13 Facts About Stanley Fafara

Stanley Albert Fafara was an American child actor, best known for his role as Hubert "Whitey" Whitney in the original Leave It to Beaver television series.

Stanley Fafara had been working in commercials and television westerns since the age of 4.

Stanley Fafara earned the part of Hubert "Whitey" Whitney, one of the Beaver Cleaver's best friends.

Stanley Fafara remained with Leave It to Beaver for six years.

Stanley Fafara developed an alcohol habit and began to use drugs.

At his parents' instigation, Stanley Fafara went to live with his sister in Jamaica, where he tried his hand at painting; however, he continued to drink and use narcotics.

Stanley Fafara then returned to Los Angeles in 1972 where he was married briefly.

Stanley Fafara was sentenced to a year in jail after being arrested and convicted for an eighth burglary.

Stanley Fafara later developed an addiction to heroin and was in-and-out of rehabilitation centers for many years.

Stanley Fafara spent the final eight years of his life clean and sober, initially living in a house for recovering addicts and alcoholics, then in a subsidized apartment in downtown Portland, Oregon.

Stanley Fafara lived on Social Security checks of $475 per month until his hospitalization in 2003.

Stanley Fafara died on September 20,2003, his 54th birthday, in Portland, Oregon, of complications from hernia surgery he had undergone the previous month.

Stanley Fafara is buried at Redland Pioneer Cemetery in Redland, Oregon.