What is Tony Dow?
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Tony Dow | image = Leave It to Beaver Tony Dow 1961.jpg | image_size = | caption = Dow in 1961 | birth_name = Tony Lee Dow | birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|04|13}} | birth_place = [[Hollywood]], [[California]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|07|27|1945|4|13}} | death_place = [[Topanga, California]], U.S. | death_cause = Problems caused by [[liver cancer]] | occupation = {{Hlist|Actor|director|producer|sculptor}} | years_active = 1949–2022 | spouse = {{Plainlist| * {{Marriage|Carol Marlow|1969|1980|reason=divorced}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.amomama.com/188545-glimpse-tony-dows-life-leave-it-beaver-h.html|title = Glimpse into Tony Dow's Life after 'Leave It to Beaver' and His Almost 40-Year Marriage|date = January 8, 2020}}</ref> * {{Marriage|Lauren Shulkind|1980}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/08/30/tony-dow-leave-it-to-beaver-star-hospitalized-pneumonia/5650980001/|title='Leave It to Beaver' star Tony Dow 'doing well' after pneumonia hospitalization|website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> }} }} '''Tony Lee Dow''' (April 13, 1945 – July 27, 2022)<ref name=tvguide>{{cite magazine|title=Tony Dow Biography|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tony-dow/bio/191046|magazine=TV Guide|accessdate=21 February 2013}}</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] [[actor]], [[movie director|director]], and [[movie producer]]. He played Wally Cleaver in the [[sitcom]] [[television series]] ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'' from 1957 to 1963. He played the same role again in ''[[The New Leave It to Beaver]]'' from 1983 to 1989. He also directed several episodes of ''[[Babylon 5]]''. Dow was born in [[Hollywood, California]].<ref name=tvguide /> In May 2022, Dow was diagnosed with [[liver cancer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.yahoo.com/leave-beaver-actor-tony-dow-155637031.html|title='Leave It To Beaver' actor Tony Dow announces cancer diagnosis: 'It is truly heartbreaking'|publisher=[[Yahoo]]|date=May 10, 2022