"Leave It to Beaver" (1957) TV series 1957-1963

Creators:

Joe Connelly
Dick Conway
Bob Mosher
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

4 October 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

The misadventures of a suburban boy, family and friends.

Plot Keywords:

Sitcom | Accountant | Slang | Buddy | Small Town

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Barbara Billingsley	...	June Cleaver (235 episodes, 1957-1963)
Jerry Mathers	...	Theodore Cleaver (235 episodes, 1957-1963)
Hugh Beaumont	...	Ward Cleaver (234 episodes, 1957-1963)
Tony Dow	...	Wally Cleaver (234 episodes, 1957-1963)
Ken Osmond	...	Eddie Haskell (96 episodes, 1957-1963)

Series Directed by
Norman Tokar		(93 episodes, 1957-1960)
David Butler		(58 episodes, 1959-1963)
Norman Abbott		(43 episodes, 1960-1962)
Hugh Beaumont		(23 episodes, 1960-1963)
Earl Bellamy		(4 episodes, 1960-1963)
Gene Reynolds		(3 episodes, 1960)
Charles F. Haas		(2 episodes, 1961-1963)
Anton Leader		(2 episodes, 1961-1962)
Jeffrey Hayden		(2 episodes, 1962)

Series Writing credits
Joe Connelly		(235 episodes, 1957-1963)
Bob Mosher		(235 episodes, 1957-1963)
Dick Conway		(72 episodes, 1958-1963)
Roland MacLane		(72 episodes, 1958-1963)
Bob Ross		(13 episodes, 1958-1962)
George Tibbles		(13 episodes, 1958-1961)
Katherine Albert		(12 episodes, 1959-1963)
Dale Eunson		(12 episodes, 1959-1963)
Mathilda Ferro		(10 episodes, 1959-1963)
Theodore Ferro		(10 episodes, 1959-1963)
Joseph Hoffman		(6 episodes, 1961-1962)
Bill Manhoff		(4 episodes, 1957-1958)
Mel Diamond		(3 episodes, 1957-1958)
Ben Gershman		(3 episodes, 1957-1958)
Fran Van Hartsveldt		(3 episodes, 1958)
Phil Leslie		(2 episodes, 1957-1958)
Hendrik Vollaerts		(2 episodes, 1957-1958)
John Whedon		(2 episodes, 1958-1959)
Richard Baer		(2 episodes, 1958)
Ed James		(2 episodes, 1958)
Jon Zimmer		(2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Arthur Kober		(2 episodes, 1960)
Kenneth A. Enochs		(2 episodes, 1961-1963)
Wilton Schiller		(2 episodes, 1961-1963)
Lou Breslow		(2 episodes, 1961)
Allan Manings		(2 episodes, 1962-1963)
Hugh Beaumont		(1 episode, 1959)

Series Produced by
Joe Connelly	....	producer (234 episodes, 1957-1963)
Bob Mosher	....	producer (234 episodes, 1957-1963)
Dan Nathan	....	associate producer (21 episodes, 1957-1958)
Harry Ackerman	....	executive producer (20 episodes, 1957-1958)

Series Original Music by
Pete Rugolo		(28 episodes, 1962-1963)
Paul J. Smith		(26 episodes, 1962-1963)
Dave Kahn		(unknown episodes)
Joseph Weiss		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Mack Stengler		(142 episodes, 1958-1962)
Jack MacKenzie		(42 episodes, 1962-1963)
William A. Sickner		(38 episodes, 1957-1959)
Fred Mandl		(6 episodes, 1962)
Ray Rennahan		(3 episodes, 1958)
Ray Flin		(2 episodes, 1960)

Series Film Editing by
Robert Seiter		(111 episodes, 1959-1963)
Richard Belding		(90 episodes, 1957-1960)
Eugene Pendleton		(8 episodes, 1960-1961)
Marsh Hendry		(7 episodes, 1957-1958)
Roy V. Livingston		(4 episodes, 1958-1959)
Stanford Tischler		(2 episodes, 1957-1958)
Danny B. Landres		(2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Bud S. Isaacs		(2 episodes, 1961)

Series Art Direction by
John Meehan		(158 episodes, 1957-1962)
Frank Arrigo		(24 episodes, 1962-1963)
Alexander A. Mayer		(18 episodes, 1961-1962)
John J. Lloyd		(12 episodes, 1958-1963)
George Patrick		(5 episodes, 1958-1963)
Arthur Lonergan		(5 episodes, 1960)
Howard E. Johnson		(5 episodes, 1962-1963)
Russell Kimball		(3 episodes, 1963)
Loyd S. Papez		(2 episodes, 1958-1960)

Series Set Decoration by
John McCarthy Jr.		(111 episodes, 1960-1963)
Ralph Sylos		(103 episodes, 1957-1963)
James Redd		(85 episodes, 1958-1963)
James M. Walters Sr.		(14 episodes, 1958-1963)
Perry Murdock		(13 episodes, 1961-1963)
Julia Heron		(6 episodes, 1961-1963)
George Milo		(5 episodes, 1957)
Robert C. Bradfield		(3 episodes, 1961-1962)
Glen Daniels		(3 episodes, 1961-1962)

Series Costume Design by
De De Johnson		(1 episode, 1960)
Constance Edney		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Florence Bush	....	hair stylist (234 episodes, 1957-1963)
Jack Barron	....	makeup artist (226 episodes, 1957-1963)
Robert Dawn	....	makeup artist (6 episodes, 1959-1961)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dolph Zimmer	....	assistant director / first assistant director (193 episodes, 1958-1963)
Will Sheldon	....	assistant director (14 episodes, 1958)
Hilton A. Green	....	assistant director (10 episodes, 1957-1958)
John Pommer	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1957-1958)
Ronald R. Rondell	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1957-1958)
Charles S. Gould	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1957)
James H. Brown	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1958)
Frank Fox	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1958)

Series Sound Department
William H. Lynch	....	sound (171 episodes, 1958-1963)
Sam Caylor	....	sound effects editor (56 episodes, 1961-1962)
Earl Crain Jr.	....	sound (40 episodes, 1957-1958)
Earl Crain Sr.	....	sound (7 episodes, 1958-1963)
Robert R. Bertrand	....	sound (3 episodes, 1961-1962)
Lyle Cain	....	sound (2 episodes, 1960-1962)
Howard Fogetti	....	sound (2 episodes, 1960)
Edwin J. Somers Jr.	....	sound (2 episodes, 1961-1962)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Vincent Dee	....	costume supervisor (234 episodes, 1957-1963)
De De Johnson	....	dresses: Miss Billingsley (18 episodes, 1960)

Series Editorial Department
David J. O'Connell	....	editorial department head / editorial supervisor (128 episodes, 1960-1963)
Richard G. Wray	....	editorial supervisor (106 episodes, 1957-1960)

Series Music Department
Jack Wadsworth	....	music supervisor (66 episodes, 1960-1962)
Michael F. Johnson	....	music supervisor (50 episodes, 1959-1960)
Stanley Wilson	....	music supervisor (43 episodes, 1957-1963)
Frederick Herbert	....	music supervisor (36 episodes, 1958-1959)
Joseph E. Romero	....	music supervisor (2 episodes, 1958)
Frank Morriss	....	music supervisor (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Mort Greene	....	composer: theme music (unknown episodes)
Melvyn Lenard	....	composer: theme music (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Richard Michaels	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1960)

Production Companies

• Gomalco Productions (1957-1961)
• Kayro-Vue Productions (1961-1963)
• Revue Studios

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1957-1958) (USA) (TV)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1958-1963) (USA) (TV)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (199?) (USA) (VHS)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2005-) (USA) (DVD)
• Shout! Factory (2010) (USA) (DVD) (complete series)
• Shout! Factory (2010) (USA) (DVD) (fifth season)
• Shout! Factory (2010) (USA) (DVD) (fourth season)
• Shout! Factory (2010) (USA) (DVD) (third season)
• Studios USA Television

Other Companies

• A-1 Manufacturing Company  boys casual wear (1960)
• General Electric (GE)  original sponsor
• Miles Laboratories  original sponsor (Alka Seltzer/One-a Day vitamins)
• Ralston Purina Company  original sponsor
• Remington Rand  original sponsor

Also Known As:

Runtime:

30 min | USA:30 min (234 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-G

Filming Locations:

Colonial Street, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Gomalco Productions

Trivia:

The address of the first house the Cleavers owned in Mayfield was 485 Mapleton Drive, a reference to first season network CBS's then New York headquarters at 485 Madison Avenue. The address of their second home was 211 Pine Street.

Quotes:

Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver:How come Eddie's such a creepy guy?
Wally Cleaver:He works at it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Delirious (1991)

Classic Television: Leave it to beaver.

Leave it to Beaver (1957-1963) was one of the proto-typical television

sitcoms of it's era. Pure American pop culture. The tales of Theodore

Cleaver, his adolescent brother Wally and the rest of the Cleavers are

documented over a six year period. Everyone out there in T.V. land

watched the brothers grow up. Never really a big ratings grabber, the series ended when the "Beaver" got too old for people to really care about.

Now after years in syndication, the Leave it to Beaver cult has grown and

found an even larger audience thirty years later when Hollywood produced

a feature length film based upon this sitcom (the new June Cleaver was too

hot for the movie). But I digress. Twenty years after the last episode, a

new series featuring the principal cast members was made revolving around

them and their children.

Pure white-bred middle class family that many people today wished this

country would return to. If you ever wanted to see what life was

presumably like back in the latter half of the "nifty fifties", then this series will satisfy your curiosity.

I'm Mike Tee Vee. Talk to you next time!