Stanley "Tiger" FafaraFilmography

Leave It to Beaver: Don Juan Beaver

Actors: Ken Osmond, Stephen Talbot, Veronica Cartwright, Charla Doherty, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: If nothing else, this episode proves that Beaver (Jerry Mathers) no longer regards girls as "creepy." With the big eighth grade dance rapidly approaching, Beaver accepts the invitation to escort pretty Peggy McIntosh (played by Veronica Cartwright, who used to be Violet Rutherford a few seasons Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver Sees America

Actors: Ken Osmond, Lori Martin, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Stephen Talbot

Synopsis: Now that he's graduated from the eighth grade, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) is looking forward to the extensive (and expensive) cross-country bus trip he's going to take during the summer. At the same time, Beaver is sweet on Mary Margaret Mathews (Lori Martin), the new girl in town. When that notorious Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver's Fear

Actors: Burt Mustin, Richard Correll, Ken Osmond, Frank Bank, David Kent

Synopsis: Wally (Tony Dow) needs to bring three friends along to the amusement park to qualify for a discount, but only Eddie (Ken Osmond) and Lumpy (Frank Bank) are available. With no other option, Wally decides to invite Beaver to go along. Things run smoothly until the foursome reaches the roller Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver, the Bunny

Actors: Karen Sue Trent, Frank Bank, Richard Correll, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Leilani Sorenson

Synopsis: Cast in his school's spring pageant, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) is assigned the role of a bunny -- complete with long-eared, fuzzy-tailed costume. It's bad enough that he has to wear his bunny outfit while Lumpy (Frank Bank) is driving him to the show, but it's even worse when the car breaks down and Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Farewell to Penny

Actors: Jean Vander Pyl, Karen Sue Trent, Wendell Holmes, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: Though he may be 12 years old, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) still thinks girls are "creeps," and to him there's no one creepier than Penny Woods (Karen Sue Trent). Thus, when Penny's family plans to move out of town and her mother arranges a farewell party, Beaver intends to boycott the event. Forced to Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver, the Hero

Actors: Stephen Talbot, Ken Osmond, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Carol Faylen, Leslie LaTourette

Synopsis: Beaver (Jerry Mathers) scores the winning touchdown in an important school football game. At first he is blasé about it, but the next day the local paper plays up the TD and even plasters Beaver's picture on the front page. Before long, Beaver's ego has swelled to mammoth proportions, and Ward (Hugh Beaumont Read More

Leave It to Beaver: A Night in the Woods

Actors: Ken Osmond, Frank Bank, Stephen Talbot, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Mark Murray

Synopsis: Wally (Tony Dow) is pressed into service as guide for Beaver (Jerry Mathers) and his friends during a weekend camping trip. This is not good news for Eddie (Ken Osmond) and Lumpy (Frank Bank), who have arranged for Wally to accompany them on a triple date. Thus, Eddie hatches a scheme to sneak up Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Sweatshirt Monsters

Actors: Richard Correll, Doris Packer, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Jane Dulo, Mark Murray

Synopsis: Ward (Hugh Beaumont) and June (Barbara Billingsley) wonder why Beaver wants to spend all the money in his piggy bank. It so happens that Beaver and his friends are determined to buy some "monster" sweatshirts, decorated with gruesome images. They also plan to show off their sweatshirts in school Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Junior Fire Chief

Actors: Stephen Talbot, Richard Correll, Sue Randall, Karen Sue Trent, Keith Taylor

Synopsis: Beaver (Jerry Mathers) swells up with pride when his teacher appoints him to the position of junior fire chief. Unfortunately, Beaver's ego swells as well, and before long he is using citations for the flimsiest of infractions, serving them upon neighbors, friends, and family members alike. It Read More

Leave It to Beaver: In the Soup

Actors: Ken Osmond, Frank Bank, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Harry Holcombe, Lenore Kingston

Synopsis: In this classic episode, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) is en route to Gilbert's house while his folks are having a party. Suddenly, Beaver and Gilbert (Stephen Talbot) are attracted by a huge, three-dimensional billboard, depicting a woman holding a gigantic, steaming bowl of soup. Anxious to find out Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Ward's Millions

Actors: Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: After hearing his dad Ward (Hugh Beaumont) complain about the number of bills he has to pay each month, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) buys Ward a book titled "I Became a Millionaire in Twelve Months." Although Ward seems happy with the gift, Beaver quickly ascertains that his father hasn't read any of Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Kite Day

Actors: Keith Taylor, Richard Correll, Stephen Talbot, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Jason Robards, Sr.

Synopsis: Eagerly looking forward to a father and son kite-flying contest, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) and Ward (Hugh Beaumont) take great pains to build the most beautiful kite either one of them has ever seen. But the glue is not quite dry, and Ward admonishes Beaver not to fly the kite for a few days. Alas Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver's First Date

Actors: Frank Bank, Richard Correll, Cheryl Holdridge, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Pam Smith

Synopsis: Not exactly looking forward to his dance-class reunion, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) changes his mind when he meets attractive Betsy Patterson (Pam Smith). In fact, Beaver is so smitten that he asks Betsy to go to an upcoming dance -- his first-ever date with a girl! Alas, fickle Betsy spends most of Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver's Ice Skates

Actors: Stanley Clements, Richard Correll, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Allan Ray

Synopsis: After borrowing 13 dollars from his father, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) demands the right to go to the store and choose his own pair of ice skates. Unfortunately, there are no skates Beaver's size (six), and an unscrupulous salesman (played by former "Bowery Boy" Stanley Clements) pressures Beav into Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Substitute Father

Actors: Stephen Talbot, Richard Correll, Sue Randall, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Fred E. Sherman

Synopsis: While Ward (Hugh Beaumont) is on a business trip to St. Louis, Wally (Tony Dow) has been appointed "substitute father" to brother Beaver (Jerry Mathers). Soon afterward, Beaver gets into trouble by using (gasp!) bad language in school, whereupon Miss Landers (Sue Randall) demands a meeting with Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver and Violet

Actors: Richard Deacon, Richard Correll, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Veronica Cartwright, Majel Barrett

Leave It to Beaver: Mother's Day Composition

Actors: Doris Packer, Richard Correll, Rusty Stevens, Jeri Weil, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver and Ivanhoe

Actors: Sue Randall, Jeri Weil, Stephen Talbot, Karen Sue Trent, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: At Ward's suggestion, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) spends the weekend reading Ivanhoe. The thrilling tome inspires Beaver to uphold the rule of knighthood and chivalry, and before long he is dashing about the neighborhood, searching for "damsels in distress." Ultimately Beav's enthusiasm gets him into Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Wally, the Businessman

Actors: Ken Osmond, Frank Bank, Buddy Hart, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Cheryl Holdridge

Synopsis: Wally (Tony Dow) has taken a summer job selling Igloo ice cream. Naturally, his friends take advantage of Wally, begging him to sell them ice cream on credit. Threatened with bankruptcy, Wally calls in all his debts at once, whereupon an outraged Eddie Haskell (Ken Osmond) cooks up a clever Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Wally's Election

Actors: Frank Bank, Ken Osmond, Richard Deacon, Carol Sydes, Buddy Hart

Synopsis: Eddie (Ken Osmond) nominates Wally (Tony Dow) for the office of sophomore class president. Wally's opponent is Lumpy Rutherford (Frank Bank), whose dad, Fred (Richard Deacon), will be even more insufferable than ever if Lumpy wins. To avoid this, Wally's dad, Ward (Hugh Beaumont), fills his son Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Pet Fair

Actors: Sue Randall, Rusty Stevens, Jeri Weil, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Tim Graham

Synopsis: When his school holds a pet fair, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) gets neurotic over the fact that everyone owns a pet except him. To save face, he brags that he owns the talking parrot that he recently saw in the window of the local pet store. Of course, Beaver is certain that he can back up his boast by Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver's Bike

Actors: Rusty Stevens, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Paul Bryar, Paul Engle

Synopsis: Against their better judgment, Ward (Hugh Beaumont) and June (Barbara Billingsley) allow Beaver (Jerry Mathers) to ride his brand-new bicycle to school. On the way home, Beaver meets a young boy (Paul Engle) who begs him to let him have just one ride -- and he'll be right back. Minutes pass, and Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Larry's Club

Actors: Rusty Stevens, Madge Blake, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Gary Allen, Neil Seflinger

Synopsis: Beaver (Jerry Mathers) is among the charter members of the Bloody Five, an exclusive boy's club -- so exclusive that Beaver's pal Larry Mondello (Rusty Stevens) is not permitted entry. In a pique, Larry informs Beaver that he's forming his own, "neater" club, which already has a huge waiting list Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Miss Landers' Fiance

Actors: Sue Randall, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Jack Powers

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver's Freckles

Actors: Frank Bank, Rusty Stevens, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Stephen Wootton

Synopsis: Tired of his oafish nickname, Lumpy Rutherford (Frank Bank) gets even by saddling Beaver (Jerry Mathers) with a derisive nickname of his own: "Freckles." Not surprisingly, Beaver becomes quite self-conscious about this designation, to the point that he wants to remove his freckles by any means Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver's Accordion

Actors: Ken Osmond, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, John Hoyt, Rankin Mansfield

Synopsis: Without his parents' knowledge or permission, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) orders an accordion by mail for a ten-day free tryout. The trouble begins when the accordion arrives -- on the 11th day. Now, Beav must not only hide the accordion, but also prevent his parents from finding out that he owes money Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver's I.Q.

Actors: Burt Mustin, Doris Packer, Karen Sue Trent, Keith Taylor, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: Beaver (Jerry Mathers) is "a-scared" about the I.Q. test that is soon to be taken in his school. It's bad enough that Wally (Tony Dow) has always seemed so much brighter than Beaver. But the worst may still come -- suppose Beav's friends are right? Suppose that, if he posts a low score, he will be Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver's Team

Actors: Ken Osmond, Stephen Talbot, Richard Correll, Karen Sue Trent, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: While coaching Beaver's football team, Wally (Tony Dow) dreams up a secret play which he calls "Old 98." Evidently Beaver (Jerry Mathers) didn't hear the "secret" part, for soon he is telling his friend Penny (Karen Sue Trent) all about this mysterious gridiron strategy. In all innocence, Penny Read More

Leave It to Beaver: The Last Day of School

Actors: Sue Randall, Jeri Weil, Stephen Talbot, Richard Correll, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: The kids all agree to bring a gift to their teacher, Miss Landers (Sue Randall), for the last day of school. Helpful June (Barbara Billingsley) buys a set of handkerchiefs for Beaver (Jerry Mathers) to give to his teacher -- and at the same time, June buys a nylon slip for herself. You guessed it Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Wally, the Lifeguard

Actors: Ken Osmond, Stephen Talbot, Pamela Baird, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Richard Gering

Synopsis: Wally (Tony Dow) is hired as a weekend lifeguard at Friends Lake. But when he reports for work, his boss regards Wally as too young for the job, and so he is reassigned to sell candy and hot dogs at the concession stand. Meanwhile, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) has been bragging to all of his friends Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver Becomes a Hero

Actors: Sue Randall, Jeri Weil, Richard Correll, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Larry Thor

Synopsis: While fishing at Miller's Pond with Wally (Tony Dow), Beaver (Jerry Mathers) swims a very short distance through the shallow water to retrieve an empty canoe. After the canoe's grateful owner makes a big fuss over Beaver, the story of his "rescue" improves with each telling. By the time Beaver's Read More

Leave It to Beaver: June's Birthday

Actors: Sue Randall, Rusty Stevens, Madge Blake, Jeri Weil, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: Ward (Hugh Beaumont) gives the boys five dollars to buy their mom June (Barbara Billingsley) a couple of birthday presents. While Wally (Tony Dow) purchases a wallet, Beaver buys a garishly decorated blouse. Rather than hurt her son's feelings, June pretends that she loves the outlandish gift Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver Makes a Loan

Actors: Rusty Stevens, Madge Blake, Stephen Talbot, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: Already in debt to his dad Ward (Hugh Beaumont) for the sum of 75 cents, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) probably shouldn't have loaned that amount to Larry (Rusty Stevens). But gee, Larry did promise to pay the money back. Alas, when time comes to call in the loan, Larry refuses to ante up -- and the "bad Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver Says Goodbye

Actors: Sue Randall, Rusty Stevens, Jeri Weil, Bobby Mittelstaedt, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: Beaver (Jerry Mathers) is convinced that he and his family are going to move from Mayfield to faraway Madison, and he tells his friends as much. Then, dad Ward (Hugh Beaumont) decides not to move after all. When Beaver shows up in school the next day, he finds that the kids are holding a farewell Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver's Hero

Actors: Wendell Holmes, Jeri Weil, Stephen Talbot, Bobby Mittelstaedt, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: After Judy Hensler (Jeri Weil) delivers a class report about her dad's courageous activities in WWII, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) informs his schoolmates that his dad Ward (Tony Dow) was likewise a war hero -- and in fact, he's got a whole bunch of neat medals and stuff. Only upon his arrival home does Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Dance Contest

Actors: Rusty Stevens, Pamela Baird, Buddy Hart, Frank Bank, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: Wally (Tony Dow) tries to weasel out of attending a cotillion with Mary Ellen Rogers (Pamela Baird) -- not because he doesn't like her, but because he can't dance. Upon learning that Mary Ellen has signed them up for a cha-cha contest, a frantic Wally buys a dance record and spends his after-hours Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Friendship

Actors: Sue Randall, Rusty Stevens, Jeri Weil, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: Once again, it looks like the friendship between Beaver (Jerry Mathers) and Larry (Rusty Stevens) is at an end. In an effort to patch things up for the boys, Ward tells Beaver the story of Damon and Pythias. Inspired by this example, Beaver and Larry take a solemn vow that, if necessary, they Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Wally's Pug Nose

Actors: Frank Bank, Cheryl Holdridge, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Ralph Brooks

Synopsis: Former "Mouseketeer" Cheryl Holdridge, who would later appear intermittently on Leave It to Beaver as Julie Foster, is here cast as another of Wally's female classmates, Gloria Cusick. When Wally overhears Gloria making a comment about his pug nose, he assumes that it's an insult. Thus, he shells Read More

Leave It to Beaver: The Boat Builders

Actors: Buddy Hart, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: Beaver (Jerry Mathers), Wally (Tony Dow), and a few friends have built a kayak in the Cleavers' garage. Though Ward (Hugh Beaumont) and June (Barbara Billingsley) admire the boys' industriousness, they forbid Wally to sail the kayak in Miller's Pond. As it turns out, Wally can't sail it anyway Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver and Gilbert

Actors: Stephen Talbot, Rusty Stevens, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Carleton Young

Synopsis: Stephen Talbot makes his first series appearance as Beaver's troublesome pal Gilbert Bates, here billed as "Gilbert Gates." When new neighbors move in next to the Cleavers, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) introduces himself to Gilbert, who has a habit of playing fast and loose with the truth. When he finds Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver's Pigeons

Actors: Rusty Stevens, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: Beaver (Jerry Mathers), Larry (Rusty Stevens), and Whitey (Stanley Fafara) each purchase a some pigeons for the purpose of starting a bird-raising club. Beaver's pigeons, named after his teachers Miss Landers and Miss Canfield, are put in Wally's care when Beav comes down with chicken pox. Alas Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver the Athlete

Actors: Rusty Stevens, Jeri Weil, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Robert Carson

Synopsis: Beaver (Jerry Mathers) "goofs up" again, and as a result, has gotten a failing grade in gym. Ward (Hugh Beaumont) tries to encourage Beaver to take an interest in athletics, but nothing really works until our hero signs up to play in a boys vs. girls baseball game. For the Beav, emerging as the Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver's Tree

Actors: Sue Randall, Jeri Weil, Rusty Stevens, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: A classroom recitation of Joyce Kilmer's poem Trees has Beaver (Jerry Mathers) waxing rhapsodic over the tree that his dad Ward (Hugh Beaumont) planted as a birthday present back at the Cleavers' old house. Nostalgia begets concern when Beaver concludes that his tree is currently not getting the Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver Takes a Walk

Actors: Rusty Stevens, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: Giving Beaver (Jerry Mathers) his old pedometer, Ward (Hugh Beaumont) expansively boasts that he used to walk 20 miles a day when he was a kid. When Beaver repeats his dad's claim to his friends, Whitey (Stanley Fafara) laughs derisively, insisting that Ward was just blowing off some hot air. Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver's Fortune

Actors: Rusty Stevens, Bobby Mittelstaedt, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Thomas Callen, Jr.

Synopsis: The card that Beaver (Jerry Mathers) draws from a fortune-telling machine tells him that it's his lucky day. Thus, when Larry (Rusty Stevens) goads Beaver into agreeing to fight an older kid named Sonny (Callen Thomas Jr.), our hero figures he has nothing to worry about. But as the hour of the Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Teacher Comes to Dinner

Actors: Sue Randall, Rusty Stevens, Jeri Weil, Stephen Talbot, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: In this classic episode, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) becomes a nervous wreck when his mom invites his teacher Miss Landers (Sue Randall) to the Cleaver house for dinner. He is especially worried after Larry (Rusty Stevens) warns him that something awful is bound to happen if his teacher is allowed to Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Most Interesting Character

Actors: Sue Randall, Rusty Stevens, Jeri Weil, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: Assigned to write about the most interesting character he has ever met, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) chooses his dad, Ward (Hugh Beaumont). Unfortunately, after dogging his dad's trail for a whole day, Beaver concludes that Ward just isn't all that interesting. Thus it is that his school report eschews Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Found Money

Actors: Madge Blake, Rusty Stevens, Eddie Marr, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: Larry (Rusty Stevens) can't convince his mother (Madge Blake) to give him money so that he and Beaver (Jerry Mathers) can go to the carnival. Reasoning that if he "finds" the necessary funds everything will be all right -- thus he raids his mom's reserve in cash, tosses it out the window, and Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Baby Picture

Actors: Sue Randall, Jeri Weil, Rusty Stevens, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: Miss Landers (Sue Randall) holds a "Most Beautiful Baby" contest at school, and assigns each student to bring in a baby picture. Well-meaning June Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley) digs up her favorite picture of the infant Beaver (Jerry Mathers) -- lying on a bearskin rug, naked as a jaybird! The Read More

Leave It to Beaver: School Bus

Actors: Sue Randall, Rusty Stevens, Jeri Weil, Bobby Mittelstaedt, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: No sooner has the school bus service been extended to the Cleavers' neighborhood than Beaver (Jerry Mathers) is suspended from riding the bus for getting into a fight. At the suggestion of his parents, Beaver gets back in the good graces of the bus driver by writing a heartfelt letter of apology. Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Her Idol

Actors: Sue Randall, Patty Turner, Rusty Stevens, Jeri Weil, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: While climbing a tree, Beaver makes friends with another climber, a girl named Linda Dennison (Patty Turner). Unfortunately, this harmless encounter is witnessed by Larry (Rusty Stevens) and Whitey (Stanley Fafara), who proceed to give Beaver "the business" for allegedly having a girlfriend. To Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver's Ring

Actors: Sue Randall, Jeri Weil, Rusty Stevens, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Anne Loos

Synopsis: Aunt Martha sends Beaver a precious family heirloom: a 14-karat gold ring that once belonged to her brother (and Beaver's namesake) Theodore. Ward (Hugh Beaumont) and June (Barbara Billingsley) warn Beaver to be very, very careful with the valuable ring. Well, he tries, but when he takes the ring Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Ward's Problem

Actors: Sue Randall, Jeri Weil, Rusty Stevens, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Bobby Mittelstaedt

Synopsis: The usually cautious Ward (Hugh Beaumont) has gotten himself into a bind. He has promised to attend a father-son picnic with Beaver (Jerry Mathers) and to go on a fishing trip with Wally (Tony Dow). Problem is, both events fall on the same day at the same time. As Ward tries to figure a way out of Read More

Leave It to Beaver: The Lost Watch

Actors: Richard Deacon, Frank Bank, Buddy Hart, Rusty Stevens, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: Beaver (Jerry Mathers) is enlisted to watch everyone's coats and valuables while Wally (Tony Dow) and his friends play baseball. Once the game is over, Lumpy Rutherford (Frank Bank) lumbers over to Beav, demanding the return of his watch. Only one problem -- there's no watch to be found. Fearing Read More

Leave It to Beaver: School Play

Actors: Sue Randall, Rusty Stevens, Jeri Weil, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Dorothy Adams

Synopsis: Assigned to enact the role of a canary in the upcoming school play (complete with yellow, feathered costume), Beaver (Jerry Mathers) may not quite be up to the part, what with his bumping into furniture, props, and other actors. Worse still, well-meaning Ward (Hugh Beaumont) advises Beav to learn Read More

Leave It to Beaver: The Visiting Aunts

Actors: Madge Kennedy, Irene Tedrow, Frank Bank, Buddy Hart, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: All week long, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) and Wally (Tony Dow) have been looking forward to attending a local carnival. Alas, on the appointed day, Aunt Martha (Madge Kennedy) imperiously descends upon the Cleaver household with her friend Mrs. Hathaway (Irene Tedrow). As the seconds become minutes Read More

Leave It to Beaver: The Shave

Actors: Ken Osmond, Buddy Hart, Frank Bank, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Howard McNear

Synopsis: Envious of Wally's touchdown at the school football game, Eddie (Ken Osmond) needles Wally (Tony Dow) because he hasn't started shaving yet. Determined to reaffirm his manhood, Wally attempts to trim what few whiskers he has with his dad Ward's safety razor -- and gives himself a bad nicking in Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Wally's New Suit

Actors: Ken Osmond, John Hoyt, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: Egged on by the irksome Eddie Haskell (Ken Osmond), Wally (Tony Dow) insists upon being allowed to pick out his own new suit for an upcoming school dance. Reluctantly, Ward (Hugh Beaumont) and June (Barbara Billingsley) allow him to do so. Sure enough, when Wally comes back from the clothing Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver Gets 'Spelled

Actors: Diane Brewster, Burt Mustin, Ralph Sanford, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Jeri Weil

Synopsis: It sure doesn't take Beaver Cleaver (Jerry Mathers) very long to get into trouble as Leave It to Beaver launches its first season on the air (and its only season on CBS). Matter of fact, Beav's in the doghouse in the very first episode -- or at least he thinks he is. When his teacher Miss Canfield Read More

Leave It to Beaver [TV Series]

Actors: Hugh Beaumont, Barbara Billingsley, Tony Dow, Jerry Mathers, Ken Osmond

Synopsis: One of the undisputed classics of American television, the weekly, half-hour sitcom Leave It to Beaver was created by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, who had risen to prominence as principal writers of the TV version of Amos 'n' Andy. Fulfilling their ambition to create a warm, credible sitcom about Read More

Telephone Time: Stranded

Synopsis: A teacher finds her will to survive and knowledge tested when she and students are isolated by a blizzard. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Brotherly Love

Actors: Herb Vigran, Buddy Hart, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: Fed up with the squabbling between Beaver (Jerry Mathers) and Wally (Tony Dow), mom June (Barbara Billingsley) demands that the boys call a truce. Swept up in the seriousness of the moment, Beav and Wally take a vow never to do anything without each other. Alas, this Damon-and-Pythias pact is Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver's Short Pants

Actors: Madge Kennedy, William Schallert, Eric Snowden, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Rusty Stevens

Synopsis: Former silent film star Madge Kennedy makes her first series appearance as the Cleaver boys' imperious Aunt Martha. While June (Barbara Billingsley) is out of town visiting her sister Peggy, Aunt Martha agrees to look after Beaver (Jerry Mathers) and Wally (Tony Dow). Unfortunately, she also uses Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Beaver's Crush

Actors: Diane Brewster, Doris Packer, William Fawcett, Rusty Stevens, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara

Synopsis: When Beaver (Jerry Mathers) develops a crush on his attractive teacher Miss Canfield (Diane Brewster), his classmates and his brother Wally (Tony Dow) really give him "the business," accusing him of being teacher's pet. To prove them wrong, Beav gets ahold of a toy spring snake and hides it in Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Water, Anyone?

Actors: Francis de Sales, Katherine Warren, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Norman Alden, Eddie Marr

Synopsis: This classic first-season episode was written by Clifford Goldsmith, the man who created the character of trouble-prone teenager Henry Aldrich in the Broadway play What a Life. It's also the one and only episode in which June Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley) mops the kitchen floor while wearing high Read More

Climax!: The Day They Gave Babies Away

Synopsis: The Christmas, 1955 presentation of the CBS anthology Climax! was based on a true story in the lives of the ancestors of co-scenarists Dale and Katherine Eunson. Set in rural Wisconsin in the 1860s, the story begins on a somber note, as both parents of 12-year-old Robbie Eunson (Brandon De Wilde Read More