Wally Cleaver

Wally Cleaver
Tony Dow as Wally Cleaver in the first episode, "Beaver Gets 'Spelled".
First appearance	"It's a Small World" (pilot) (April 23, 1957)
Last appearance	Leave It to Beaver (film adaptation of original television series, 1997)
Created by	Bob Mosher Joe Connelly
Portrayed by	Paul Sullivan (pilot) Tony Dow (1957-1963 teleseries, 1983 reunion telemovie Still the Beaver, 1985-1989 teleseries The New Leave It to Beaver) Erik von Detten (1997 film adaptation of original teleseries, Leave It to Beaver)
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Gender	Male
Occupation	student; various after school jobs including newspaper carrier, drug store soda jerk, and ice cream vendor
Family	Ward Cleaver (father) June Cleaver (mother) Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver (younger brother)
Spouse(s)	Mary Ellen Cleaver (nee Rogers)
Children	Kelly (daughter) Kevin (son)
Relatives	Martha Bronson (maternal great aunt) "Uncle Billy" (paternal great uncle) Peggy (maternal aunt) Infant cousin, (Peggy's daughter)

Wallace "Wally" Cleaver is a fictional character in the iconic American television sitcom Leave It to Beaver. Wally is the thirteen-year-old son of archetypal 1950s suburban parents, Ward and June Cleaver and the older brother of the seven-year-old ("almost eight") title character, Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver. The characters grew older along with the actors.

Wally is portrayed in the series by Tony Dow. Dow portrays an adult Wally Cleaver in both the reunion telemovie, Still the Beaver (1983), and, in the sequel series The New Leave It to Beaver (1985–1989). Child actor Paul Sullivan, however, portrays the character in the series pilot, "It's a Small World" which aired in April 1957. In the 1997 film adaptation of the original series, Leave It to Beaver, Wally is portrayed by Erik von Detten.

Leave it to Beaver was created by writers Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, who found inspiration among their own children for plot lines and dialogue. Wally is based on Connelly's son, Jay.

Wally is the "all-American" boy. He is an intelligent, polite teenager, who is trusted by his parents, popular with his peers, and liked by his teachers. He is an athlete with track, basketball and baseball being his three favorite sports; and, he excels at all. His friends, Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford and Eddie Haskell, have a knack for getting into trouble and taking Wally along for the ride. Unlike his brother Beaver (who thinks girls are "creepy"), Wally is popular with the girls and has many girlfriends during the course of the series' run. In the later seasons, Wally has a few after school jobs and buys a used car.