Ward Cleaver, Jr. is a fictional character in the American television
sitcom Leave It to Beaver. Ward and his wife, June, are often invoked
as archetypal suburban parents of the 1950s babyboomers. At the start
of the show, the couple are the parents of Wally, a 13-year-old in the
eighth grade, and seven-year-old ("almost eight") second-grader
Theodore, nicknamed "The Beaver". A typical episode from Leave It to
Beaver follows a misadventure committed by one or both of the boys,
and ends with the culprits receiving a moral lecture from their father
and a hot meal from their mother.Ward Cleaver, Jr. is a fictional
character in the American television sitcom Leave It to Beaver. Ward
and his wife, June, are often invoked as archetypal suburban parents
of the 1950s babyboomers. At the start of the show, the couple are the
parents of Wally, a 13-year-old in the eighth grade, and
seven-year-old ("almost eight") second-grader Theodore, nicknamed "The
Beaver". A typical episode from Leave It to Beaver follows a
misadventure committed by one or both of the boys, and ends with the
culprits receiving a moral lecture from their father and a hot meal
from their mother.Hugh Beaumont portrays Ward in the series and
directed several episodes in the later seasons of the show. Max
Showalter (appearing as Casey Adams) plays Ward in the series' pilot,
"It's a Small World", which aired in April 1957. Many of the Leave It
to Beaver players were featured in their original roles in a reunion
movie televised in 1983 (Still the Beaver) and a sequel series called
The New Leave It to Beaver that aired from 1985 to 1989. Hugh Beaumont
had died in 1982, and in the 1983 reunion movie, the character of Ward
Cleaver was portrayed as having died in 1977, at the age of 67.
Christopher McDonald plays Ward in the 1997 spin-off film adaptation
Leave It to Beaver.Ward's principal dramatic function in the series is
to end each episode with moral instruction for one or both of his
errant sons. Ward's relationships with his wife and his co-worker Fred
Rutherford are asides that flesh out his character. Ward Cleaver Top Movies & Young Movies