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Ward Cleaver
“Leave It to Beaver”
Played by Hugh Beaumont
Dude sure liked to read his newspaper. But his role in the family was generally as the moral compass, the man of the house, the firm hand. Ward was the stereotypical 1950s white-collar TV dad -- a bit of a cipher, with a personality built on clichés of domesticated masculinity. It would be funny to see Ward in today’s social and cultural environment. How would he deal with Beaver’s first tattoo?
Pictured from left: Barbara Billingsley as June Cleaver, Jerry Mathers as "Beaver" Cleaver, Hugh Beaumont as Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as "Wally" Cleaver
Ward Cleaver
“Leave It to Beaver”
Played by Hugh Beaumont
Dude sure liked to read his newspaper. But his role in the family was generally as the moral compass, the man of the house, the firm hand. Ward was the stereotypical 1950s white-collar TV dad -- a bit of a cipher, with a personality built on clichés of domesticated masculinity. It would be funny to see Ward in today’s social and cultural environment. How would he deal with Beaver’s first tattoo?
Pictured from left: Barbara Billingsley as June Cleaver, Jerry Mathers as "Beaver" Cleaver, Hugh Beaumont as Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as "Wally" Cleaver