 Several adult candidates then auditioned for the role of Beaver's father, Ward, but Connelly and Mosher finally signed Hugh Beaumont, an actor and Methodist lay minister who had worked with Mathers in a religious film.The show's chief writers, Bob Mosher and Joe Connelly, met while working in New York City for the J. Walter Thompson Agency.Once in Hollywood, the men became head writers for the radio show "Amos 'n' Andy" and continued to write the well-received show when it moved to CBS television in 1950.