The hardest part was when you worked with somebody, like on a Hitchcock movie, and they were the nicest people and then they turned into a mean character. “You’d walk onto a set and they’d have doughnuts and you could have milk,” said Mathers, 73, “and you’d say a few lines and everybody was happy and you went home. Child modeling and a commercial kicked off his career at 2, and were followed by a string of movies, including Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 “The Trouble with Harry.” “Leave it to Beaver” ran from 1957 to 1963.Īcting never really interested him, he said from his home in L.A.

This year’s guests include Chris Bartlett, Emily Swallow and Misty Rosas from the Disney+ series “The Mandalorian” Richard Cabral, Michael Irby and Frankie Loyal from the FX show “Mayans M.C.” musician Joey Fatone voice actors from Adult Swim’s “My Hero Academia” and Lark Voorhies and Mark-Paul Gosselaar from the classic TV show “Saved by the Bell.”īy the time Mathers nabbed his famous role as Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver, he’d been acting for a number of years. Friday.Ĭomic Con will feature dozens of actors and others from TV and films, comic book artists and writers, cosplayers, panels and vendors. The duo will reminisce with fans and take questions from 4-4:45 p.m. “I was out playing with buddies in the neighborhood, as opposed to watching TV.”īoth actors will be on hand for autographs and photos at Comic Con at The Broadmoor World Arena on Friday through Sunday.

“I never watched when it was on because they didn’t want us to be anything but natural kids,” said Dow, 76, from his home near Malibu, Calif. Producers of the cult classic TV show wanted their child actors to stay as normal as possible and impervious to fame. Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow weren’t supposed to watch themselves as the Beav and his older brother, Wally, on “Leave it to Beaver.”

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