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Ward Cleaver is a fictional character played by actor Hugh Beaumont on the Leave It to Beaver situation comedy which ran on CBS from October 4, 1957 to 1958 and then on ABC from 1958 to June 20, 1963. He was portrayed by Christopher McDonald in 1997 film.
As the parents of the family in the story, Ward and June Cleaver (played by Barbara Billingsley) are often invoked in modern times as an archetypical suburban father and mother of the 1950s. Ward Cleaver is a responsible businessman and an even more responsible parent. He is generally even-tempered, and seldom displays anger.
In real-life, actor Hugh Beaumont (1909-1982) was an ordained Methodist minister (who also directed some segments of the show) who the child actors later reported as being even more kindly and patient than his Ward Cleaver character.
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