquier2435 I stood very close to singer Harry Chapin and was too shy to speak with him. Years letter his brother performed in upstate NY. I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with him!! I mentioned how shy I was and wish I had spoken to Harry. I actually saw him twice. Being a secretary at our local college I am sure someone would have arranged a meet and greet. Anyway, Tom said he loved his fans and posed for photos, etc. and probably would have asked me to dinner! Since that happened several years ago, I am not afraid to speak if opportunity arises to meet them. I have met and talked with several stars over the years. Very fond memories 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Does anyone knows if the Legendary Eddie was a " crooked cop" ? Lol
My hero eddie& wally
R.I.P... Tony Dow. I'm still a fan of your TV show, Leave It To Beaver. With all the fast pace shows and way of the world, this show still gives me peace. Love you and Jerry Mathers in the original Leave it to Beaver. A true classic. You will always be remembered as an actor , artists and a great human being.
As a 81 year old I still like to watch reruns of the LITB show and now I will be sad thinking that Tony Dow is no longer with us. RIP Tony you will be missed but not forgotten. Sincere sympathy to his family and friends. He left the world a better place.
Every single episode of LITB is pure magic!
Such a HUGE crush on Wally. Born in 62 I watched and LOVED the reruns.❤️ I so wanted to believe their family existed.
Their family DOES exist...we are the ones living in a fantasy(sic) world!!!
That is it in a nutshell. They were that good we believed a place like the Mayfield, and the Cleavers.
RIP Wally (Tony) one of my fav shows growing up! 🖤💙
That’s my favorite episode too. Ward thinks the boys had an adventure in the woods the first morning but they found a town and had burgers and bought comic books. It was great that at the end Ward thought they should all head back home but the boys finally did discover some imaginative fun and begged to stay. Great episode Mr. Dow!
I say stick with the original show can't
Improve on "perfect" !!!! Just
Love that show !!
Well Wally & the cast may not have been looking for laughs but like him I rarely laugh at sitcoms but I laughed the most at Wally’s comebacks. He had some of the best lines and the show showed his natural ability.
Tony Dow is Awesome !
Tony is one hell of a nice guy, I had met him about 10 years or so ago at Comic-con in Novi, Michigan at the Detroit Motor City Convention..My brothers and I talked to him for about 45 minutes..My brother lent him his cell phone and he made a surprise phone call to our mother, she almost fainted talking to Tony, LOL..Later on at a different Comic-con in Novi a couple of years later we had also met Frank Bank (Lumpy) and Ken Osmond (Eddie Haskell) two awesome guys as well..R.I.P Frank Bank..I still enjoy watching re-runs of Leave It To Beaver every morning on ME-TV..
What a great story. Thanks for sharing!
RIP Frank Bank and Ken Osmond. So sad they are gone.
🆒!! MEtv!
Heart warming. My encounter with Mr. Tony D is significantly less. Are you sitting down? Several years ago I was in an AM/PM where I realized Tony was in a line to pay after getting gas. I love Wally so much but was unprepared to meet him and didn't think it appropriate to call attention to him in line.
Nice story! It is great that Tony Dow did not let you down.
He comes across as genuine.
His voice hasn't really changed. I watched that show every morning before school in the 80s
Love the interview with Tony Dow and Jerry Mathers. Im 65 and I still love the show and I laughed here and there. In fact Im watching it now
RIP, Tony. We loved you as Wally Cleaver and the roles you played after!
I'm in my early 70s and i can remember watching leave it to beaver on TV during the late 1950s. Growing up in Chicago and watching leave it to beaver our experiences are very similar. Going to neighborhood theaters, family picnics and grade school activities. I have a large collection of their series on DVD. I actually had a friend who was just like eddie Haskell.
Everyone had a friend like Eddie Haskell. 😂
Cool story..
I love how mom is always dressed to the nines, hair and makeup always picture perfect. And don't forget Mrs. Cleaver was also the lady who spoke jive in the movie Airplane.
it is very sad to see a man who had gracefully aged and was really happy. he seemed so good and healthy. he never lost thev essence of Wally and a good spirit. bless you !!
It's nice to see Tony Dow in an interview without Jerry Mathers. Tony has a lot to say, without interruption(s).
Tony Dow is so humble just like Wally Cleaver
Still a cutie.
He is Wally Cleaver. He was just playing himself.
One of my favorite episodes was when Beaver lost his hair-cut money and then tried to cut his own hair. It was a mess! Then Beaver persuaded Wally to help him clean up the haircut so that their parents wouldn't find out. Wally made the haircut even worse. So the two boys decided to wear stocking-cap hats to hide their antics and said it was a club initiation.
Beaver: "Wally are you finished?"
Wally: "I don't know....but I think I better stop."
Yes, I remenber that episode 😍
Beaver: It's ok Wally. It's just your first haircut. You'll get better as you go."
I love “Leave it to Beaver” and all the actors and actresses. I will watch it again and again. Especially Wally and Beaver.
Rest in peace, Tony. He seemed like he would have been a fun guy to talk to.
An absolute class act.
Great interview! I love his voice!!! ❤ It's great seeing Tony Dow!!!!
What a nice guy Tony is ! The stardom never went to his head. Hope Jerry and Tony have many more years of reunions.
I had a crush on Wally when the show first aired and I still do! Wally is my all time favourite child character...Tony is still as handsome as ever, great interview! Thanks for posting it
Good interview and it shows how nice Wally is... still.
His passing hit me like no other celebrity's passing, I lost the brother I never had, R.I.P. Tony 💔
Tony's a class act!
Seems super nice.
I loved Wally, Eddie Haskell, AND the beaver!!!!!! Great great show!!
And Larry!!!!!
Larry was so o o awesome!!!!!
R.I.P. Ken Osmond, Eddie Haskell, May 18, 2020
And Lumpy.
I loved that show!! The perfect family of the day!
I grew up with it, and still love to watch it on MeTV over 60 years later.
I met tony Dow at a Collectors show and we talked a little and I got his autograph.
What a SUPER classy guy. Even as a young man actor. I fondly remember the camping episode. There's SO MANY of them I would call favorites. The amusement park trip. Cocky Eddie Haskell ending up terrified on that roller coaster. I think I need to find the entire series on DVD. The show ended the year after I was born but saw it repeatedly all the years afterwards. Sincerest condolences to the Dow family. Rest in Peace with Barbara, Hugh, Frank and the other guys who have gone on. I think Stanley among others. You'll be missed Tony.
His lines were the best part of the show and Barbara’s reactions to them are just as classic. Surprised such a good looking man spent more years off screen , behind the camera. You’re still rocking it Tony ! We watch at least 2 episodes a day.
I love Leave it to Beaver! Wally was great! I started watching LITB about a year ago so never say that todays society would not like it. I think we crave family shows, LITB was like no other. Great interview :)
It always saddens me that every time there's a TH-cam video or any other reference to Leave It To Beaver that my old childhood buddy Stan "Whitey" Fafara is left out. Stan and I were inseparable from ages 12 to 14. We attended a private Lutheran school in North Hollywood from 1962 to 1964. I was the only kid in that small school who never called him "Whitey", I always called him Stan or Stanley. He appreciated that, and so he and I bonded. A few times the Leave It To Beaver episodes were filmed in the huge park across the street from our school and Stan would invite me (only me) to hang around the set. I got to meet all the key actors, including Jerry and Tony. After Stan and I left that small Lutheran School in June of 1964 we went to different high schools so we fell out of contact. We were only 14 years old so we couldn't drive yet which made it impossible for us to stay connected. Decades later I learned that Stan started hanging out with Paul Revere and the Raiders (one of the groups who opened for the Stones in 1965 in Anaheim, the first of many Stones concerts I attended) and he got into booze and drugs. Sadly not an uncommon thing for child actors abandoned by Hollywood. Then in 2004 I learned that Stan had died in 2003 in obscurity and poverty up in some Oregon town, and that he was buried in an unmarked pauper's grave. I wish that Tony and Jerry would honor Stan's memory and contribution to Leave It To Beaver. Stan was a good kid, very sweet, very vulnerable.
Loved all the series you and Jerry made together.
What a down to earth guy! Love the show, watch it all the time.
Can't wait until my 3 year old son is old enough to watch and enjoy leave it to beaver.
Great show
Great cast .
RIP,Tony Dow,we will miss you you’re a great guy,a great actor✌️🙏🌹🌷🏈🏀🧸🛏🛌💕🚸🇺🇸🪁
Tony Dow- everybody's big brother. Rest in peace.
There were a lot of lessons to be learned about life from that show. that is what I really like about it and always have. I am about 8 months younger than Jerry Mather and I remember that show very well. My kids have watched it and some of my grand kids as well. I think it was the best show of that type on TV back then and better that the trash sitcoms on TV for the past 20 years or more.
It show a how much life has changed. Started with computers and now all electronic. I am guilty of too much screen time... and they phone let’s you know.
I grew up watching the show on TV. Something special about those days. So many fond memories. I was born in 1945. Grew up in Southern California. Saw quite a few TV and movie actors in various spots around LA and Long Beach.
I love Tony Dow! He still looks good to me!
I watch it every morning at 8:00 on MeTv !!!!!!!!!!!
Greg Erickson me to before that the Beverly hillbillies then later gunsmoke and wagon train but beaver moves me the most that family just love them all I'm 67
me too! Gym is closed so I jump 30 min on trampoline and 30 min free wts!!! I love it since I remember it well!
Aren't you special? Whooptie dooo
Greg Erickson Me tooooo!!
😄Watched a short while ago..Eddies "Apt Life" episode! What days!
Wally reminds me so much of my oldest son and now his son. I love love love this show. Makes your heart warm for another time. Wish they had done right by the actors
"Zombies from Outer Space"...how did I miss that one?
Thanks Tony, for making my childhood more enjoyable with your great show!
I will miss Tony Dow greatly! He was just a good person, it's that simple.
Tony was a very nice guy. We enjoyed talking to him at Fanboy in Knoxville, Tennessee several years ago. I always loved watching Leave it to Beaver. RIP Tony.
Sweet man. Love the show even 60+ years later.
It's a classic!
His mom was gorgeous!
Epitome of a Boy to Man
Born in 1960 the Andy Griffith and leave it to Beaver show are my all-time favorite
he will be sorely missed I am incredibly devastated to hear of his death my condolences to his family I can only imagine😭🌹
He will never be forgotten
Damn, wally, you have beautiful grey hair.
Tony seemed like a very humble guy. Thank you Tony for sharing your talents with the world.. Prayers go out to his family.
This show and others similar to this one are what good quality shows we're back then.
I watch two episodes of Leave It To Beaver daily. I started from the beginning and now we are in 1959 and moving along. It is so nice seeing a show I heard about but never viewed until now. I am addicted to this show now and learn something new with each episode.
As a kid at 8 yrs of age, I watched "Leave It to Beaver" and it was my favorite show--and it still is. Of course, I now have favorites like "Breaking Bad", "The Sopranos", "The Office", etc. but there's something special about Leave It to Beaver. Now I watch it daily on Xfinity's new Peacock streaming service.
My absolute favorite was Leave It To Beaver! 💕
Tony is one of few people in Hollywood that is real down to earth people I watch the reruns all the time
What a great guy total class i had the pleasure of meeting Jerry at a Wal-mart i work at in Valencia just as nice humble God bless both of you thanks for the Memories
He scratched his head like Wally always did on the show. Love it!
What a shiny baby Wally was!!! Such the gentleman and charming. i'm blown away man but my life wouldnt have been the same without LITB.
What a great interview with Tony! I’ve rewatched this many times! He seems like a very down-to-Earth guy who you’d like to go out to lunch with and talk to! Thank you for posting the interview!
I love how soft spoken and calm he is and humble. He is a legend
Leave it to Beaver...More than 60 years ago, and I was there to see when they first aired.
I'm 56 years old please let Tony Dowell know that he is loved and looked up to you from my generation
Thanks for the comment. I think I thanked him in the interview for all of us. :) --Richard
Tony Dow died August 10th
aldof hister Please do your research before you comment. Tony Down is 74 and still very much alive.
This show gets mocked a lot but it really shows what childhood is like through the eyes of little boys. It is still a favorite of kids today. It's timeless!
@@whitehorseentertainment6019 thank you, my heart sank. May God bless him, he was my older brother also.
Thanks for posting. I remember the original series when I was a tween. I am now watching reruns on Me TV and enjoying them very much. Quality abounded in this show from the writing to the acting to the directing. Ah, nostalgia -- therapeutic in every way.
I've lived through many of my favorite TV stars passing...John Ritter, Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, etc. They were all sad in their own way but Tony Dow's death has really brought me down. I don't remember ever getting this emotional over an actor/actress death. It's almost like I knew him but we never met. It's hard to explain.
There is no need to explain somethings with all the letters in our alphabet and all the words in our language it's can't be spoke it's just felt
Wally was the big brother everybody wished they had.
I knew Tony as a young tech/grip/gaffer working on the set of "High School U.S.A". A definite "so bad it's good" B-movie but ironically, it was the pre-screen test that established MJ Fox and Crispin Glover as future stars. A lot of "older" TV stars like Tony, Dawn Wells, Bob Denver, were glad to get work so it was great to be around them on set. Tony was the warmest and most genuine of any actor I've ever met. Completely unpretentious and despite his fame in the 50's, he never traded on it or acted like an aloof star. Glad you're no longer suffering and RIP Tony. And anyone who wants to watch Tony, MJ Fox and Crispin go at in in a "proto" version of BTTF, definitely check out "High School U.S.A"!
Here in albuquerque...tony lives on early each morning on ME tv....forever Wally!! Be well family and thank you for the happy tv memories, not only for us your peers, but for our grand and gr-grandchildren. NM
Nice interview. The only thing I would have added is "Have you had any interaction or kept in touch with Frank Bank, Ken Osmond or any of the other stars?. On that note... R.I.P. Ken "Eddie Haskell" Osmond.
Yes, I agree. I thought about that after the interview. I wished I asked that. -- Richard, Host
Met Tony and his beautiful wife they were very humble and kind nothing phony about them.
Unlike Donald Trump
That was great!!! I was born in 1949 so I remember when LITB started in 1957. It was such a great tv show that I am still watching the reruns today! I was 13 years-old in 1962 and really thought the older teens with cars and chicks were really cool! LOL!!! So my favorite episodes were from the final season when Wally, Eddie, and Lumpy were always getting into some sort of trouble. Like when Wally and Eddie hooked a chain up to the rear end of Lumpy's car and attached the other end to a tree. When Lumpy drove out of his driveway the entire rear end of his car was pulled out! It was classic Lumpy Rutherford...getting out of his car in the middle of the street and yelling, Daddy!...Daddy! Ahhh...what great memories. I think Tony Dow is about 4 years older than I am, so it was really great to see him on your show.
Tony Dow was born in 1945...beaver in 1948
Thanks
I watched it then and still watch reruns. Tony was so believable and so was Jerry also the parents. All the people on the show were believable not like they acting. Loved it then and still do.
Lumpy was so funny - so was Fred! This was the greatest show ever!
I grew up watching Tony, Jerry, Barbara and Hugh. At 68 years old now I still watch them with my coffee and enjoy them as much as I did in the early 1960s
Miss Wally aka Tony Dow. Seems like such a genuine kind of guy & very down to earth! R.I.P. Tony, you will always live in our memories in TV history!
I always loved tony. He is so cute
I liked Beaver in the soup bowl and Beaver sticking his tongue out school picture
are you talking about beaver in the coffee cup on the bill board?
Saw both this week on MeTV--loved them, too
Richard Basciano his friend Gilbert said it was real soup in the bowl and of course he dared Beaver to climb to prove it wasn’t calling him chicken. I think it was Whitey who talked him into making the face in the photo.
I had a crush on Tony growing up watching LITB so it's good to see him now.