What is Hugh Beaumont?
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} [[File:Cleaver family Leave it to Beaver 1960.JPG|thumb|Hugh Beaumont (left) with the cast of ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'']] '''Eugene Hugh Beaumont''' (February 16, 1909 – May 14, 1982) was an [[Americans|American]] [[actor]], [[television]] director, and a [[Methodism|Methodist]] [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]]. He was born in [[Lawrence, Kansas]]. He played Ward Cleaver on the [[sitcom]] [[television series]] ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'' (1957–1963). He directed many of the show's [[episode]]s. In his [[retirement]] years, he became a [[Christmas tree]] farmer. He died of a [[heart attack]] in [[Munich]], [[Germany]] while visiting his son. {{DEFAULTSORT:Beaumont, Hugh}} [[Category:1909 births]] [[Category:1982 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Kansas]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American television directors]] [[Category:American Methodist ministers]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American movie directors]] [[Category:American screenwriters]] [[Category:Republicans (United States)]] [[Category:American stage actors]] {{US-actor-stub}}