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Tony Dow

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Tony Lee Dow (April 13, 1945 – July 27, 2022) was an American television actor, film producer, director, and sculptor. He was best known for his role in the television sitcom Leave It to Beaver, which ran in primetime from 1957 to 1963. Dow played Wally Cleaver, the older son of June (played by Barbara Billingsley) and Ward (played by Hugh Beaumont) Cleaver, and the older brother of Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver (played by Jerry Mathers). From 1983 to 1989, Dow reprised his role as Wally in a television movie and in The New Leave It to Beaver. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Dow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Tony Dow in one minute

Strongest genre

Comedy

$7.6M · 0% hit rate

Biggest hit

Harry and the Hendersons

$5.0M

Standout efficiency

0.5x

Harry and the Hendersons · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$7.6M

Combined reported budget

$13M

Gross / budget

0.6x

Bankability Index

8 / 100

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