JERRY MATHERS

Jerry’ Mathers’ TV and show business career started at the tender age of two when he did a Pet Condensed Milk advert with Ed Wynn at The Colgate Comedy Hour. He began to work on many early ‘50s TV series, and in 1954 he made his breakthrough film with Linda Darnell in This Is My Love. He then attracted the attention of Alfred Hitchcock, who signed him for the 1955 film The Trouble With Harry, starring John Forsythe and Shirley MacLaine in her very first film credit.

However, it was with the debut of the series Leave It To Beaver that Mathers entered the hearts and homes of America. An immediate success, the show gained national attention and ran for six seasons, totaling 234 episodes. When it celebrated its 50th anniversary on October 4, 2007, the show became the longest-running scripted show in television history. Leave it to Beaver has made Mathers an American Icon.