Anthony Lee Dow was an American actor, film producer, director and sculptor.
15 Facts About Tony Dow
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Tony Dow portrayed Wally Cleaver in the iconic television sitcom Leave It to Beaver from 1957 to 1963.
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From 1983 to 1989, Tony Dow reprised his role as Wally in a television movie and in The New Leave It to Beaver.
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Tony Dow was born in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, the son of Muriel Virginia, a stuntwoman in westerns, and John Stevens Tony Dow, a designer and contractor.
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Tony Dow took a break from his acting career to serve in the California Army National Guard from 1965 to 1968 during the Vietnam War, where he was assigned to the Special Services division and served in Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 40th Armored Division, as a photographer.
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From 1983 to 1989, Tony Dow reprised his role as Wally Cleaver in a reunion television movie and a subsequent sequel series, The New Leave It to Beaver, for which Tony Dow wrote an episode in 1986.
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In 1989, Tony Dow made his debut as a director with an episode of The New Lassie.
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Tony Dow served as the visual effects supervisor for Babylon 5.
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Tony Dow co-produced The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space in 1995, and It Came from Outer Space II in 1996.
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In December 2008, Tony Dow was chosen as one of three sculptors to show at the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts exhibition, located in the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, France.
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Tony Dow represented the United States delegation, which was composed of artists from the Karen Lynne Gallery.
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Tony Dow's sculpture shown at the Parisian shopping mall was titled Unarmed Warrior, a bronze figure of a woman holding a shield.
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Tony Dow married Carol Marlow in June 1969 and their marriage ended in 1980.
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Tony Dow subsequently starred in self-help videos chronicling this battle, including the 1998 Beating the Blues.
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Tony Dow died July 27,2022, a day after his death was widely misreported.