Jerry Mathers | 72

Jerry Mathers was born on June 2, 1948 in Sioux City, Iowa, USA. Mathers graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1974 and served in the United States Air National Guard during the Vietnam War. Jerry Mathers started his career at the age of two, when he modeled for a department store advertisement. Later, he ventured into the acting world.


His early movies include This is My Love, Men of the Fighting Lady, The Seven Little Foys, and The Trouble with Harry. He portrayed Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver in the sitcom Leave it to Beaver, which was broadcasted from 1957 to 1963. However, despite of the fame he already had, he opted for an early retirement in his teenage years to continue studying. He finally finished college at the University of California, with a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy.

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