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The lifeguard lost the part, but Dow won a TV pilot role. Anthony Lee Dow was born on April 13, 1945, in Los Angeles, the youngest of two sons. His mother was Muriel Montrose, a Mack Sennett bathing beauty and then a stuntwoman who often doubled for Clara Bow. An accomplished athlete, in his youth he held numerous diving and swimming titles, including national age-group records. It is with an extremely heavy heart that we share with you the passing of our beloved Tony this morning. Dow famously played Wally Cleaver, the brother of the titular character, in the classic sitcom. Dow spoke to Fox News about his years as a child star, why he returned to playing Wally decades later, as well as why he wasnt allowed to watch Leave It to Beaver" while filming the series. Dow also played himself in the 2003 comedy Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, which featured cameos of dozens of former young actors, and he appeared in the John Landis skit comedy feature The Kentucky Fried Movie. They wanted us to be as much of a family as possible, for Jerry and I to very much be like regular kids. WhenLeave it to Beaverdebuted on CBS in October 1957, Dow was 12 and Wally was just beginning to take an interest in girls. Copyright 2019 WDRB Media and Fox Media. Now a grandfather, Tony and his wife Lauren, an artist as well, reside in their handcrafted home nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California. I was working out at the Hollywood athletic club and there was a lifeguard there who was an actor. The producers would then say, I dont want to know any of that. That post was deleted as his son, Christopher Dow, told Fox News Digital that his father was alive but living out his last hours in hospice care, which was later confirmed to CBS News by Dows wife, Lauren. After a Facebook post Tuesday morning that announced his death and another hours later that said he was still alive, he died on Wednesday. It aired for six seasons. Just tell us the worst thing thats ever happened to you as a kid. Dow returned in the 1980s for the TV movie Still the Beaver and the series The New Leave It to Beaver, for which he also directed five episodes and wrote one.

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