Launching his career as a toddler model for a department-store ad, Mathers quickly moved into film, appearing in titles such as This Is My Love, Men of the Fighting Lady, The Seven Little Foys and Hitchcock’s The Trouble with Harry before his teenage years. He became a household name when he was cast as Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver, starring in all 234 episodes of the sitcom Leave It to Beaver and se…
