Hugh Beaumont
Gender: Male
Born: 16th February 1909
Died: 14th May 1982
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Leave It to Beaver, Racket Squad, The Public Defender
Movies: Railroaded!, The Mole People, Lost Continent, The Seventh Victim, The Human Duplicators, Wake Island, Night Passage, The Lady Confesses, Second Chance, The Last Outpost, Hell's Horizon, Wild Stallion, Bury Me Dead, Phantom Raiders
Eugene Hugh Beaumont (February 16, 1909 – May 14, 1982) was an American actor and television director. He was also licensed to preach by the Methodist church. Beaumont is best known for his portrayal of Ward Cleaver, the husband of June Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley) and the father of Wally (Tony Dow) and Beaver (Jerry Mathers) on the television series, Leave It to Beaver (1957–1963).
There is conflicting evidence about his birthplace. His obituary reported he was born in Lawrence, Kansas. Richard Stanwix, a relative, said Beaumont was actually born to the east, closer to nearby Eudora, Kansas. Beaumont gave his birthplace as Lawrence, Kansas when he appeared on the "Do You Want To Be An Actor" radio program in 1937. Family friend Mrs. G. W. Cooper of Vinland confirmed the Beaumont family lived in the 800 block of Kentucky Street, near downtown Lawrence, when Hugh was born. His parents were Ethel Adaline Whitney and Edward H. Beaumont, a traveling salesman whose profession kept the family on the move. After graduating from Baylor School, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, he attended the University of Chattanooga, where he played football. He later studied at the University of Southern
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