<P> Gerald Patrick `` Jerry '' Mathers ( born June 2 , 1948 ) is an American television , film , and stage actor . Mathers is best known for his role in the television sitcom Leave It to Beaver , originally broadcast from 1957 to 1963 , in which he played Theodore `` Beaver '' Cleaver , the younger son of the suburban couple June and Ward Cleaver ( played by Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont ) and the brother of Wally Cleaver ( played by Tony Dow ) . </P>
<P> Gerald Patrick `` Jerry '' Mathers ( born June 2 , 1948 ) is an American television , film , and stage actor . Mathers is best known for his role in the television sitcom Leave It to Beaver , originally broadcast from 1957 to 1963 , in which he played Theodore `` Beaver '' Cleaver , the younger son of the suburban couple June and Ward Cleaver ( played by Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont ) and the brother of Wally Cleaver ( played by Tony Dow ) . </P>
who played beaver in leave it to beaver
who played beaver in leave it to beaver
Gerald Patrick `` Jerry '' Mathers
Gerald Patrick `` Jerry '' Mathers